Sunday, after the checkered flag falls, is always one of the saddest times of the NASCAR season.
I'm talking, of course, that I can no longer use the term Roval for another season. What, you think I was referring to the elimination of four drivers from the playoffs? Sad for them, but this is serious stuff.
Anyway, it's time to move on, much like the dozen drivers who advanced to the Round of 12. Among them was last Sunday's winner, Chase Elliott, who's become the road course master in the Cup Series, winning three of the past five dating back to last year's Watkins Glen race.