1.   But his mood quickly turned sour when his car blew its engine during the pace lap.

2.   However, Cheever became the first major casualty when he blew an engine.

3.   In similar smoke-filled styles, Max Papis, Michel Jourdain Jr. and Helio Castroneves each blew engines while in the lead.

4.   Michels dropped from first to ninth in the opening-night event because he blew an engine while crossing the finish line.

5.   Nobody blows engines anymore, and nobody has things fall off their race cars.

6.   Perhaps it was appropriate that the race finished on a yellow flag when Alex Tagliani blew an engine with two laps to go.

7.   Ted Musgrave blew an engine.

8.   The rookie blew two engines during practice Friday.

9.   Todd Burns of Riverside blew an engine during heat races and David Hessing of Canyon Country lost his engine in the main event.

10.   When Kenny Wallace blew an engine and dropped oil on the track, Pressley ran into the back of Stacy Compton, who had slowed to miss Wallace.