1.   And if not for a blown engine on opening night, Michels might be perfect this season.

2.   Besides the blown engines, there have been other distractions at Penske South.

3.   Blame the heat for the proliferation of blown engines.

4.   All Gordon could really think about afterward were the two crashes and the blown engine that have spoiled three real races this season.

5.   Even though he finished in front, his blown engine caused the race to end under a red flag.

6.   He can point to the spot in the dining room where he and some friends rebuilt a blown engine on a race weekend at Atlanta.

7.   NASCAR Winston Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has had to battle with blown engines, empty gas tanks and a provisional starting position this weekend at California Speedway.

8.   Or at least until a blown engine do us part.

9.   The bus was grounded with a blown engine in Van Horn when Brown got it in a trade for a Mercury about a dozen years ago.

10.   There were broken axles, demolished transmissions and blown engines strewn across the route, from Turkey to Alaska.