An usual number of teams "ran out of gas" or had engine troubles during the Talladega race. The TV analysts had some ready answers for what might have caused these problems. Their extemporaneous theories tend to elicit sighs from engine builders, who know that problems can rarely be diagnosed at the track - and even more rarely by someone who hasn't looked at the car. A wonderful aspect of blogging is that we're not called to have answers on the spot like the television broadcasters and we have the leisure of time. Let's examine some of those theories. [...]