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"Win some lose some guys, its all good," he immediately told his Penske crew in a pep talk over his radio. Keselowski, who also ran out of gas Friday night in the Nationwide Series race because of a fueling error, then asked his crew if he led the most laps Saturday night. Indeed -- he led 139 of the 334 -- but had little to show for his effort. "Its blackjack, youre not going to win every hand," he said. "When you got a bad deal you have to try not to have too many chips on the table." But Keselowski was able to see a silver lining in still finishing 11th. "It was the worst-case scenario," he said. "We minimized the damage as best we could." Denny Hamlin finished second and is third in the Chase, 15 points back, and Johnson finished third. Neither felt all that bad for Keselowski. "Live by the sword, die by the sword," Hamlin said. "I dont know how much it hurt him at the end of the day," Johnson said. "Ive been doing this long enough, too, when you see something happen, in your mind youre like theres an opportunity and before you know it, it happens to you." Both had to play their own fuel-saving game, especially in the closing laps. Hamlin couldnt make a run at winner Bowyer, and Johnson said he couldnt try to chase down Hamlin. "We were just being really cautious and didnt want to go out there and chase (Hamlin) and get ourselves in trouble," Johnson said. "Were getting really good at this fuel mileage stuff, iits hard to get it right. Adam Vinatieri Jersey. quot; Everyone had to keep one eye on the gas gauge starting very early in the race, even as Keselowski, Johnson and Hamlin ran out front midway through the race in a frustrating moment for the competition. "It was pretty cool to see the 2, the 11 and the 48 running 1-2-3 through a large portion of the night," Johnson said. 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Smith is scheduled to be back in the car next week at Kansas, which has two open days of testing and gives Smith more time to get acclimated with the Hendrick Motorsports crew. "Its a good team, its a good car and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports does a great job," Smith said. "Im looking forward to next week. Im getting comfortable with the cars, comfortable with the equipment. Should be fun to go to Kansas." Kurt Busch, who was hired to replace Smith at Furniture Row Racing next season, got a jump on that job early by taking over the job this week and finished 21st in his debut race. That opened up Buschs seat at Phoenix Racing, and Smith was scheduled to drive that car at Charlotte. But when Smith got the call to replace Earnhardt, the team gave a chance to AJ Allmendinger, who made his first start since his July suspension for failing a random drug test. Allmendinger, who had not raced since June 29, finished 24th. 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