Well, we had a bit of a gully washer here and they had the same in
Dover. But, they were able to get the N'wide race in so the track
shouldn't be too green unless they have more rain tonight.

Winner - It would be sort of nice to see Jeremy Mayfield (subbing in
the #40) take the checkers. Sort of a "I told you I could drive".
But, I don't think it will happen. The winner will be Ryan Newman.

1. Bobby Labonte starts 19th, but will get a top 10 for the king.

2. JPM seems to be in a bit of a sophomore slump, but he will come
out of it for the race and score a top 15.

3. Mikey and his boys just don't seem to have it this weekend. All
three MWR cars finish 31st or worse.

4. What have I missed?? Matt Crafton driving the #7 for Robby
Gordon? Doesn't make much difference. He will finish 35th or worse.

5. AJ Allmendinger will be the highest finishing rookie.

Segment total going in - +13

Tom S.

confirmed, expect announcement sometime soon....

any guesses on the driver???

I gave pig trouble in an earlier post for her picks, but in running the info
through the UNIVAC 300, I come up with a very similar scenario... the top
five, in no order

Johnson
Ky Busch
Edwards
J. Gordon
Biffle

The win goes to Johnson

I also agree with her wish for Ku Busch, but I see him finishing no better
than 15th.

A dark horse may be Montoya. His car wasn't fast, he is angry about his sit
at Ganassi and will probably be very aggressive.

"Megan Zurawicz" sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:C467241D.3A5A%%listpig@sbcglobal.net...

Actually, I agree with all your choices, except I give the win to Johnson.

"Megan Zurawicz" sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:C467241D.3A5A%%listpig@sbcglobal.net...

Ha! That's the best you can do? This is gonna be like takin' candy from a
baby! You could concede tonight pig and save yerself the embarassment
tomorrow.

Mike

PS In the (unlikely) event I should lose, I prefer my crow at room
temperature...

;^)

So...I wonder how long it will take the powers that be to recognize
that it is time to consider covering some tracks. Starting with the
short ones.

Cheap and shortsighted is as cheap and shortsighted does.

Best Chevy: Johnson
Best Toy: Rowdy
Best Ford: Cousin Carl
Best Dodge: Ryan
Best Rookie: Sam

Winner: Carl.

This pass we're doing an amalgamation of the various practice runs....I
really want to call Kurt to win, but we've been so snakebit all year.....

--pig

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