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Introduction It’s that time again, the best time of the week, the weekend. Not only do some work less or not at all, it’s also getting close to race time. This weeks race is at Watkins Glen. Name of the race,
The Centurion Boats at the Glen. As I did for the brickyard I will make educated predictions for this weeks race.
Some news (NASCAR and not)
In all the Brett Favre craziness, he has been traded to the New York Jets. He reported to Packers training on Monday, but didn’t stay long.
My favorite pitcher Tim Lincecum won against the Braves on Wednesday, 3-2 yay!!
I know this isn’t completly new, but Mexico has been taken off the Nationwide schedule for next year.
Brad Coleman is taking over J.J Yeley’s place in the 96 car for the rest of the year, starting next week. Poor J.J can’t stay in one place too long.
Watkins Glen
Race prediction - Well, I live in NY, and I know that it rains a LOT here. Giving that it doesn’t on Sunday (which is doubtful) , I think the race will go pretty smoothly. Just like any other
race, a few accidents, some cars mangled, a real race. The road course ringers will do well, I don’t see one of them winning though. Who knows maybe we’ll see another confrontation between
drivers like last year when Juan Pablo and Kevin Harvick got together.
Driver Predictions (Top 15 in points)
1) 18 Kyle Busch
3059 (leader) - I said before that he’s pretty much unstoppable this year. However, there last 2 races have really gotten to him. Indy and Pocono aren’t his best tracks
and with the tires at Indy and the fuel game at Pocono I think Kyle would like a good finish. He does have 2 previous top-10’s at the Glen, and with his last 2 finishes, I think he really wants
to be back on top. Even though his average finishis 16th, look for Kyle to finish near the top. I would assume that after his last two finishes he’s gotta be a little upset, Kyle’s going to put
that in the car and go all out. I give him a 7th place finish.
2) 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2883 (-176) - This year Dale has been doing 100% better than last year. He’s pretty much locked into the chase, and has a win too. While this may not be his best
track of the season, he’s not totally hopeless. His day could go either way, i don’t think he’ll wreck, so I’m going to give him a 15th place finish.
3) 99 Carl Edwards
2874 (-185) - This guy is coming off of a win last week. Maybe he didn’t have the best car, but he sure did have the best strategy. Giving that his team has another good
strategy this week, he’s looking good. With and average finish of 11th his can’t go wrong. It all depends on where he qualifys. Don’t get caught in the back where anything could happen. It’s
tough to call Carl on this. I’ll say around 12th.
4) 48 Jimmie Johnson
2859 (-200) - Is there a track that he’s not good at? Even though Jimmie’s never won here before, don’t count him out. He has 3 top-5’s at the track. This team has
turned around since the beginning of the season. I’m sure Jimmie will be leading at some point in the race. For some strange reason, I think he might wreck though, I hope not. Assuming he’s fine
the whole race, around 5th.
5) 31 Jeff Burton
2833 (-226) - With how long and how consistent Jeff has been racing, you would think that he has more than 3 top-10’s. This doesn’t seem to be his track. I think he’ll do
well, just not that well. I’m going to say he’ll finish in 18th place.
6) 24 Jeff Gordon
2678 (-381) - Compared to last year, the Dupont team is doing terrible. He has no wins this year and is 6th in points. While this is one of Jeff’s better tracks with 4
wins here, I don’t see him doing extraordinary. Their team doesn’t seem to have found what they need like the 48 team has. Then again, their team doesn’t have Chad Knaus. I’ll tell ya he’s
finishing close to 10th.
7) 9 Kasey Kahne
2592 (-467) - While he’s doing so much better than last year, this is not Kasey’s favorite track to visit. Even though his racing career is still fairly short, he has no
top-5 or even top-10 finishes. And with and average finish of 20th, things aren’t looking too awesome. Kasey will have a decent race. A 16th place finish maybe. His season is going good though,
so maybe 10th.
8 ) 16 Greg Biffle
2589 (-470) - Greg, Greg, Greg… when will John Roberts stop picking you on the SPEED channel crew fantasy game. That’s not the point though. Greg has been fairly
consistent most of the year. However, I don’t know how long that will go on. The guy has an average finish of 30th, I know stats don’t mean a whole lot, but it shows how well you do. I don’t
think he’ll finish below 20th on Sunday.
9) 20 Tony Stewart
2569 (-490) - I know this guys season hasn’t been what he planned. I’m guessing he’s somewhat angry that he hasn’t won this year. I think his luck is going to change on
Sunday. As much as I don’t like him on the track, he does have 4 wins at the Glen to back it up, including last year. I’m really confident that he’s going to win this race. I give him a win, 1st
place!!!
10) 11 Denny Hamlin
2547 (-512) - Having only been here twice and have an average finish of 6th, I think Denny is either lucky, or good here. If it’s luck, I have no clue where he will
finish, but if it’s talent, look for him around the top 10 near the end. He might qualify poorly, (which he didn’t because qualifying is rained out) but by the end he’ll be in contention for the
win or at least a good finish. I predict 9th.
11) 29 Kevin Harvick
2520 (-539) - In the chase Kevin is in a bad spot. The only way he might get in is by taking out his teammate. Kevin has more experience here than Clint Bowyer, but
they’re both about the same at the track. I think this is more of a race between teammates than it is for a win, which Kevin has one of here in 2006. Look for him around 6th.
12) 07 Clint Bowyer
2512 (-547) - With 2 races in the books for Clint he seems to finish towards the middle of the pack. Both times he’s been here he’s finished around 15th, I think he’s
going to keep that streak up. Being the last person in te chase by a few points he really has to be careful. In being careful, he’ll finish near 14th.
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13) 17 Matt Kenseth
2501 (-11 from 12th) - He seems to have the same average finish as most of the drivers in the top 15 in points. I think Matt will excel this race and have a good run.
He needs to get into the chase, so their team is probably figuring out as much as they can to finish well, but not over do it. I give him a 4th place finish.
14) 6 David Ragan
2466 (-46) - David’s only been here once, and he finished 32nd. It’s too early to tell how he’ll finish. The 6 team has done a great job getting David close to chase
contention. The only thing I feel confident in saying is that he will finish above 32nd on Sunday.
15) 12 Ryan Newman
2339 (-163) - No one but Ryan really knows his future yet, but I know that Ryan does a decent job at the Glen. I don’t see him making the chase this year uness something
miraculous happens. If he wins this race, then I guarantee he’ll make the chase, but I don’t see it happening. Just look for a finish around 18th.
Those are my predictions. This is a road course, so what would it be without a few ringers in the field. Ron Fellows who was scheduled to race for Regan Smith will not., P.J Jones filling in for
J.J Yeley soon to be Brad Coleman, Max Papis, and Boris Said, who didn’t make it  . I see another exciting race, however, if it rain, no rain tires for the cup cars yet. The Nationwide race will
use them if needed though. Have a great race weekend.
My hobbies
This is actually going to be my about me section. I am a huge NASCAR fan. Most of my friends aren't, so I am very happy that I can go here to talk about it. My family and friends know that I
talk about it all the time. Almost as if I'm obsessed, but what can you do, right? My favorite driver is Jeff Gordon, I hope to meet him one day, but probably not. I just hope everyone likes my
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