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Barney Oldfield Rolling Over in his Grave-Fantasy Insight Brickyard

7/23/08: SOZ Studios, MI - By Dennis Michelsen "DMIC" (RaceTalkRadio.com)

Back in Barney Oldfield's day the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the proving ground of American technology. It didn't take long until the European powers in engine design were using Indy to test their engines. But back in those early days of the Brickyard if you told Ford, Maserati, and Mercedes that races would be dominated by a Japanese brand they would have laughed you off of the premises! But now Honda is the only engine at the Indianapolis 500 and Toyota is starting to show supremacy in the world of NASCAR. How times have changed! Will this trend continue? Will it get even worse as American manufacturers suffer huge losses and talk about cutting back their support to NASCAR? This year I expect the Toyotas of Joe Gibbs Racing and Red Bull Racing to show the way. Good luck with your Fantasy Racing picks this week.

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Only forty-seven entries are filed for this week's race…fewest in history

Bill Elliott will be in the No. 21 and second on the list for past champ provisional

Terry Labonte drives the No. 45 and is guaranteed a starting spot

Jason Leffler drives the No. 70

Marcos Ambrose drives the No. 47

Johnny Sauter drives the No. 08

Stanton Barrett will drive the No. 50

Jeff Gordon has the most wins, poles, top fives, and top tens at the Brickyard

8 of 14 races have been won from a top ten starting spot

3 of 14 races have been won from outside the top twenty

Kevin Harvick was the last driver to win from the pole (2003)

Six times the winner at Indy has gone on to win the Cup championship (Jimmie Johnson the last to do so in 2006)

Only two drivers have won the Daytona 500 and Brickyard in the same year (Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson)

ESPN takes over coverage of NASCAR's Sprint Cup Division this week

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Every week the raw data is analyzed to separate the pretenders from the contenders! Anyone earning 240 points or more in the Power Ratings total has a great chance. 100 points is a perfect score for each category with 300 a perfect Power Rating. The top ten drivers will be shown in each category but only Power Ratings over 240 will be shown.

Consistency is King

M Kenseth 92

Ky Busch 92

B Vickers 90

T Stewart 89

J Johnson 89

D Earnhardt Jr 88

M Truex 87

C Edwards 87

K Harvick 86

J Gordon 85

Horses for Courses

J Johnson 96

M Kenseth 95

C Edwards 95

B Vickers 93

M Truex 90

J Burton 90

D Earnhardt Jr 90

Ku Busch 90

K Kahne 90

K Harvick 88

Track Type Casting

T Stewart 95

J Gordon 94

M Kenseth 93

K Harvick 92

M Martin 90

Ku Busch 88

Ky Busch 84

J Burton 84

J McMurray 83

G Biffle 81

Professor DMIC's Power Rating Qualifiers

M Kenseth 280

T Stewart 271

K Harvick 266

J Johnson 264

B Vickers 263

Ky Busch 263

J Gordon 262

C Edwards 262

Ku Busch 261

D Earnhardt Jr 256

J Burton 256

K Kahne 254

M Truex 254

G Biffle 247

M Martin 247

D Ragan 243

J McMurray 242

D Hamlin 240

C Bowyer 240

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Last Week's Results: Chicagoland (32nd, 5th, 22nd)

My top pick Carl Edwards had the car to beat at Chicagoland until his splitter broke! Stewart was a solid pick but Clint Bowyer had trouble on an intermediate track, which concerns me for his chances of making it into the Chase this season.

Win: Denny Hamlin (11-1 Odds)

Fustatin' season can turn around this week

Place: Tony Stewart (7-1 Odds)

Back home again in Indiana where he has won twice

Show: Kyle Busch (5-1 Favorite)

Dream season would be even dreamier with win here

Outsider: Mark Martin (30-1 Odds)

(Outside of Top 20 in Points)

(17th Last Week)

Smooth style will pay off here

Long Shot Special: Jeff Burton (25-1 Odds)

(20-1 or Greater in Vegas)