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Earnhardt Jr Fix Will be In at Texas-Fantasy Insight Texas
4/2/08: SOZ Studios, MI - By Dennis Michelsen "DMIC" (RaceTalkRadio.com)
Dale Earnhardt Jr has gotten the GOOD setup and the BEST car at every race this season! This has left fans of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson fuming but it is about what could be expected with the fan's most popular driver in their stable. Considering the dominance of this GOOD setup and BEST car last season it is a wonder that Junior doesn't have at least 3 or 4 wins by now! But don't fret Junior Nation that first win is coming this week for sure. RaceTalkRadio has intercepted super secret memos from Hendrick Motorsports thanks to Raul the Janitor. (That guy has amazing talent putting partially shredded documents back together!) How can I be so bold as to GUARNATEE a victory this week? I do not treat guarantees casually but when information like this comes into my hands I am ready to cash in on a winning bet. Unfortunately Junior's odds in Vegas for this race have dropped like a rock so I think I don't have an exclusive here at all! But in addition to getting the GOOD setup and the BEST car for the sixth of seven races this season Junior gets even more help at Texas Motor Speedway. This week Eddie Gossage has conspired with NASCAR officials to make sure history is made at his track this week! Apparently ISC owed SMI a favor and this is it. Gossage has even arranged to have the helmet Dale Earnhardt Jr wears this week signed and added to his collection. NASCAR will love the waves of publicity this monumental moment in NASCAR history will give them on the National stage! The Earnhardt Jr fix will be in at Texas Motor Speedway and as we all know this isn't the first (or last) time NASCAR has fixed a race for their favorite star!
(Don't all of you that REALLY believe in the NASCAR fix and/or favorable treatment for Junior feel ashamed of yourself? Only you guys and gals believe that Raul could find such a memo! While I stand behind my pick of Dale Earnhardt Jr based on the numbers and his history at the track, the rest of the above is PURE SARCASM!)
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Pace Laps: Sponsored by JAYSKI
47 drivers will attempt to qualify for the 43 starting positions
David Reutimann (No. 44) and Sam Hornish Jr (No. 77) fell out of the top 35
Chad McCumbee will sub for Kyle Petty in the No. 45
As many drivers have won from outside the top 30 as from the front row
As many pole winners have finished outside of the top 20 as inside the top 10
Two of fourteen winners won their first race ever at Texas Motor Speedway
Goodyear will bring the same tire compounds used here last season
Denny Hamlin has the best average starting position of active drivers (8.4)
Jimmie Johnson has the best average finish of any active driver (9.2)
Bobby Labonte and Ryan Newman lead active drivers with 2 poles each
Jeff Burton is the only driver to win at Texas Motor Speedway twice
By the Numbers: Sponsored by iHick.com
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
J Burton 94
K Harvick 93
D Earnhardt Jr 91
G Biffle 91
J Gordon 90
C Edwards 89
T Stewart 88
D Hamlin 88
Ky Busch 87
J Johnson 87
Horses for Courses
M Kenseth 96
T Stewart 91
M Truex 91
J Johnson 90
J Gordon 89
D Hamlin 88
K Harvick 87
M Martin 87
Ku Busch 87
D Earnhardt Jr 86
Track Type Casting
J Burton 93
M Kenseth 93
J Johnson 90
J Gordon 89
K Harvick 89
Ky Busch 89
Ku Busch 88
C Edwards 87
G Biffle 86
D Earnhardt Jr 85
Professor DMIC's Power Rating Qualifiers
M Kenseth 274
J Burton 272
K Harvick 270
J Gordon 268
J Johnson 267
D Earnhardt Jr 262
M Truex 260
D Hamlin 260
Ky Busch 260
C Edwards 259
T Stewart 259
Ku Busch 256
C Bowyer 255
G Biffle 253
K Kahne 250
M Martin 249
C Mears 247
E Sadler 243
R Newman 242
D Ragan 242
J McMurray 240
DMIC's Picks: Sponsored by www.rowdy.com
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Last Week's Results: Goody's Cool Orange 500 (1st, 6th, 12th)
The only thing you can count on at Martinsville was having indigestion after eating 10 hotdogs for breakfast! But last week my picks to click were right on the money. Denny Hamlin took home the win with Dale Earnhardt Jr in the hunt all day. My third pick was a toss up between Harvick and Jeff Gordon and I picked the wrong guy but still came home in 12th place.
Win: Dale Earnhardt Jr (8-1)
Perfect symmetry…first Busch, Cup, and Hendrick win at Texas!
Place: Carl Edwards (6-1)
Even the flip is bigger in Texas!
Show: Kyle Busch (7-1)
Still on the Rowdy Bandwagon!
Outsider: Travis Kvapil (30-1 as Field Entry)
(Outside of Top 20 in Points)
(8th Last Week)
Love those Roush-Yates engines!
Long Shot Special: Kevin Harvick (25-1)
(20-1 or Greater in Vegas)
(20th Last Week)
Third best Power Rating of all drivers
Rookie of the Race: Michael McDowell
(26th Last Week)
Winning pole would not shock me!
Struggling Star: Clint Bowyer
(Inside Top 12 in Points)
(21st Last Week)
Misses top 10 in all three categories this week!
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