Re: RPG - Firecracker - McCoy <1><3>John McCoy <igopogo@ix . net com . com > wrote in
news:Xns9AD2897687191pogosupernews@216.168.3.30:
> The Win: I figure it'll be a Chevy. Let's go with Gordon, he
> drafts pretty good and he's due for a win.
I didn't see the end of the race, but I gather he was right there
until the end. But still due...
> Top Ford: wouldn't surprise me if it was a Yates car. I'll pick
> Travis Kvapil for top Ford finisher.
Ran real well in the middle of the race (which I saw bits of),
but I guess got caught in the last accident? Anyway, not the
top Ford.
> Top Dodge: well, they were all slow as molasses afore the 500,
> and ended up winning it. They're still slow as molasses (except
> Carpentier). I'll take Kurt Busch for best of them.
Ahem - a note to Tom...at a plate race, any slow car is as likely
to end up at the front as any other slow car :-) +1
> Top Toyota: I'd like this to be Blaney, who runs passably well
> at the plate tracks (when he makes the race), and he has a fast
> car based on qualifying. But I think the top Toyota will be
> Stewart.
Didn't forsee Stewart becoming ill. Looked like Blaney was doing
passably well, till the late accident, but yet again Busch is the
best in a Toyota.
> Top Rookie: Regan Smith. DEI cars still seem to be fast at
> Daytona.
Second best rookie. Nice job by Carpentier staying out of trouble
in a car that probably needed some major adjustments on the early
pitstops.
> Big Wreck: I'm hoping there isn't one. But if there is, I
> predict it will be somewhere between the 200 and 300 mile mark.
I guess it was right at the end, altho unless a lot of guys spun
without getting mentioned in the press reports, it wasn't really
a big one.
race +1
segment +3
John