Pre-Race Top 5 - Dickies 500
Watching Mark Martin's Chase hopes getting their grave pissed on, having already been buried, troubled me greatly. Especially since the pisser wasn't a real person but rather Tony Raines. Upon further examination, however, I've absolved Raines of some of the blame. Around NASCAR, Martin is known to be a cursed man. The story goes that if someone gave Mark Martin a golden horseshoe he'd just end up dropping it and breaking his foot. This week's sponsor, Dickies, uses a golden horseshoe as it's logo. Frankly, I think God, the fates, or what have you, hate Mark with a passion. I can't even be that pissed at the crew from Hall of Fame Racing for forcing Martin to his backup ride. It's simply one of those deals when the 6 team is fucked no matter what. Hell, even their driver for next year might be cursed. If not with bad luck then with mediocre driving skills (it takes an awful lot to push Ken Schrader to the brink of committing a capital offense with a blunt-force object).
As the 2006 Chase winds down I feel compelled to invoke a line heard on Speed's promos for NASCAR Raceday. "You're going to see a lot of desperate people doing a lot of desperate things." Texas Motor Speedway is the last "run wide open" track on the schedule, and the conglomeration of Chasers, winless rooks, and a past Champion retiring on home turf mean carnage, carnage, and more carnage. I'm placing the over/under on retired cars at eight. Also, I think that the over/under on retired cars should be on the board at my online bookie (polesitter Vickers is currently listed as 30-1 to win). A Chase contender or two will become intimate with the retaining wall courtesy of a deal they had absolutely nothing to do with. Kenseth fans should start drinking early. Strange as it sounds, Riggs or Mears will be in contention for a victory. Vickers will not. And at the end of the day the usual suspects will round out the top 5.
5.Mears
4.Johnson
3.Kahne
2.Stewart
1.Earnhardt, Jr.
As the 2006 Chase winds down I feel compelled to invoke a line heard on Speed's promos for NASCAR Raceday. "You're going to see a lot of desperate people doing a lot of desperate things." Texas Motor Speedway is the last "run wide open" track on the schedule, and the conglomeration of Chasers, winless rooks, and a past Champion retiring on home turf mean carnage, carnage, and more carnage. I'm placing the over/under on retired cars at eight. Also, I think that the over/under on retired cars should be on the board at my online bookie (polesitter Vickers is currently listed as 30-1 to win). A Chase contender or two will become intimate with the retaining wall courtesy of a deal they had absolutely nothing to do with. Kenseth fans should start drinking early. Strange as it sounds, Riggs or Mears will be in contention for a victory. Vickers will not. And at the end of the day the usual suspects will round out the top 5.
5.Mears
4.Johnson
3.Kahne
2.Stewart
1.Earnhardt, Jr.
posted by S.P.H. at 4:20 AM
2 Comments:
Eh. Riggs, sorta maybe; Mears, not only no, but hell no. Which is not to say I don't like him. Also, Kenseth will make his way up through the field; we're looking at a finish that's just about grazing the top 10 for the 17. More than a feeling.
also, Kenseth is from Wisconsin; his fans start drinking early regardless of what his starting position, or, as for that matter, the scheduled start of the race is.
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