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We're back in the great state of Texas this weekend for the 2nd time this season with the 8th race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jimmie Johnson has pretty much sewed up his 4th consecutive Cup. With a win today, he can clinch the Cup. The Phoenix and Homestead folks are both pulling for him to finish 43rd, so the Cup can be awarded at their tracks, but Jimmie is very strong here in Texas and the 48 team will not beat themselves. His record breaking performance has been remarkable. In my humble opinion, his lack of personality takes some of the luster off the wins. He's a nice guy, but seems so corporate and robotic. His crew chief, Chad Knaus, has more personality and co-hosts one of our weekly programs, Nascar Performance. He shows off a bit of his personality on that show, and shows even more when the "red light" is off. He's a really funny guy who, self admittedly, has no life outside the track. He eats, breathes, sleeps and lives racing. I guess that's why he's about to win his 4th Cup in a row.
Today's race is the last 500 mile contest of the season. Today's weather will be overcast all day, so the grip should be good with multi-groove racing all day long. Kyle Busch has won twice already this weekend winning the truck race on Friday night and the Nationwide race Saturday afternoon. Now while my dislike of Kyle Busch is well documented here on Ridin' Shotgun, I honestly would like to see him sweep the weekend with a win today. I know that's like a Red Sox fan rooting for the Yankees to win the World Series, but I would like to see him do his trademark bow from a third vehicle in three days.
My predictions for today:
3). Greg Biffle
2). Mark Martin
1). Kyle Busch
Have a great Raceday!