Well, my UTenn Vols almost beat Alabama today (we need a field goal
kicker), so things can't be too terrible. Wait.. It's a green track
for tomorrow and my daughter, who lives in M'ville - once again -
didn't send me any free tickets to the race, so maybe it is terrible.
Lets see what the crystal ball says.

Winner: Jr. is going to pick this race to end his drought.

1. JJ didn't practice or qualify that well, but he should come back
in the race and finish in the top 10.

2. Ryan Newman isn't a name I think of when I think of short tracks,
but he will manage a top 10 for this one.

3. Juan will be a little too hot blooded for conditions tomorrow and
will fall back to the second 10.

4. I am wondering if maybe Marcos is getting a little tired here at
the end of the season. He'll finish outside the top 25.

5. David Reutimann is putting on a good late season push, but he will
end up in the second 10 with Juan.

First Segment points - + 20
Second Segment points - + 30
Chase points going in - + 11
Points in this race - +
Chase points leaving - +

Tom S.

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:00:22 CST, "Tom S." <tscalfjr (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote:

The crystal ball still needs a little fine tuning, but decidedly
better than it was before I "retired" it..
+0 Junior couldn't seem to get out of his own way today. Finished
the day in 29th.
+1 Finished 2nd.

+1 Seventh place finish for the rocketman.
+0 He came forward faster than I expected and led for stretches.
Ended up in 3rd.

+1 27th. Had a spin or two and never really made any noise today.

+1 16th. Kind of a run-of-the-mill run today.

"Tom S." <tscalfjr (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote in
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His car was class of the field, for sure. A little more experience
for Montoya, learning to judge how to keep the brakes for the whole
race, would have made the difference between 3rd & 1st.

Which makes me think it's a pity N Wilks is gone, because that was
the hardest track to keep brakes on, and it would have been interesting
to see how JPM (and some of the other young dudes) handled it.

John