Top 10 cars are 9, 31, 48, 24, 5, 2, 14, 17, 18, 99.  B list sleepers are; 20, 47, 56, 88, and 39. I’d save 29, 33, 11, 42 for another week. Not terrible but not their best cars. C listers rank like so; 98, 43, 77, 82, 71.

Jeff Gordon is happy with his car and that’s good enough for me. He’s a hard man to read by lap times so i’ll take his word for it. All the Hendrick cars look good, I’ll rank them 48,5, 24, 88. 88 is good but can he finish?

RCR cars don’t look nearly as good this week as they have in recent weeks. Burton looks really strong though and is my pick for 2nd. I’d rank them 31, 33, and 29. Harvick fought loose all day and doesn’t look that good.

Roush looks mediocre with Kenseth leading the way. Biffle is in a backup car and will start from the back. I’d rank them 17, 99, 16, 6. Ragan was pretty fast and this is his home track so a top 20 is possible. Carl wasn’t happy with the car and was looking at Kahne’s notes. Carl loves this place and that’s why he still makes my top 10.

Kasey Kahne looks bad fast as does his teammate Paul Menard. If only Elliot Sadler could drive he’d be a good sleeper. 

Joey Logano is fast again and even with limited experience at Atlanta he just missed my top 10.

Earnhardt Ganassi looked average at best. Montoya loves this place so i could see them making the car better and challenging for a top 10. Stay away from McMurray.

So my pick to win the race is Kasey Kahne, wish i had him on my team. I’m thinking Gordon over Jimmie (save), Burton and Kenseth over Harvick and Bowyer who will be more valuable on short, flat tracks, and that brings us to the C list. Both Menard and AJ look pretty good but as of now i’m using Paul. AJ loves this place though so i can’t argue with starting him over Menard.

That’s it for this week gang, good luck FNPers.

Kyle Wiseman

Top 10 cars are; 48, 5, 17, 24, 16, 33, 18, 99, 31 and 9. Top 15 cars include 2, 20,  29, 42, and 11.  B list sleepers are 20 and 47. C list sleepers 98 and 82 but 43 and 77 look better but don’t classify as sleepers.

Thought Jimmie Johnson had the fastest practice times as usual, with Mark Martin arguably as fast if not faster. Mark is happy with his car. Jeff Gordon is also very fast and all 3 should be good for a top 10, if not better.

RCR camp looks fast again but not as fast as last week. Bowyer was happy with his car and quit happy hour practice early. Harvick hit the wall friday and showed saturday that he has a fast car. Burton worked on long runs and should be bad fast on sunday.

Roush camp looks better this week. I couldn’t tell what kind of tires Kenseth was on but if they were old he’s my pick to win. Biffle is fast again and Edwards came on strong in happy hour. See all 3 as top 10 and potential winners.

Tony Stewart threw a bunch of stuff at his car and wasn’t happy with his ride. I thought his lap times looked pretty respectable though. Ryan Newman was happy with his car and should finish top 20 atleast. Just don’t trust Newman though.

Gibbs cars look decent. Logano might be the fastest of the trio. Said he had so much speed that he couldn’t get it to turn through the center. Good problem to have. I also think Kyle is pretty good, even though he fought loose all practice. I’d probably stay away from Hamlin right now.

Cars look similiar on the stop watch this week so crew chiefs notes will be of interest to me. I’d stick with the big teams this week gang.

I’m going to pick Matt Kenseth to win but i think any of my top 10 are capable. It’s easy to pick the 48 every week so i’ll pass. I’m thinking Biffle over Kyle, Kenseth and Burton over Harvick and Bowyer for now. Hornish over Speed but i don’t think Speed is junk and thought at the end of the session he looked decent. Hornish in the early practice was really fast on long runs. I think Sammy is a top 20 car and i say that with confidence.

Good luck FNPers

Kyle Wiseman