A list ranks- 11, 48, 14, 24, 5, 18, 2, 42, 16, 99.

Ford’s look horrible. Hendrick looks good.

Denny hasn’t been happy all week but on their last run of Happy Hour their laps times were really good so they improved the car.

Jimmie should also challenge for the win. Gordon is pretty happy, everybody fighting loose though. Smoke looks pretty good but can’t gamble for the win and has to secure his spot in the chase.

B list ranks-  31, 29, 33, 9, 20, 39, 88, 17, 1, 56, 00, 6, 12, 47.

RCR boys look really good again, big suprise right? Bowyer is a tough call very fast but starts 40th. With a chance of rain on sunday it’s probably too risky for me. Kahne knows how to get around this place and i’ll take his experience over Logano.

Logano’s bunch think there fast but i wasn’t overwhelmed by their lap times.

Newman didn’t show anything in practice, may suprise but i wasn’t impressed.

Jr actually looks like the dark horse pick this week, if only he qualified better.

Wouldn’t use Kenseth this week. Ragan looked better than his teammates but will probably wreck.

C list ranks- 43, 77, 98, 78, 83, 82, 71

AJ wasn’t happy and used his teammates setups but was not successful. I’m guessing he went back to original setup on his last run and ran pretty good lap times. Has track position too and i don’t think it’s as bad as he thinks.

Hornish was not impressive at all but likes this place and qualified well so he gets ranked 2nd

Menard’s times were better than Sam’s but i can’t get the thought out of my mind how bad he was here last time.

Regan Smith is my sleeper pick in C. Starts way back and has durability issues but looked pretty good compared to the rest of this bunch.

Paythefan picks will be 11, 14, 20, 88, 77, 83. Also like 5 in A , 29 in B and 43 in B. Would also consider 78 in C but i’m down to 1 start. Labonte might be good for a top 25-30 in C as well.

Sleeper picks in B for Yahoo are 88, 9 and 20

Pick to win is Denny Hamlin of course.

Yahoo team looking like 11, 20, 9, 43. No more AJ

Good luck FNPers!!!

Kyle Wiseman

I’ll say it one more time don’t be shy with your studs, the starts shine here. Also track position will be huge. Very hard track to pass at.

A list ranks- 48, 11, 24, 42, 99 and the rest are pretty even. Mark Martin pretty happy in practice too.

1st practice i wasn’t impressed with Jimmie but he was stout in happy hour. 24 should be good but i like Denny a little better. Montoya ran a lot of the 1st practice on scuffs and that’s why he didn’t look that good on the stop watch. Edwards ran the fastest lap late a 51.38 but he had a vibration in practice and with the FR9 i’d be very concerned with that.

B list ranks- 29, 31, 33, 9, 56, 39, 17, 88, 1, 20.

RCR is the class of the B list by far as usual.  Bowyer is a great start saver this week and should finish top 10 and could even beat Burton. Kahne starts deep in the field but should be was fast. Truex is my dark horse pick. Newman looked good but scares me here. Ford’s look better than i expected but Kenseth was 3rd strongest to me of the Roushketeers. Jr. scraped the wall but was pretty happy with the car. Use Jr. at your own risk.  Don’t trust McMurray but could suprise. Logano starts in the back and wouldn’t use him. One additional note Reutimann was junk.

C list ranks- 43, 77, 98, 78, 83, 82, 21. I really like Sorenson until he scraped the wall. Regan Smith could also suprise. Menard was high on the charts for individual lap time but wasn’t impressed on long runs. I think A.J. is the class of the C list by far and i expect a top 15 if not better. Elliot didn’t look that good to me but is a smart racer and could finish top 25.

My pick to win is Jimmie Johnson

My sleepers are Truex, Bowyer and Kahne

Pay the fan  i like 48, 42, 29, 33, 21, 77. I could also see using 83 or 78. 31 is a good b list pick but i’m out of starts. I wouldn’t use Menard here especially in paythefan.

Good luck FNPers!!! Enjoy the Brickyard.

Kyle Wiseman