Jimmie Johnson is the car to beat, big suprise there. Top 10 cars were 48, 14, 17, 24, 9, 99, 33, 11, 5, and 42. Stewart had some engine troubles in the first practice but seemed to get those straightened out in Happy Hour when they changed the ignition box. After that i thought the 39, 00, 83, 25, 2 were top 15 cars. Too bad the 2 car starts so far back. To round out the top 20 i have the 16, 88,18, 20, and 26.

Mark Martin didn’t impress me that much. He’s really fast to start a run but falls off more than normal.

Johnson is ridiculously fast throughout the run and will dominate, hopefully for him fuel mileage doesn’t play into the race.

Kenseth was solid in both sessions and seems to have turned the page on his season. Really solid on long runs as you’d expect and with the pit crew he has i expect another top 5 finish.

Gordon never really stands out in practice but ran some very good times and should be good for a top 10 at least. Very tough decision between him and Martin this week for me.

Kahne never did bust off that fast lap but was as good as anybody not named Johnson on the long run. With him starting up front i’m leaning towards him over Vickers. Vickers just seems a little off and with 3 starts left on him i’m probably going to save him for Texas, California, and Lowe’s.

Montoya didn’t run that many laps but that means to me that they are happy with the car.

C list thoughts i’d rank them 25, 43, 21, 77, 47, 44, and 71. 25 is the obvious choice in this group. Elliot may actually outperform Reed but pit crew advantage goes to Sorenson. Sideways Sam and Ambrose looked very average at best and Allmendinger was junk.

My pick to win is the 48. My sleeper pick of the week is the 25.

Kwiseman signing off, Good luck this week FNP’ers!!!

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