Racing is about to resume, in 3 hours the Rolex 24 will go green and the new year of racing will be underway with a load of NASCAR drivers in this year's field. A couple of former champs and the current champ will be in it this year. So on those notes:
Will an Earnhardt be driving for DEI by season's end??
Will the COT fall flat on it's face with wreckfest's at it's couple of tracks this year??
Will the title go to the real champ for the 3rd year in a row??
If Junior struggles early this year, expect him to start job searching and see Teresa kick him out of the car by the final few races if he is not in the Chase. If he struggles then more than likely, he is done at DEI for the time being at least. Expect Childress to throw everything he can out there to get Junior, he badly wants a 4th car with a good driver in it.
If Daytona was any indication, the COT at 'Dega in the fall race will be a major wreckfest in turn 1 of lap 1. Kurt Busch put down a lap of 191 mph at Daytona and said the car was doing a 4 wheel slide all the way around the track. It also put NASCAR's foot down that they will not remove the plates as they were saying could happen if the car showed it was much slower than the current cars at Daytona and 'Dega. If anything, they will put a plate on with smaller holes like they did at 'Dega last fall. If anything, they should not put the COT in any Chase races this year, this is a bad decision by NASCAR. Do the Spring race or the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, not the Chase race at 'Dega. Spring race at Bristol is the debut of the car this year and if it continues to have problems with being loose to where the teams can't fix it, expect a record number of cautions at Bristol and Greg Biffle to win the race.
Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson have won the past 2 titles. Stewart led going into the Chase and JJ was 2nd after Richmond just 57 back under the old system. Kurt Busch would not have won the title in 04 under the old system as he came from 7th position at the start of the Chase at 300 points out. Gordon would have won by 47 in 2004 under the old system.