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April 25, 2007

Fantasy Insight-Talladega Spring Race
By Dennis Michelsen
Talladega. When you hear that name you can picture some amazing things. Older fans remember the day that Bill Elliott raced his way back from two laps down to win without the benefit of the Lucky Dog to put him back on the lead lap. Newer fans remember that mad dash from seventeenth to first by Dale Earnhardt as he grabbed his final career win. In addition to the wins there are the frightening barrel rolling crashes. But everyone holds their breath until the window nets come down and the cars come to rest after the inevitable Big One. If you have been to Talladega and spent the weekend in the infield that indeed is a memory you will picture too! (Something wild about otherwise normal people doing mud slides!) When it comes to handicapping this race it is easy to pick winners but tough to pick three guys that can stay out of trouble on the same race! Good luck with your fantasy handicapping this week.

Fast Facts of the Week
Qualifying does matter…16% of winners have started from pole with an amazing 40% starting from the front row!

Jeff Gordon poised to surpass Dale Earnhardt in career victories

Dale the man here with 10 career wins, his son is second with five

Seven different drivers won their only Cup race here

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Prize Note: Tom from Connecticut wins a Diamond Membership playing Fantasy Insight's FLIP FLOPS. Listen this week on www.racetalkradio.com Wednesday night at 10pm ET to see how you can play and win this week's prize!

Fantasy Racing by the Numbers
My unique Power Ratings are back and better than ever for 2007! Combining the three most important factors the numbers never lie. Separate the pretenders from the contenders each week with track type, horses for courses, and consistency factored into one easy to use Power Rating. The key numbers to remember are 80 and 250. A rating of 80 is an acceptable risk for any of the individual ratings and 250 is the cut off for the complete Power Rating. Drivers topping these minimums have a much higher percentage of top ten finishes over the past three seasons! (Only drivers meeting the minimum will be shown in the individual ratings with the top 25 for Power Ratings shown)

Picking a Winner
Each week I will attempt to handicap the winners showing the three drivers I think are most likely to come home a winner! Also the TOP ROOKIE and BEST OUTSIDE TOP 20 will be forecast so you get a complete handicapping picture for the upcoming race.

Winner- Jeff Gordon
No better place to pass BIG E than the track he dominated

Place- Jimmie Johnson
This handicapping thing is easy just pick a Hendrick car

Show-Tony Stewart
A mad Tony is a fast Tony

Top Rookie- Juan Pablo Montoya
He did great in first ARCA start here

Outside Top 20 in Points-David Stremme
Glad to be back to the old cars

Wednesday on Race Talk Radio
8pm Eastern-Fantasy Insight-Need help with your Fantasy Racing lineup? Each week we go beyond the stats to pick winners! Join Dennis Michelsen and Mike Harper every week as they play head to head in Flip Flops. You can win great prizes by picking the winning fantasy handicapper each week.

8:30pm Eastern-Racing Rock Star with Gannon Hollywood-Gannon is the jackman on the No. 47 NASCAR Busch team, and yes that is his real name! His videos will be featured on SPEED CHANNEL and his exclusive radio show will be heard on www.racetalkradio.com every week!

9pm Eastern-Quick Change- Dennis Michelsen, Mike Harper and Lori Munro bring you cutting edge commentary and their own personal unique spins on the world of all things racing. Our weekly guests will try to keep up! Tune in and just try to hang on every Wednesday night.