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June 13, 2007

Motor City Madness
Fantasy Insight-Michigan International Speedway
By Dennis Michelsen
Back in the day the races at Michigan International Speedway were the races the manufacturers really wanted to win! Now the makes have changed and so has the intensity of the Motor City Madness. But Roush Racing still calls the state of Michigan home and considers Michigan International Speedway their home track. Roush drivers have come home victorious in 5 of the last 10 races with 3 different drivers posting those wins. This week will be a big test of the Chevy dominance. The Bowtie Brigade has won twelve races in a row with all but one of the fourteen races won by Chevy. But this is one racetrack where Chevy has not been king. The last 12 races have seen Ford and Dodge dominate the races here. Good luck with your Fantasy Racing picks this week!

Fast Facts of the Week

Chevy has won 12 races in a row and 13 of 14 this season

Chevy is winless at Michigan since 2001, a span of 11 races

Kenseth has posted a top 10 in 9 of last 11 races here including 2 wins

Roush Racing has won 5 of last 10 races at their home track

20% of winner from the pole

67% of winners from top 5 starting position

81% of winners from top 10 starting position

Only 8% of winner started 20th or worse

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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- Ryan Newman
Last Week 7th
Has been knocking on the door time to kick it in and win

Place- Carl Edwards
Last Week 6th
Roush has won 5 of last 10 races here

Show- Matt Kenseth
Last Week 42nd
Ultra consistent at this track and this season

Top Rookie-Juan Pablo Montoya
Last Week 26h (2nd best rookie)
Fast track for a great driver

Outside Top 20 in Points-Kasey Kahne
Last Week 35th
Evernham has the new nose figured out

Wednesday on Race Talk Radio
7pm Eastern- Cargo Light Review with Lori Munro
Every week let RaceTalkRadio's Lori Munro take you for a ride…literally! Strap in tight because this will be an adventurous tour of all things truck racing from the inside of her Chevy Silverado. Join Lori every week for the most unique thirty minutes in radio, she might even buy you a cup of coffee at the drive through. It's racing news, fun, and great music every week on the "Cargo Light Review."

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Join OntheBullRing.com's CJ Swank and get down and dirty inside the world of dirt track racing! From the World of Outlaws to the Modifieds and Late Models to those all important support divisions, CJ covers it all. You have read her reports on dirt track racing from the Northeastern quarter of the USA at OntheBullRing.com now tune in every week to hear CJ get down and dirty!

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.