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August 22, 2007

Brave New Bristol
Fantasy Insight-Bristol 2
By Dennis Michelsen
168,000 fans cram into Bristol Motor Speedway twice a year to watch the modern day equivalent of the chariot races! When word came out that Speedway Motorsports was planning to re-pave Bristol many of those fans held their breath. Would SMI kill Bristol? Once crews began working on the speedway they realized how messed up the pavement really was. New construction techniques needed to be developed to lay down variable banking with brand new cement. Track management also made sure the rough spots that come with new cement paving were smoothed out as much as possible by having some of the nation's best late model stockcar drivers put laps on the new surface. The result is a much smoother Bristol with variable banking. If the minor league racers are any indication, the new surface will provide the best racing ever seen at Bristol Motor Speedway! Of course this will change the way the surface races, which will make handicapping the race even tougher than ever. But at the end of the long weekend of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway; Speedway Motorsports will ask the engineers how to devise a way to build another 168,000 seats. That is how fantastic the new track will be for the racers!

Fast Facts of the Week Presented by www.nascapper.com
Darrell Waltrip won seven races in a row and 12 overall at Bristol

Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon top the list for wins by active drivers at 5 each

Qualifying is critical, thanks mainly to the tight pit row. 22.6% of winners started on the pole and 82% started in the top ten

New pavement provides drivers with variable banking

This will be the first race for Nextel Cup drivers on the new pavement

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Fan1st is giving race fans a chance to win the greatest prize in Fantasy Racing history. Can you imagine being picked up for the race at your hometown airport in a private jet and flown to Daytona International Speedway? You can invite three people along for the experience of a lifetime learning what it is like to be an owner in the Busch series! Fan1st.com is the sponsor on the No. 32 car driven by driver Dave Blaney in the Busch series for owner Todd Braun. This year their Fantasy Racing game is included in their Diamond Membership package or you can purchase entry to the race game separately. Fan1st puts the fan in charge voting on important team matters! Their Fantasy Racing game has the best prize every offered and is a bargain to enter for $75 for the whole season! You build your team selecting a driver, crew chief, manufacturer, and owner in a salary cap format.

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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- Matt Kenseth
Last Week 10th
Super consistent with two night race wins

Place-Kurt Busch
Last Week 19th
Team firing on all cylinders with Tryson on the box

Show-Kyle Busch
Last Week 27th
Loved the COT at BMS in the Spring

Top Rookie-David Ragan
Last Week 18th top rookie
Two in a row as best rookie

Outside Top 20 in Points- Kasey Kahne
Last Week 38th
Will qualify strong, can he finish strong too?

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."

7:30pm Eastern-Getting Dirty with CJ Swank
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-Special Rewind of 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.