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September 12, 2007

And Away We Go a Chasing
Fantasy Insight-NHIS 2
By Dennis Michelsen
The Chase for the Championship kicks off this week at New Hampshire International Speedway and that means the cream of the crop will rise to the top. Since the beginning of the Chase a higher percentage of top ten finishes have been posted by championship competitors. These stats were changed a bit last season with Tony Stewart winning at a high clip but that was Tony Stewart! This season look for the smart money to bet on the Chase teams to perform the best at each and every race in the Chase. Look for Gibbs Racing to have two teams ready to challenge for the Championship with the trio from Hendrick Motorsports. These teams feature the five top-rated Car of Tomorrow entries too.

Fast Facts of the Week Presented by www.nascapper.com
Most Career Wins Jeff Burton (4)

Most Top Fives Jeff Gordon (11)

Most Top Tens Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett (14)

Driver changes include Boris Said (98), Sam Hornish Jr (06), and Ken Schrader (21)

Kenny Wallace standing by to sub for Ricky Rudd (88)

Wins from pole 12%

Wins from top 5 28%

Wins from outside top 20 24%

July Winner Denny Hamlin

Last September Winner Kevin Harvick

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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- Tony Stewart
Last Week 6th
Gets Chase off to a fence climbing start

Place- Denny Hamlin
Last Week 20th
Won here earlier this season

Show- Jeff Gordon
Last Week 42nd
My Hendrick pick of the week

Top Rookie- David Ragan
Last Week 3rd
Team is improving down the stretch

Outside Top 20 in Points- Kasey Kahne
Last Week 8th
All of team's top tens have come at COT or Plate races