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September 19, 2007

Monster Playoff Mashing
Fantasy Insight-Dover 2
By Dennis Michelsen
What a contrast racing at Dover this week after that snooze festival at New Hampshire! Very few tracks strike fear into the hopes of Championship contenders more than Dover Downs. Accidents that seem safely behind you here end up coming around quickly to bite ya in the end. The Monster lives and seems to reach out and grab guys when they least expect it. So far in Car of Tomorrow races the Bow Tie Brigade has been tops. Only Carl Edwards flipping good time at Bristol and Juan Pablo's fuel mileage run have been able to beat the Chevy brand at CO2 races this year. With Hendrick, Gibbs, and RCR teams clicking right now I am not sure that dominance will be challenged this week at Dover. But down the stretch I will pick one non-chase team in my picks every week and this week the honor goes to Ryan Newman. Good luck with your fantasy picks this week and tune in at www.racetalkradio.com Wednesday night for more Fantasy Insight information!

Fast Facts of the Week Presented by www.nascapper.com
Most wins by an active driver is shared by Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, and Ricky Rudd

15% of the winners at Dover have started from the pole

60% of winners have started from the top five

Only 4% of the winners have started from outside the top 20

Eight different winners in the last eight races here

Chevy has won all but two of the Car of Tomorrow races this season

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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 3rd
Team and driver in good form at the right time

Place- Jimmie Johnson
Last Week 15th
My Hendrick driver of the week

Show- Ryan Newman
Last Week 2nd
Team could break through with a win soon

Top Rookie- David Ragan
Last Week 19th (Top Rookie)
Starting to learn how to manage the longer races

Outside Top 20 in Points- Mark Martin
Last Week 20th
Army team has orders to pick up pace or report to Iraq