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November 14, 2007

Last Race for the Car of Yesterday
Fantasy Insight-Miami-Homestead
By Dennis Michelsen
Everyone was hyping the storyline about "Who would win the first COT race" but no one seems to care about the other half of this story. Who will win the last Car of Yesterday race? Heading to Miami there is a lot of streaking going on! Jimmie Johnson has a chance to etch his name into the record books alongside Richard Petty and Bobby Allison. In the long and storied history of NASCAR those two legends are the only drivers to ever win five races in a row! Meanwhile, Greg Biffle is hoping to add his name to another prominent list…drivers that have won four or more in a row at the same racetrack. This feat has only been done a dozen times with Jimmie Johnson the last driver to have such a streak. Will either streaker get it done this week? The smart money says no but nothing would surprise me this season! NASCAR develops the Chase for the Championship to assure artificial excitement and the best points race ends up in the Craftsman Truck series the old fashioned way! It seems like just last week I was giving you my picks for the Bud Shootout and now the season is brought to a close. Thank you for stopping by every week and you can look forward to a bigger and better Fantasy Insight in 2008. Good luck with your fantasy picks.

Fast Facts of the Week Presented by www.ihick.com

Jimmie Johnson guns for fifth win in a row…only two drivers in NASCAR history have ever won five or more before (Richard Petty twice and Bobby Allison)

Greg Biffle guns for fourth win in a row at Homestead…streaks of four or more wins in a row at the same track has only been accomplished 12 times in NASCAR history

6 of 8 Cup races have been won from a top ten starting position

Greg Biffle has the most career Cup wins

Ford has four wins here with only one for Dodge and Chevy

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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- Kurt Busch
Last Week 6th
Two poles here in the past

Place-Clint Bowyer
Last Week 4th
Solid top ten in first try here

Show-Greg Biffle
Last Week 10th
Team is closing the season strong

Top Rookie-Juan Pablo Montoya
Last Week 17th Top Rookie
Best rookie by far

Outside Top 20 in Points- Dave Blaney
Last Week 37th
Finished top ten three times here in the past