Before the checkered flag waves for today's Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway (and that flag is scheduled to wave at 1 p.m. EDT, not noon, as TNT would have you believe), it's time to offer predictions for which NASCAR drivers will finish in the top 10. Last week's predictions went a respecatble 6-4, leaving us with a season record of 61-69. .500, here we come.
1. Kurt Busch. He's on the pole, and he's climbing up the charts like a Black Eyed Peas song.
2. Kevin Harvick. Last week's top 10 finish at Pocono left him on top of the points chart and gave him a season-high nine top 10 finishes.
3. Joey Logano. Expect the three-time Kentucky winner to stay parked on Harvick's bumper and let him know who wears the firesuit in his family.
4. Mark Martin. Longtime readers of the People's Pigskin will remember that Martin leads active drivers with five wins on this track. No reason for him not to rack up a sixth.
5. Jamie McMurray. Once again, he finds himself on the front row for a race.
6. Jeff Gordon. And once again, he finds himself as a popular pick to finally break into the win column.
7. Kyle Busch. Oh, yeah. There's also the driver who's second in points.
8. Jimmie Johnson. And speaking of "oh, yeahs," there's the defending Sprint Cup champion, who is fresh off his victory at Tony Stewart's Prelude to a Dream charity race.
9. Denny Hamlin. OK, you tell him he's supposed to be recuperating from his surgery right now.
10. Paul Menard. Why is he getting this week's medium-to-long-shot pick? Because the People's Pitstop should have more than one starting driver on this list.
We'll be back with results and more.
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