We're just hours away from the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. While you prepare your snacks and beverages, we at the People's Pigskin are busy figuring out which drivers will finish in the top 10. Once again, drivers in our starting lineup are ineligible for selection. But that doesn't excuse our going 1 for 4 in the last edition of these picks.
One from the front: We have three starters in the top 10 (Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr. and Mark Martin), so that narrows the field considerably. We'll go with the driver who won the Phoenix race and has the pole this week: Carl Edwards.
One from the back: The bottom 10 this week is a veritable "Who's That" of auto racing. Except we find a driver who's currently in 4th place in Sprint Cup points but only 36th on the starting grid. That would be Juan Pablo Montoya, who finished 7th last August on this track.
Two from the middle: Believe it or not, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finished in the top 10 in the last two races this season. The networks might be able to manufacture crowd noise when he passes, but they can't manufacture a top 10 finish.
And quick, before you reach for that cup of coffee, name the driver who sits on top of the point standings as of right now. If you guessed Tony Stewart, either you know your racing stats or you peeked at one of the links earlier in this post. Either way, Stewart finished 2nd at Bristol last spring and starts in 13th place today. Pencil him in for a strong day.
We'll be back with the results. Enjoy the race.
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