| So much for qualifying. | | | | race from the pole) finished "just" 12th, his worst |
| Inclement weather and some mixed messages from | | | | finish so far in a very good year. Will these drivers be |
| NASCAR led to delay after delay in Friday's qualifying | | | | the story once again on Sunday? Read on. |
| session at Texas Motor Speedway, until finally the | | | | Two weeks ago: A very nice week at Martinsville, |
| track ran out of light, and qualifying was officially | | | | where our pick of Johnson to win at +750 odds, |
| considered defunct. As a result, we get little idea of | | | | combined with our head-to-head selection of J.J. over |
| who's got a fast li'l rocket ship for Sunday | | | | Kyle Busch, led to profit galore. On 1.5 units wagered, |
| afternoon's race; the cars will roll off in the order of | | | | we netted 1.92 units, a return of 128%; for the |
| the points standings. | | | | season, on nine units wagered, we've netted a |
| But we do have a not-so-secret weapon picking this | | | | positive 3.37 units, for a return of 37.4%. (And note |
| race: the venue. Texas is an awful lot like Atlanta, | | | | that if you'd eschewed the conservative unit |
| where the Smokeless Set ran just a few weeks ago. | | | | strategy I advise below, and simply placed one unit |
| Jimmie Johnson won that race (as he always seems | | | | on every wager I've recommended, you'd be up a |
| to do), and Tony Stewart was coming hard and fast | | | | net 20.67 units on 24 units wagered, for an 86.1% |
| at event's end. Juan Pablo Montoya posted a | | | | return. It's riskier on a week-to-week basis, though.) |
| Nextel-Cup-career-best fifth-place finish in that event, | | | | Let's keep it going. |
| and the points leader, Jeff Gordon, (who'll begin this | | | | |