2007 Nextel Cup Championship Preview...Part 5

...And the rest...

36. 66 Jeff Green
Prediction: Jeff will miss the top-35 by mere points. Lets see how he blames Kevin Harvick for THIS.
Bold Prediction: With new Windows Vista, Jeff will be able to crash twice as many times each Sunday.
Fun Fact: Tune in to Court TV to find out why Gene Haas is the REAL intimidator.

37. 7 Robby Gordon
Prediction: Robby will skip the 600 to race at Indy. Then, ironically, he’ll miss the Brickyard 400.
Bold Prediction: To make a point, Robby will go on a starvation diet to get down to the weight of wet-leather-jacket competitor Danica Patrick.
Fun Fact: Speaking of which, did anyone else notice that the guy in the GoDaddy.com Super Bowl ads is also the guy in the FedEx Denny Hamlin ads?

38. 00* David Reutimann
Prediction: French soldiers of fortune will kidnap David, explaining that they are hot on the trail of the infamous Rue Diamond.
Bold Prediction: David will cause The Big One at Daytona, when a blown tire results in over 20 cars being taken out. It will be known as the Burger King Effect.
Fun Fact: That chicken fries commercial still makes me laugh. Is something wrong with me?

39. 15* Paul Menard
Prediction: Aliens will kidnap Paul, explaining that his car is the only one that can be seen from space.
Bold Prediction: Paul will extricate himself from the brewing feud at DEI by DNQ’ing for a number of races.
Fun Fact: Huh huh huh…’nard.

40. 14 Sterling Marlin
Prediction: Sterling will retire at the end of the year, issuing a simple press release stating, “Boys, ‘M dun”.
Bold Prediction: The accompanying Nascar Scene article on Sterling’s retirement will be titled “Sterling’s Silver”.
Fun Fact: In a desperate attempt to raise more revenue, the Florida Marlins are trying to charge Sterling Marlin licensing fees.


41. 55 Michael Waltrip—Expect big things from Mikey in 2007. Like introducing Derrike Cope as his highly-paid Designated Qualifyer.

42. 4 Ward Burton—Ward’s back, and he’s got his furry little woodland friends to help him!

43. 36 Jeremy Mayfield—Anytime your sponsor owns both 360 OTC and AERO Exhaust, you’re in trouble.

44. 13 Joe Nemechek—You can be Certainteed that he’ll need a Bacardi to make it through this year.

45. 70 Johnny Sauter—Why?

46. 84* A.J. Allmendinger—“I wanna go back to the Champy Cars! I wanna go back! Nobody watched me there!”

47. 49 Mike Bliss—What’s on the trailer on Sunday morning?

48. 78 Kenny Wallace—Suge Knight isn’t involved in this row…yet.

49. 61 Kevin Lepage—Doin’ it for the Catamounts.

50. 72 Brandon Whitt—Carrying on that Shelmerdine tradition.

51. 74 Derrike Cope—Well, he’ll always have his looks.

(And who’ll come in last place? Find out NEXT).