Duel!

Well, I didn't do too badly with my predictions.

In the first duel, I nailed my Junior pick (Hello, Captain Obvious) and got the Vickers pick. But Kurt Busch broke and had to use the past champions' provisional, so saying that I picked him to get in isn't correct because he was in the show no matter what. However, I did get Boris Said just missing a transfer spot right, but he didn't make the field on speed. Completely whiffed on the Kenny Wallace pick; I thought he wouldn't be a factor.

In the second one, I thought I was going to go 2-for-2 on winners with two laps to go, but having your predicted winner (Tony Stewart) finish second isn't too bad. But in regards to the transfer spots, I missed badly. I figured that John Andretti would wreck or break, and I thought that Jarrett would take it easy because he knew he'd be in. However, since Busch broke, Jarrett had to hustle his tail off, and get some team help from Michael Waltrip and David Reutimann.

I feel sorry for Boris, because I really wanted to see him in the race, but at the same time, he did nothing Thursday to show that he'd be a factor on Sunday.

And Kenny's euphoric diatribe on Speed? Give me a break. There's a reason that no one was giving you or your brother Mike rides at Daytona.