On a related note, Michael McDowell has become almost a cultish figure because of his crash on Friday. I think there may be 100x the people that know his name today than on Friday morning.
The popular pick here is Dale Earnhardt Jr., and he's a tempting choice. On the pole, has won here previously (and the repeat winner jinx was broken last year by Jeff Burton.)
However, I just don't think that Junior is going to get that win today. Of course, maybe I'm being selfish because a Junior win would mean a flood of "Junior finally wins" and "Hendrick finally wins" stories. I'd rather deal with just one of those scenarios at a time instead of both at the same time.
So I'm going to avoid them both and go with an obvious pick. Carl Edwards has dominated on the track similar to Texas already this year, and oil tank lid or not, Edwards is going to be fast today. Heck, it could be Biffle or Kenseth too, but my money is on #99.
Winner: Carl Edwards
(Last week I went with Jimmie Johnson, so I'm still 0-fer on the year, even though my finishes are somewhat respectable)
(And can we get a moratorium on the "everything is bigger in Texas" shenanigans on TV? We've been to this place at least once a year since 1997, and there has been two races a year recently. This is not new.)
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