Look Into My Crystal Ball

By Mark Young

Happy race day my friends.  Have lots to do this morning before the start of the race, at a normal time for once @ 1:30 EDT so I will keep this one short but to the point.  As I was straightening up my dungeon this morning I picked up one of my bowling balls (can't understand why the wife says 8 is too many) and was struck with a vision.  As I held the ball in my hand I glimpsed further into it and rubbed it like a crystal ball used by fortune tellers and then rushed to share with you what I saw.

U WANT SOME?

Seriously, I did not take a sip out of that mason jar in the top shelf of the cabinet, I don't have the guts to do it without supervision.  I did have a vision though and I hope I am wrong with part of it.  By this evening we will have drivers, crew-chiefs, and owners complaining about tires.....again.  The difference this time is that they were too soft.  We saw tire issues yesterday in Atlanta in the Busch race.  Today the cars are a little heavier and a lot more powerful, not a good mix for a tire that is a little softer than yesterday.  Last week they were complaining because there were too hard and though I would agree with them that is what they all had to use.  I might just have to cut and paste parts of my Just Shut Up from last week for this coming week.  Just change the names and the locations.  I sure hope not though.

Atlanta is known for multiple grooves and close finishes and I think today will give us another one, albeit if it is orchestrated in the tower by a mysterious debris caution.  In my vision this morning I saw a red car in victory lane with a #8 on it.  Junior will win by a nose over Tony Stewart followed closely by Jeff Burton.  If this doesn't pan out I might just take a sip of the mason jar to ease the pain of all of you who say I'm crazy.

That's what I think, what say you?