Brian Gabrielle
Take Matt Kenseth (+700), 1/6th unit. This week, the Smokless Set heads back to Michigan, a track on which Kenseth has a great record. In 18 career starts here, he's got 12 top-10 finishes and eight top-fives, including the June race, when he finished third. In that event, however, I felt he had the day's best car, but was bumped out of win by fuel strategy. He's my favorite to take Sunday's race.
Take Jimmie Johnson (+600), 1/6th unit. Johnson has been red-hot, finishing inside the top seven in each of the past four events. He's never won at Michigan (only one of five non-road-course tracks where you can say that), but he was a solid sixth here in June, after finishing second in the Car of Tomorrow at Michigan's sister track, Fontana, earlier in the season.
Take Carl Edwards (+600), 1/6th unit. Roush Racing tends to be strongest at Michigan, so if Kenseth doesn't win, his teammate Edwards has a great chance. Edwards has won here once, in the spring of '07, and in the Car of Tomorrow back in June, he finished seventh here.
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