| |  | | | | Fantasy picks for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Reid Spencer, Bill Marx and Roger Kuznia of the Sporting News are matching wits in the Pit box in 2008. The rules are different this year.
They can pick a driver only once during the season. But for good measure, each also will pick his favorite to win the race.
REID'S PICK: Carl Edwards. Not only did Edwards win the first race on the resurfaced track at Bristol last August, but his team also has the hang of the new racecar, as his two wins in four 2008 races attest. If Edwards' car holds together for 500 laps, he should be in victory lane.
And he'll be doubly motivated to climb back into the top 12 and overcome the 100-penalty he incurred at Las Vegas.
Who Reid really thinks will win the race: Carl Edwards. An excellent choice for both categories this week.
ROGER'S PICK: David Reutimann. Oddly enough, Reutimann has not raced at Bristol in a Sprint Cup car, but he was fastest in practice Friday and has four finishes of 11th or better in six tries at Bristol between the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series. Watch out for the Dream Machine!
Who Roger really thinks will win the race: Kyle Busch. The winner of the inaugural COT race at this track last year, Busch's worst finish in six short track races in 2007 was 20th. His other five finishes were top-10 runs (four were top fives). He's money.
BILL'S PICK: Jeff Burton. It's time to use Burton, who finished second in this race last year. Because of the qualifying washout, he starts eighth. And for the second week in a row, I don't want to give up big points by going with a long shot. Though my strategy didn't work last week with Kasey Kahne, I'm trying again because I'm feeling desperate -- and we are only five races in.
Who Bill really thinks will win the race: Carl Edwards. Coin flip between Edwards and Matt Kenseth. I'm feeling very Roushy.
LAST WEEK
What a power move by Reid. He goes with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finishes third, and Roger (Reed Sorenson, 31st) and Bill (Kahne,
28th) get pummeled. When you go with the big names when playing one-and-done, you have to score big, and Reid did just that. On the real picks, Bill had Earnhardt, Roger had Greg Biffle (fourth) and Reid went with Jimmie Johnson (13th). Roger maintains the lead.
POINTS STANDINGS
One and done: Reid, 529; Roger, 435; Bill, 432.
Real picks: Roger 623; Bill, 608; Reid, 530.
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