Football and Racing

Today's blog has two topics, football and racing.

That's right folks, it is once again game night here in Cleveland County. Usually I'd be driving The Star Car to a game tonight but because of the Cleveland County Fair that won't be happening. Instead I'll be riding with Jeff Melton to the game to shoot video of tonight's Kings Mountain vs. East Gaston. With any luck video will be on Shelbystar.com and Varsitync.com no later then 10 p.m. tonight. Look for it then.

Now onto the racing portion of today's blog. NASCAR takes over Kansas City this weekend when teams descend on Kansas Speedway for Sunday's LifeLock 400. The chase is tight two races in, with the top 6 separated by less than 30 points and the top 8 separated by less than 80 points. This is already looking like its gonna be a REALLY tight race all the way to Homestead and I'm betting Kansas City this week is only gonna make it tighter.

My pick for this weekend's race: Jeff Gordon
Gordon won the first two races ever held at Kansas City and has an average finish there of 11.5. He hasn't won since the Pocono 500 in June (though he should have won at Watkins Glen) so i'm expecting a strong run from him at Kansas.

Don't look past: Carl Edwards & Clint Bowyer
These two are local boys (Edwards is from Columbia, Missouri and Bowyer is from Emporia, Kansas). Both men want to win at Kansas badly so expect them both to pull out the stops to try and win at Kansas and take over the lead in the Chase.

The underdog: Greg Biffle
It's hard to pick Biffle as an underdog but considering the year he has had (only 3 top 5's and 8 top 10's) its hard NOT to say he is an underdog. Last week's race at Dover was exactly what he needed though and may have set him up to make a strong run this weekend at Kansas.

Adam's Kansas Speedway LifeLock 400 Top 10 Finishers:
1. 24 Jeff Gordon
2. 07 Clint Bowyer
3. 11 Denny Hamlin
4. 99 Carl Edwards
5. 17 Matt Kenseth
6. 48 Jimmie Johnson
7. 1 Martin Truex Jr.
8. 2 Kurt Busch
9. 20 Tony Stewart
10. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Other Chaser Finishes:
Kyle Busch = 29th
Kevin Harvick = 19th
Jeff Burton = 17th

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