MICHIGAN--5mike5

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 10:52 AM

SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE:

PRACTICES: FRIDAY 12:30pm, and SATURDAY @ 8:30am and 11am (all sessions on SPEED channel)

QUALIFYING: FRIDAY @ 4pm (airing on SPEED channel)

The RACE: SUNDAY @ noon on ESPN

**all times listed are et

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 10:56 AM

NATIONWIDE SCHEDULE (Montreal)

PRACTICES: FRIDAY @ 8:30am and 10:30am (2nd practice on SPEED channel)

QUALIFYING: FRIDAY @ 5:00pm (on ESPN2)

RACE: SATURDAY @ 2pm on ESPN

**Vegas39** · 08-13-12, 10:57 AM

My favorite nationwide race of the year

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 10:58 AM

TRUCK SERIES Race will be from MICHIGAN

3 practices on Friday, with qualifying Saturday at 9:30am (speed channel)

RACE: SATURDAY @ NOON on SPEED channel

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by Vegas39

My favorite nationwide race of the year

it is a great race

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 11:45 AM

u can warm up early Saturday with truck race, followed immediatley by nationwide race at montreal

probably only day all season the races are back-to-back like this

saturday could be a big day $$$$$$

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 02:08 PM

BRAD KELOWSKI just keeps earning my respect

he is definatley near the top of my driver list

a fukkin wheel man

**DDT** · 08-13-12, 03:14 PM

I'm just glad Brad K didn't pull off the upset yesterday!

**5mike5** · 08-13-12, 03:17 PM

if not for oil all over the track Kyle would have won anyways

but i let Optional borrow all my nascar luck just for 1 race, and u see what happened...

plus, for my generosity, i was handsomely rewarded as well

**Optional** · 08-13-12, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by Vegas39

My favorite nationwide race of the year

Almost took the words out of my mouth.

Wish we had a few more Cup guys going for it this year though.

Originally posted by 5mike5

if not for oil all over the track Kyle would have won anyways

but i let Optional borrow all my nascar luck just for 1 race, and u see what happened...

plus, for my generosity, i was handsomely rewarded as well

Ha... that was proof there really is something you have I think. He had no chance with 3 to go, then BOOM BABY, the 5mike5 luck said "Oi, Kyle and Brad, this aint your race today. Mike said it's to be the Aussie".

**shaunovery** · 08-13-12, 05:43 PM

Wonder what odds you could of got if somebody said the first 2 going into the final lap wouldn't win and nobody ran out of fuel

GP · 08-13-12, 10:36 PM

if there is such a thing as being due for a win, I'd say Kyle is due.
Can Jr. get it done again this year @Michigan?

**MatI** · 08-14-12, 01:32 AM

I can't wait for Montreal (and Michigan)!

Early lean on Villeneuve or Kyle for Montreal.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 08:12 AM

Keslowski and Kurt busch in the truck race at MIS

kyle/hornish Jr. in montreal

**RyanLeafOfBets** · 08-14-12, 09:08 AM

I'm excited for the race... gonna make some bets in person in Vegas. Who you liking Mike?

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 09:46 AM

i never know really until i see the opening odds who my early plays will be

**onlooker** · 08-14-12, 09:47 AM

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 09:55 AM

michigan is always a very hard race to handicap, fuel mileage, engine wear, ect. all in play...

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:19 AM

Definitely a track where the Rousch guys tend to do well, Biffle and Kennseth have the best driver ratings here the past 3 years. Tony Stewart has the best average finish in the past 5 races, with an impressive 5.8 never outside the top 10. Gonna be tough to call though as the Hendricks guys also do fairly well, and seem to have a real equipment edge on everyone this year.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:21 AM

driver ratings and winning races are 2 very different things though

rouch hasnt won here in years, and smoke hasnt won here in over a decade

jimmy always runs well here, and 0 wins

thats why its a tough track to pick a winner (even though we did at 15-1 in race #1 here

)

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:23 AM

Hamlin would be hard to bet against for the win, 2 wins in 5 races and 13%+ of laps led in all 5 races. And his teamate Busch looks hungry as hell, won one in the past 5 here as well. I tend to handicap from a h2h prespective though.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:25 AM

actually we made a boat load of money last michigan race

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:31 AM

BRISTOL night race next weekend...

god i cant wait

**Dad** · 08-14-12, 10:35 AM

Congrats on another solid weekend, boys.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by Dad

Congrats on another solid weekend, boys.

DAD!!!

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:37 AM

Nice to see the practices coming up to. Sure was helpful last week, the way Brad K dominated all aspects which translated well to race performance. Recent form has favored the Gibbs boys here for the race win, and both should be motivated and focused to get in the victory circle again.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:38 AM

yeah i dont let practice/qualifying sessions determine my picks or really sway me in any real way, just my thing though

stopped years ago...and was best thing i ever did

most stats and sessions are the most overreated thing in nascar for my cappin of races, i will look but try not to ever let it guide my plays

watching last 4-5 races, and my notebooks on track/driver, and track history almost all i use

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:40 AM

Bristol night always the funnest or one of the funnest of season....Busch and Brad should be the favorites there to win. Although it seems like Brad never gets the respect he deserves, especially in the opening odds to win. He is emerging as one of the best pure drivers in the series.

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:42 AM

bristol my home track so i go almost every race

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:45 AM

I have definitely benefitted from incorporating the practice sessions, as it is more information to utilize to paint a bigger picture of what to expect from the race. I definitely don't weigh any one variable too heavily, unless there is something obvious and undeniable.

**MeatWad** · 08-14-12, 10:48 AM

Used to be the toughest ticket on the circuit, bet that is a wild and rowdy time. Spent alot of summers south west of there growing up years ago.

**Vegas39** · 08-14-12, 10:51 AM

Wish I could get odds on a Gibbs engine blowing at Michigan

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:53 AM

oh i love it....every nascar fan should make it a priority to go to the night race at least 1 time...nothing like it and ive been to almost every track

my buddys dad has friends, we always have garage passes ect...

use to be even wilder when i drank and partied all the time...place is just a wild party for about 5 str8 days...the things ive seen there u wouldnt believe

**5mike5** · 08-14-12, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by Vegas39

Wish I could get odds on a Gibbs engine blowing at Michigan