Bench Racing's 2010 Predictions

Here is the second annual, underwhelming, less than stellar, aluminum-standard, 2010 NASCAR predictions from TMC and Bank Truck:

Daytona 500 winner:

• BT: Kasey Kahne
• TMC: Dang, that was a good 'un. Might make a Petty/Ford out of him yet. Rather than echo BT, I'll pick Smoke.

Cup Champ

• BT: GoGrandDaddy Mark Martin
• TMC: Denny Hamlin, bad ACL and all
  

Chasers:

BT -

1. 5 - Mark Martin
2. 14 - Smoke
3. 99 - Cuzzin
4. 24 - Gordo
5. 29 - Happy
6. 48 - 4x champ and dad-to-be
7. 9 - Kasey Kahne
8. 17 - Kenseth
9. 11 - Opie
10. 18 - Rowdy
11. 2 - Rowdy's brother, the Lite version
    
12. 42 - The Columbian Target
    

TMC -

1. JJ - ya think?
2. Gordon - Jeff that is. Robby? Uh, not so much.
3. GoGrandDaddy Martin
4. Smoke
5. Cuzzin Carl
6. Hamlin
   
7. Rowdy
   
8. The Biff
   
9. Kurt Busch
   
10. Kasey
11. Martin T-Rex Truex
    
12. JoLo

Underachiever

• BT: Dale Jr, Jamie Mc, T-Rex, Keselousy, and Danica (Nationwide, but had to mention anyway)
• TMC: Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer
  

Overachiever

• BT: JoLo
• TMC: Marcos Ambrose
  

Most Improved

• BT: Kevin Harvick
• TMC: Scott Speed

Penthouse to Outhouse

• BT: Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers
• TMC: Ryan Newman, David Reutimann

Rookie of the Year

• BT: Who cares
• TMC: Danica

Other NASCAR Nostradamus Nuggets

• BT: KHI merges with Stewart Haas to become Stewart Harvick Racing, adds Harvick as 3rd cup car with Bass Pro Shops, brings full Nationwide and Truck operation with him
• TMC: (1) Kasey Kahne re-signs with Richard Petty Motorsports. (2) No viable Cup rookies emerge, and Danica runs second half of Cup season as an uncontested ROTY candidate.

TMC's will/won't he win a race?

• Martin Truex Jr. in his new ride with MWR - Won't
• A.J. Allmendinger - Will
• Ryan Newman - Won't
• Clint Bowyer - Won't
• Kevin Harvick - Will
• Jeff Burton -Won't
• Dale Jr. - Will
• Marcos Ambrose - Won't
• Brad Keselowski - Won't

TMC's over/unders

• number of Schaefer cases consumed by tailgating crew for World 600 weekend: 3.5
  
• number of DNFs for Paul Menard due to wrecks: 10
  

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