Pick 'em: Dover

Writers look to top of standings for choices

By NASCAR.COM
September 20, 2008
12:31 PM EDT

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Each week the staff at NASCAR.COM will pick a race winner, a dark horse for the checkers and the ain't-got-a-chance driver (no scrubs; someone with a Q score).

Our scoring system: Experts receive as many points as the "winner" pick gets in the race.

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Writer	Winner	Here's why ...	Dark Horse	No Chance	Points

Josh Pate	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle dominated there in June. Carl wins on concrete and has the best average finish. But Jimmie? Jimmie's thinking title.	Kurt Busch	Denny Hamlin	3,992
Raygan Swan	Carl Edwards	Concrete Carl has the best driver rating of any of the other Chase drivers in Dover. Here's hoping he doesn't slip and hurt himself doing a backflip on said concrete.	Jamie McMurray	Matt Kenseth	3,920
Bill Kimm	Carl Edwards	It will either Biffle or Edwards, and I just don't see the 16 doing it twice in a row. Edwards is a beast at the Monster Mile with a win, two seconds and a third in the last four races. Edwards takes the points lead outright come Sunday night.	David Reutimann	Tony Stewart	3,912
Duane Cross	Greg Biffle	There's no reason to think he won't build on his recent successes at Dover: one win, four top-five finishes, seven top-10s and a series-best average finish of 8.2 in the past 10 races.	Ryan Newman	Clint Bowyer	3,911
David Caraviello	Kyle Busch	He didn't just win there in June, he kicked everyone's fannies. He comes back mad and needing to make up ground. Watch out.	Ryan Newman	Jeff Gordon	3,826
Joe Menzer	Jeff Gordon	OK, so I keep picking him and looking like a fool. But he has been an absolute Monster at this mile track and will finally break out of his slump.	Mark Martin	Matt Kenseth	3,733
Dave Rodman	Greg Biffle	Biffle's on a roll and his recent Dover record -- the best average finish of anyone over the last five races -- says two in a row is highly likely.	Mark Martin	Tony Stewart	3,684
Jarrod Breeze	Kyle Busch	Dover hasn't been swept since 2003. His victory in June was his fifth top-five in seven starts.	Dave Blaney	Matt Kenseth	3,509
Mark Aumann	Kyle Busch	He dominated in the spring and has five top-five finishes in seven career Dover starts. A good place for him to rebound.	Ryan Newman	Kevin Harvick	3,492

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Official Standings

Pos.	+/-	Driver	Points	Behind

1.	+1	Carl Edwards	5220	Leader
2.	+1	Jimmie Johnson	5220	Leader
3.	+6	Greg Biffle	5190	-30
4.	--	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5170	-50
5.	+2	Jeff Burton	5170	-50
6.	--	Denny Hamlin	5148	-72
7.	+1	Tony Stewart	5147	-73
8.	-7	Kyle Busch	5146	-74
9.	-4	Clint Bowyer	5137	-83
10.	+1	Kevin Harvick	5134	-86
11.	-1	Jeff Gordon	5121	-99
12.	--	Matt Kenseth	5043	-177