The Mudsummer Classic

Always one of my favorite races to watch.

Austin Dillon 3/1 - Think he wins this thing fairly handily.

Erik Jones 7.5/1 - Can't remember the last time I actually got good odds on this guy in a truck race. Think he can be competitive, and maybe pull off the win.

One Indy pick so far for Sunday - Jimmie 7/1 - That number is way too high for a guy who always gets around this place well. I think this particular package is going to favor Hendrick and Stewart-Haas in a big way. You can increase the drag all you want, but the cars with the most power under the hood should dominate this thing. Cars may be closer together, but the 4 and 48 should be the class of the field. Only thing that concerns me will be the strategists doing things out of sequence and possibly pulling one off.

Xfinity cars are also using some sort of drag package this weekend as well. Probably going to have to see what happens in all of the practices to see what comes of this new setup.

The more I think this through, the more I think the best car will not win on either Saturday, or Sunday, or both.

Saturday - Erik Jones 7.5/1, Menard 7.5/1, and the strategist that I am so set on - Buescher 16/1.

Sunday - Already on the 48, and adding the 88. I'll have a combo of strong cars and strategy players. The 88 covers both. Thinking Newman does something odd to get to the front.

This week isn't really going according to plan, so hopefully today will work out in my favor:

Jimmie 7/1

Dale 12/1

Stewart 14/1

Hamlin 22/1

Newman 100/1

And I bit on the sucker line of the week:

Dale over Brad -130 - The guy starting towards the front with good speed vs. the guy in the back with no speed, and the juice is only -130? I think I know how this is going to go, but I bit on it anyways.