NASCAR - Race 2 Preview for the Track Nicknamed the MONSTER MILE

NASCAR visits the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway, in Delaware. There have been 7 different winners in the last 7 races and it should be a phenomenal race. It is hard to pick the top ten this week since so many drivers have done well at this track and so many drivers are hot right now.

1st Tony Stewart is the hottest driver over the last 9 races this season, with 3 wins, 6 top four finishes and a 4.6 finish average. In his first 12 races at Dover he finished in the top five 9 times, with 2 wins and a 4.3 average finish. But he hasn't finished higher than 15th in the five races since. Earlier this season at this track he had a run-in with Kurt Busch and finished 40th, then in 2006 he spun on lap 11, collecting chase contender Kasey Kahne, and ended up 33rd. He has led 1066 laps, an average of 63 per race.

2nd Kyle Busch finished second here in his first start, leading 90 laps, then he finished 2nd and 5th after that. The next race he started 27th and was in second place by lap 100, but shortly after blew the motor.

3rd Jeff Gordon was running like he did in 1998 up until a few races ago, but I still think he is this year's champ if Stewart doesn't beat him. Has had bad luck recently at this track, finishing 36th or worst in 3 of the last 7 races, but expect him to make his own luck this week. In 10 of his 29 races, he has won 4 times, finished second 3 times and third 3 times. He has led 2198 laps, an average of 76 per race, tops among drivers.

4th Jimmie Johnson won 3 of his first 8 races here and has 7 of 11 top ten finishes. Not bad considering he had two races of 32nd or worse, and finished 15th the last race after blowing a tire with five laps to go while running second to Truex. He has led 553 laps, 50 per race. On the season, has finished in the top six in 5 of the last 6 races with 2 wins and a 6.2 average finish.

5th Martin Truex Jr has finished in the top six in 4 of the last 6 races this year, with only one worse than 11th. He beat Ryan Newman by 7.3 seconds in the first race this season, leading 216 of the last 274 laps. He finished 6th and 22nd in his other two starts.