[nbaker9-91]

Gordon will take his new scheme (sarcasm) to victory lane and will have a season like 2007, maybe drive for 5 finally

[John Gregorio]

Gordon backs up his 2007 finish and wins his 5th championship.

[Jason Roush]

Gordon wins 4 races & finishes second in the point standings.

[Birdman235]

Gordon > 2008 Champion

[Mike24]

Now that's saying something Dude. Jeff Gordon is greater than the 2008 Champion......sorry math symbols stuck in head...

[Mike24]

2008 Preview
#: 26
Driver: Jamie McMurray
Sponsor: Crown Royal - Irwin Tools
Make: Ford Fusion
Team: Roush-Fenway Racing
2008 Scheme:


Predictions for 2008: 2007 was yet another disappointing season for Jamie McMurray, filled with potential and bad luck. McMurray finally broke back into the win column with a thrilling victory over Kyle Busch in the Pepsi 400, but that was the only bright spot on a disasterous season that ended up with a 17th place finish in points. McMurray runs well a lot, only to have his race destroyed by, 9 times out of 10, by someone else's doing. The trend in '07 for the 26 team was to be taken out in a wreck, that Jamie had nothing to do with, when they were running well. In order for McMurray to make the chase, this bad luck needs to stop. In 2008, I'm skeptical his chances. I'll put him in the broad range of finishing 10th-20th in points, where he finishes in that spectrum has a lot do do with luck. He's the Joe Nemechek of his generation. I also think McMurray can win again in 2008...1-2 races...maybe...

Please contibute your predictions and comments for this driver, but please remember to be respectful of other's opinions, and keep it clean.

Tomorrow: #28 Travis Kvapil

[Batman1138]

McMurrary will not stay with Roush-Fenway racing following the 2008 season. What will happen is McMurrary and the entire 26 team will move over to Yates Racing finally turning that program into a 3 car team.

[nbaker9-91]

Jamie McMurray will have a better season in 2008... 13th-21st in the standings

BTW you skipped the 25.... oh wait! They went to the 88 :rolls eyes:

[DaveyFan28]

Originally Posted by Firefly1138

McMurrary will not stay with Roush-Fenway racing following the 2008 season. What will happen is McMurrary and the entire 26 team will move over to Yates Racing finally turning that program into a 3 car team.

That's assuming Yates Racing survives the 2008 season. With 0 primary sponsors and 2 full time race teams, they're in worse shape than Ginn Racing was at the start of 2007. I'm afraid halfway through Roush and Yates will "merge" (read: Yates Racing dies and Roush is the benefactor) and Gilliland/Kvapil will be moved to Nationwide or Truck teams or released completely.

That being said, Crown Royal is a major sponsor for the 26, and that team is still the '04 Championship team. Crown Royal/IRWIN pay big bucks for that sponsorship, so I don't see the 26 in danger as long as those sponsors remain.

Frankly I think there's a much greater chance that the current #6 team dies after sponsor AAA leaves at the end of this season. Another team will change it's number to #6 obviously, but with all Roush sponsors except that one ending at the end of '08, and 1 Roush team required to die somehow at the end of '08, logically it seems the most likely candidate at this point.

Forecast for McMurray: Party Cloudy or Partly Sunny, however it looks to you.

--DF28

[Mike24]

Nationwide Series Testing Speeds

Jan. 18 Morning Session

Pos. No. Name Make Best Time Best Speed

1 1A Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 50.258 179.076
2 20A Mike McLaughlin Toyota 50.291 178.958
3 33A Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 50.315 178.873
4 88B Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 50.333 178.809
5 21A Tim McCreadie Chevrolet 50.341 178.781
6 2A Brandon Miller Chevrolet 50.377 178.653
7 41A Bryan Clauson Dodge 50.414 178.522
8 5B David Green Chevrolet 50.463 178.348
9 88A Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 50.488 178.260
10 5A David Green Chevrolet 50.600 177.866
11 21B Tim McCreadie Chevrolet 50.614 177.816
12 27A Brad Coleman Ford 50.617 177.806
13 60B Carl Edwards Ford 50.698 177.522
14 18B Kyle Busch Toyota 50.713 177.469
15 33B Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 50.741 177.371
16 40A Dario Franchitti Dodge 50.763 177.294
17 20B Mike McLaughlin Toyota 50.791 177.197
18 16A Erik Darnell Ford 50.846 177.005
19 30A Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 50.873 176.911
20 27B Brad Coleman Ford 50.879 176.890
21 41B Bryan Clauson Dodge 50.961 176.606
22 37A Stanton Barrett Ford 51.056 176.277
23 37B Stanton Barrett Ford 51.094 176.146
24 60A Carl Edwards Ford 51.129 176.025
25 24A Eric McClure Chevrolet 51.237 175.654
26 28A Brian Keselowski Chevrolet 51.276 175.521
27 7B Mike Wallace Toyota 51.352 175.261
28 7A Mike Wallace Toyota 51.383 175.155
29 56A Danny O'Quinn Chevrolet 51.392 175.125
30 16B Erik Darnell Ford 51.451 74.924
31 4A Robert Richardson Chevrolet 51.985 173.127