Numbers Game: 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland
$6,056,938 – total purse for the USG Sheetrock 400.
$6,056,938 – total purse for the USG Sheetrock 400.
Jeff Gordon – Gordon won this race last year and has top-five finishes in four of his six starts at Chicagoland.
$6,202,439 – total purse for the Pepsi 400.
$235,775 – Denny Hamlin’s purse for winning the Lenox Industrial Tools 300.
133 – laps led by race winner Matt Kenseth in the Auto Club 500, the most of any driver.
31 – drivers who have won the Daytona 500.
Now that another new NASCAR season is officially upon us, the time is here for our Frontstretch staff to look like geniuses… or, more likely, make fools of ourselves with our season picks for who takes this year’s title. Read on to find out who your favorite expert picked to not only win the Nextel Cup …
Today’s Season Preview Topic: Who will be the biggest surprise of the 12 drivers in NASCAR’s Chase this season?
Today’s Season Preview Topic: What driver enters the season under the most pressure to make NASCAR’s Chase, and why? Will they succeed or fail?
Today’s Season Preview Topic: Will NASCAR fix the Busch Series rules for ’08 and beyond, and how?
Juan Pablo Montoya may be the most hyped-up rookie in Nextel Cup history. Is he capable of winning Rookie of the Year?
Which longtime single or multi-car team will find themselves in the most trouble of “disappearing” from the NASCAR radar screen with the new competition?
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