Dover Preview 6/1

The Track:  The tack at Dove is unique. First of all, it's just one of two concrete tracks on the circuit.   It also is very steeply   banked.  The turns are banked at 24 degrees and the straights at 9. With the straightaways banked so sharply, drivers will feel the sensation of "diving" in to a corner.  Riding up against the wall down the straight and cutting the car to the bottom, will give some the sensation of a roller coaster drop.  After the driver gets the car to roll the bottom, the car will seemingly go "up the hill" on corner exit.  The driver will climb the banking on the exit of the corner. The constant ups and downs of the corners will make the drivers feel like they have a ridden a roller coaster with 800 drops and hills.

What To Expect: Hendrick Motorsports is on a roll.  The New York Yankees of NASCAR have won three straight races (counting the All-Star event) and have been up front all season.  The Hendrick roster has a combined 11 wins at Dover (Johnson-6, Gordon-4, Earnhardt Jr.-1) and they will be back up front this weekend, I'm sure.

The cars of Roush/Fenway Racing are usually the class of the field.  Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards put on a fantastic show a few years back racing for the lead. I fully expect the winner to come from one of these three cars.

There also seems to be a big one at Dover. Much like the restrictor plate tracks, cars can't get away from each other at Dover. Let's hope we don't see something like this, this weekend.

Dark Horse: Martin Truex Jr.  - Truex won his only career race at Dover in 2007 and has been close a couple of times this season. The entire operation at Michael Waltrip Racing has been strong so far in 2012 and Truex could take the team back to victory lane.

Pick: Matt Kenseth. - Kenseth made his fist career start at Dover, (He scored a top 10 subbing for Bill Elliott) and has won a couple of times at the Monster Mile. The Roush-keteers will be up front and I think the 2012 Daytona 500 winner gets another win in Delaware this weekend.