The All-Star Event is upon us! Tonight the Best of the Rest fight each other in a knock down, drag out, checker or wrecker battle to earn the right to challenge the Best of the Best!
On these slides I have assembled my top ten Showdown picks. These Drivers will be the one's to watch to see who gets to brag, and who gets more than their fenders bent!
Truex Jr. is hungry. With all the issues coming to light at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Truex has been in the hunt for more than a prize winning bass.
He has never had better than a top 10 finish at Charolette, how ever he knows how to get it done. I look for him to finish well, if he can keep the fenders on!
Elliott Sadler! As a Virginia by birth I may be bias, but I love to watch Sadler race. It's always a show! This season Sadler has been under the gun as bad luck has kept him from the finishes he is capable of producing.
This event last year he went into the race with "the car to beat", and a beating is what he got as he wrecked out. Look for Sadler to take "wrecker or checker" to the extreme.
His team needs the positive boost, and he is hungry to regain the respect a driver of his caliber deserves.
Awesome Bill has All-Star written all over him. Seeing him as one of the two "transfer" drivers would please any true lover of this sport. A true legend in his own time Bill Elliott deserves more than a backseat mention! I can't wait to see how he handles himself at an event as Awesome as he is!
A.J wonder kid! Allmendinger has worked his tail off this season to prove he is worthy of the full time ride now under his belt. My kids particularly, are rooting A.J. on to another All-Star race in.
They just think his name is fun to say "All-men-dinger". I can hear them chanting already!
"Jaimie Mac" has been a quiet storm as of late. You don't see much, or hear much about him until late in the race.
Let us not forget it was here at Charlotte that McMurray took the injured Sterlin Marlin's car to victory, in what was then the "Cinderella Story" of the century. He knows how to get around this track and his time is coming!
David Ragan is still a relatively new face in the scheme of the Cup circuit. After his Nationwide series victory in Talladega, he is more confident and more determined for his first Cup Series win.
While there are no points in this event, the bragging rights alone could give the young UPS team just the boost it needs to rise!
The "Franchise", David Reutimann, has kept the hopes of MWR, and the double zero (00) Aaron's team alive and well this season. The success of this team has been shown as no mere fluke, but true determination to win.
The 47 team has been pumping this year! And the Aussie Ambrose, has been making them proud! I'm adding him to my top 10 for two reasons.
1) He's a blast to watch! 2) If he doesn't wreck he will be hard to keep down!
Mikey, Mikey, Mikey! I can't imagine being a team owner and driver, and having the season that Waltrip is having. Being out done by his "employees" has taken it's toll on Mikey's usual smiling charm.
How cool would it be to see Waltrip reclaim some of his fallen glory with a win in the showdown?
Brian Vickers, has something to prove. Although I'm not sure why, I do know if anyone can get the action on track started Brian can. I don't really see him winning, but I do think he will be fun to watch.
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