NASCAR Nation...is it likely?

May be...

Yes!!
Carl Edwards is going to win it!!!

anything is possible. i think it can happen.

Like the others have said anything can happen but I don't think anyone outside the top 5 is going to get up there. The chase drivers have their wildcard out of the way now(Talladega) those chase drivers are going to be very consistent. It would just take alot of bad luck on the top 5 guys for them to get a shot at it. But I have learned that you can never count anybody out until they are mathematically eliminated.

Its not over til its over.

Pending no tire or engine failures, Elliott Sadler, I mean Jimmie Johnson will be the Champion.

This is not a bragging question(I admit I do that sometimes hehe).

In 2006,Jimmie Johnson went into the Fall race at LMS 156 points behind Jeff Burton and went on to win the championship with some great runs during the final five races of the season.As of now,there are four drivers within that same margin of Jimmie Johnson going into this weekend's race:
Carl Edwards(-72)
Greg Biffle(-77)
Jeff Burton(-99)
Clint Bowyer(-152)

We all know that it is mathematically possible for any of these drivers(really for any driver,but not realistically for those outside of the top five right now),but is it likely?
What are your thoughts??

Well considering Jimmie has not had any bad luck, I'd say anything is possible. Carl Edwards or Da Bif can get hot at any minute.. Its not over till the checkered flag falls in Homestead.. Especially this yr, its been a total silly season..

Go Dale Jr & Hms

Anything is possible.

Let's hope that it is a real exciting last five races.

If I am not mistaken, wasn't it Matt Kensith and not Jeff Burton who was up there with Jimmy in '06???

Matt had a string of bad runs, and had a quote : "It's our Championship to lose.

I would really like to see Biffle win it, since my boys are JGR are pretty much out of it.

I'm honestly getting tired of saying this:

Jimmie Johnson will win the 2008 Sprint Cup!

Sure he has a good chance, but I think Kasey will win this weekend, and screw everything up! It should be an interesting next 5 weeks. Go NASCAR!

*JUJU*

I think that every track in the Chase favors Johnson. Not one other driver has won at every track coming up (c'mon, homestead doesn't count)

If Jimmie suddenly suffers Rowdy's bad luck for the next couple races, yes. On the flip side, it may go down to Homestead to decide. This is why the Chase is a joke-heaven forbid any of the drivers out of the top twelve touch one of these cars. France has ruined NASCAR.

Okay, since it's not going the way I want it to and since we have no way of knowing how it's really going to go, I'm going to tell you how I would like to see it turn out.

Jeff Gordon wins at LMS, there is a big crash that takes up all the front runners and Stewart comes in 2nd, Jr. comes in 3rd.

Jeff Gordon wins at Martinsville by 2 seconds, Jr comes in second, Stewart comes in third, Jimmie takes 4th and Biffle takes fifth.

Jeff Gordon wins at Atlanta, Jimmie comes in 2nd, the rest of the chasers get caught up in a crash only Stewart and Jr get back on the track and run laps but finish over 30 laps down.

Jeff Gordon wins Texas (finally), Burton takes 2nd, Hamlin takes third, Kyle Busch takes out Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, the rest of the chasers have car issues and finish outside the top 20.

Jeff Gordon wins Phoenix again!, Jr comes in 2nd, Stewart is 3rd, Biffle is 4th, Burton is 5th, Hamlin is 6th, Kenseth is 7th, Edwards is 8th, Jimmie is 9th and the rest of the chasers finish outside the top 15 due to wrecks or engine failures.

Jeff Gordon wins Homestead! Jimmie comes in second, Jr is 3rd and the rest don't matter.

I don't know how this falls out points-wise, but I like the winners anyway. lol

on what--- what the hell do you want to know
if its the 48?its probably written in stone

The chances of any of those drivers dominating THAT much (like Jimmie did) AND the 48 car having major pitfalls are slim. Here's the difference between Jimmie doing what he did in 2006 and the likelihood of another driver being able to do the same, this stretch of races fits much more into Jimmie's strengths than anyone else. He is arguably the best flat track driver on the ovals right now (Martinsville and Phoenix) and THE best 1 1/2 miler the cup series has seen in quite awhile (Lowe's, Atlanta and Texas). Though Greg and Carl are also very good at the intermediate tracks they have both struggled mightlily at Martinsville and somewhat at Phoenix. Homestead is where the Roush cars have a noticeable advantage but it may be pretty much decided before they get there if Jimmie can avoid problems in the next 5 races.
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