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Written by Mike Presley
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Friday, 11 February 2011 18:35 |
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 With Speed Weeks at Daytona getting ready to rev up another new NASCAR season, everyone at HardcoreRaceFans.com is gearing up for another exciting year of racing. Who will win the 2011 Daytona 500, who will make the Chase, which driver will show the most improvement in 2011 and who will be crowned 2011 Sprint Cup Series champion? The staff of HardcoreRaceFans.com was recently asked these questions and they share their answers below.
Last year we saw history be made once again by Jimmie Johnson as he became the first and most likely only driver to win five straight Sprint Cup championships. Denny Hamlin gave it his best but his chances at a championship ran out of gas at Phoenix, a surging Kevin Harvick even gave Johnson trouble for the title but fell short.
This season we once again have new changes, we have the Jamie McMurray rule where the 11th & 12th place drivers make the Chase base upon the amount of wins they have. We also have a simpler points system, 1st place earns 43 points and it goes down by 1 all the way to 43rd who is awarded only 1 point, with bonus points added the most points any driver can earn is well.... 48. With that in mind, here is this year's 2011 NASCAR predictions from the staff of HardcoreRaceFans.com.
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Daytona 500 Winner
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Most Improved Driver
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2011 Chase Drivers
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2011 Sprint Cup Champion
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Michael Benjamin
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Dale Jr.
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Joey Logano
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J. Johnson
M. Martin
Dale Jr.
D. Hamlin
J. Logano
Ky. Busch
K. Harvick
Ku. Busch
C. Bowyer
J. Burton
K. Kahne
B. Vickers
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Too Tough to Call, It’s anyone’s Championship.
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Thomas Harris
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Dale Jr.
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AJ Allmendinger
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J. Johnson
J. Gordon
T. Stewart
M. Kenseth
K. Kahne
D. Hamlin
K. Harvick
C. Edwards
G. Biffle
J. Montoya
Ky. Busch
B. Vickers
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Carl Edwards
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Zach Lentz
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Carl Edwards
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Dale Jr.
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C. Edwards
J. Johnson
J. Gordon
K. Harvick
D. Hamlin
J. Burton
J. Logano
M. Kenseth Dale Jr
K. Kahne
Ky. Busch
Ku. Busch
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Carl Edwards
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Andrew McClellan
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Denny Hamlin
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Joey Logano
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D. Hamlin
C. Edwards
J. Johnson
J. Gordon
K. Harvick
Ky. Busch
T. Stewart
J. Montoya
M. Kenseth
Ku. Busch
R. Newman
G. Biffle
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Denny Hamlin
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Mike Presley
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Tony Stewart
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Brad Keselowski
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J. Johnson
J. Gordon
D. Hamlin
Ky. Busch
T. Stewart
K. Harvick
M. Kenseth
C. Edwards
G. Biffle
J. McMurray
B.Keselowski
Ku. Busch
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Denny Hamlin
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