Dejavu...

...or a bad dream that I haven't woke up from yet, I'm not sure which. Congrats to Kyle Busch for his victory sweep this weekend, winning both the Nationwide and the Sprint Cup races.

I fell asleep and didn't know who won the Cup race. When I woke up Sunday morning, I headed to the store for a cup of coffee and my cell phone buzzed, indicating that I had a text message. It read: "M&Ms with ur coffee this morning?" I think I said out loud, "Oh no." Yeah, um thanks for being the bearer of bad news first thing in the morning, even before my first sip of coffee. I was bummed.

Joe Gibbs has to be the happiest owner in Sprint Cup right now while Rick Hendrick must be kicking himself.

Despite knowing that Busch won, I went back home and watched the end of the race.

Here are some of my thoughts of the race:

-- I felt bad for Jimmie Johnson when the caution came out. It was his race to win until that point.

-- How can one Childress car be so good (Kevin Harvick) while another so bad? My man Clint Bowyer ran terrible all night. He ended with a 22nd place finish which bumped him outside the top-12 in points. Uugh.

-- What was Larry McReynolds doing putting on a magic show during the broadcast. It was so out of the blue. I shook my head trying to figure out if I was having one of my funky dreams or something. Nope.

-- My pick, Matt Kenseth, had a great car. At one point he had a tire go down, went in the pits to change the tires and went a lap down. He was lucky and got the lucky dog and restarted in something like 38th position and finished 7th.

What did you think of the race?

I don't think I have ever thrown my pick to win the race out there after qualifying and I was looking forward to doing it this week. But as luck would have it, qualifying got rained out and the field will be set by point standings. Oh, well.

I am 0-for-18 this year in trying to pick the winner of a race. I'm not going to give up trying though.

My pick this week to win at Chicagoland will be Matt Kenseth. In two of the past three races here he has led most laps. He has also finished second twice in the same span of three years.

Here's the NASCAR Newscast: Chicagoland Preview

Here's the broadcast schedule for the weekend.

Who do you think will be the victor?

I don’t typically sit down and watch a Busch race. For some reason I did Saturday. I quickly realized why I don’t … it was like watching a Nextel Cup race. There were more Cup drivers in that Busch race than Busch drivers. (More than half the field, if I counted correctly.)

What’s up with that? I didn’t watch the Busch race to watch Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin or Carl Edwards. I save that for the Cup race. I wanted to see the up-and-coming drivers.

With all the rules and regulations that NASCAR makes, you would think they could limit the number of Cup drivers that are allowed to qualify for a Busch race so that others can try to make the field.

There was only one Busch driver that finished in the top ten: Stephen Leicht, who finished 10th. Here are the unofficial results of that race.

Am I the only one that feels this way????

Congrats to Tony Stewart for his first win this year.

This is the year of close finishes as reported by NASCAR:

Closest Finishes of 2007
Track Winner Seconds
Daytona (July) McMurray 0.005 *
Daytona (Feb) Harvick 0.020 **
Bristol Ky. Busch 0.064
Martinsville Johnson 0.065
New Hampshire Hamlin 0.068

* Finish tied for second-closest since advent of electronic scoring in 1993
** Finish ninth-closest since electronic scoring

Do you think we will have another close finish Sunday at Chicagoland? This track has a racing groove that drivers can run two and three wide at, so I think the chance is pretty good.

I am going with Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the win this weekend. He is 12th in the point standings and after his bad luck last week, I think he will be on fire.

Another driver to watch out for is Matt Kenseth. Jeff Gordon wrecked him last year while he was leading. Kenseth led the most laps at that event. (Imagine if roles would have been reversed ... Gordon would still be crying about it this year!)

Would anyone like to share their thoughts on who might win the race?