Can he catch the momentum?

Jeff Gordon took the pole Friday. I knew Dover could be good for him, but I didn't think he would start off that well! Now, if he can just stay up there, we'll be in business.


Today is going to be a day of reflection each time I look at the score. Tru-Jr-Fan is best known as Mike to me. Mike is a friend who just recently had an operation to remove a tumor from his brain. He is in a struggle right now simply to recover from the surgery - then he has the long battle through chemo and radiation.

Pray for him - especially in the next several days. He has an opportunity to take part in a new process that has a very good success rate in treating this type of cancer, but he cannot start the process until his body recovers from the surgery. Since he is currently battling infection and other issues, he is not able to get it started.

I've decided to run Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Mark Martin. I sat Kyle Busch simply because he is so far back, I'm afraid that he may run into trouble coming through the field. Johnson and Martin have some of the best statistics at the track and, of course, Gordon has won his share on the speedway.