If you've looked at our track map and the tid-bits of information contained there-in, you'd know that Michigan is home to more public golf courses than any other state in the country.  So if you're headed up that way for the race this weekend, leave a day early and take your clubs !!

Stats for Michigan are posted and they mirror what we should see for a finishing order... (goofy gas mileage games aside).  The cats that are the fast, smooth runners should shine brite on Sunday and wind up at the front of the pack.

Here's our top 5 based on past results... next stats update after practice & qualifying on Friday.

Michigan 08/17/2003

Driver	Current Points Position	Avg Last 5 Finishes At Track	Avg Last 5 Finishes In Group	Practice Speed Ranking	Qual Pos.	Attractiveness Score
Kenseth, Matt	1	7.00	9.00	0.00	0	5.67
Gordon, Jeff	3	7.00	10.80	0.00	0	6.93
Johnson, Jimmie	4	12.33	10.80	0.00	0	9.04
Martin, Mark	15	9.40	9.00	0.00	0	11.13
Earnhardt Jr., Dale	2	19.80	14.20	0.00	0	12.00

Below is our stats comparison for The Sirus at The Glen.  We pinned 18 of the drivers in the field to within 5 spots of their actual finishing positions. 

1	Robby Gordon	7
2	Scott Pruett	28
3	Dale Jr.	8
4	Jimmie Johnson	11
5	Kevin Harvick	6
6	Ward Burton	29
7	Dale Jarrett	32
8	Matt Kennseth	9
9	Ryan Newman	5
10	Mark Martin	3
11	Tony Stewart	2
12	Kurt Busch	16
13	Michael Waltrip	15
14	Bobby Labonte	4
15	Elliott Sadler	25
16	Jeremy Mayfield	31
17	Joe Nemecheck	26
18	Terry Labonte	20
19	John Andretti	22
20	Bill Elliott	17
21	Ricky Rudd	7
22	Jamie McMurray	24
23	Jimmy Spencer	39
24	P.J. Jones	21
25	Dave Blaney	27
26	Steve Park	38
27	Johnny Benson	30
28	Ricky Craven	37
29	Paul Menard	42
30	Tony Raines	42
31	Jeff Burton	13
32	Casey Mears	19
33	Jeff Gordon	1
34	Kenny Wallace	36
35	Todd Bodine	23
36	Johnny Miller	40
37	Rusty Wallace	10
38	Ron Fellows	33
39	Boris Said	18
40	C. Fittipauldi	41
41	Tony Raines	43
42	Kyle Petty	35
43	Sterling Marlin	34

Here's how our comparison chart works.... 

To the left of the drivers name is the actual finishing order.  To the right is what our stats predicted the driver's finishing position would be.  Color key goes like this...

          0-5 Positions difference

          6-10 Positions difference

          11-15 Positions difference

          16+ Positions difference