Weekly picks from Spade Racing’s writer/webmaster/janitor Mike Mackler’s uncle.
I’ve been learning more and more about Nascar since I started this picks column earlier this year, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why Nascar runs road courses.

Anyways, here’s my picks for the upcoming race weekend at Michigan and Gateway (total wins in parenthesis):
Truck Series M&M’s 200 (3 wins)—Chase Briscoe—Chase bounces back to get his first Truck Series win.
Xfinity Series American Ethanol e15 250 (5 wins)—Justin Allgaier—at least any start-and-parkers can claim they thought it was a 15 lap race.
Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350: FAVORITE (2 wins)—Kevin Harvick—maybe Fox will let him put DW into cold storage. NEXT FAVORITE (1 win)—Clint Bowyer—he’s shown he knows his way around a road course. DARK HORSE—Jamie McMurray—out of nowhere!