Returning for 2018, here is Spade Racing Writer/Webmaster/Janitor Mike Mackler’s Uncle Max, this year competing against a mystery Cup Series picker all season long.
Sometimes, its just not your weekend—twice in a row.
I had a shot at the Truck Series race only for Kyle Busch to lose it on pit road. Then I missed out on the Kevin Harvick Fest in the Xfinity and Cup Series races. On the plus side, the “Mystery Picker” is doing just as badly so far.
Its a lot like when you’re in a contest at work, and all your competition does just as badly as you. Or when you show up to your high school reunion and see that none of you went on to achieve your dreams. Or when you realize you’ve had a bad 2017, only to later realize that 2016, 2015, and 2014 weren’t all that great either. What I’m trying to say is that sometimes nothing goes your way, but its not going anybody else’s way either. And no, I’m not just typing like this because of a terrible first date on Saturday Night, so just wipe that thought from your mind.
Truck Series Stratosphere 200—Kyle Busch—Retribution for the driver and absolution for the pit crew come on Friday.
Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300—Kyle Larson—Outlasts Kyle Busch to thwart any attempt at a sweep.
Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500—MYSTERY PICKER PICKS Kevin Harvick. Favorite: Brad Keselowski—the Ford train keeps on rolling, just not with the guy the Mystery Picker thinks. Next Favorite: Martin Truex Jr.—it’d be pretty big to win at one of his five home tracks. Dark Horse: Jamie McMurray—a surprise first-ever Cup Series Camaro win.