Well Checkered_Flag kind of beat me to it. My picks were going to be a tribute to those not returning next year. There's Homie's love partner Matt Kenseth, then theres my love partner in my dreams Danica, she's been really plastered by many folks, but she did bring people in to follow NASCAR at a time when fan interest seems to be declining, she is very easy on the eyes. Although she never won a race, she was usually in the middle of the pack and not in the 30's and 40th positions at the finish. Then there is the one I always rooted for the role time on here and my favorite driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., I'm going to miss him, being a old fart and have many of the long time drivers retiring I don't know who I may end up with as my new favorite. It might just be Martin Treux Jr., I have only been to one NASCAR race in my lifetime and it was a weekend that is hard to forget. It was Dover and I cant remember the year, we stayed at a beach house in Ocean City arriving on Friday it was a rainy weekend wasn't looking good weather wise for the race. We packed up Sunday morning and drove to Dover with rain on and off, got there paid $20 to park in a grassy field at a motel, entered the track and then waited and waited for the rain to stop, finally after about 3 hours the race was postponed to Monday had to drive back to OC to the beach house and wait to return Monday. The race was a go Monday and the driver who got his first NASCAR win was Martin Treux Jr and he was racing on the same race team as Dale Jr. at that time.
So with all that rambling done I was going to pick Junior to win as a tribute to him, but I still want to finish second so my picks will be,
Martin Treux Jr. (1)
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Danica Patrick
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch.