1) Ryan Newman wins. I'd say Newman takes the pole, too, but> that would probably be disqualified as a gimme (if I'm not> mistaken Newman has 4 straight poles at Atlanta).>

2) Jeff Gordon finishes ahead of Jimmy Johnson. Both cars> are scrupulously legal.

3) Between Hendrick, Roush, DEI, Penske, and Evernham, at> least 3 cars have engines blow. (for the purposes of this> prediction, we'll count dropped valves, broken rockers, etc,> as blown, together with the classic "poke a rod thru the oil> pan and make a huge cloud of smoke").>

4) Both Mayfield and Kahne get T10.>

5) There'll be a long green flag run (long being 100 miles> or more), followed by a mess of silly cautions for plastic> bags and the like in the last 100 miles.>

bonus: Carl Long is the fastest qualifier of the non-35 group> (I think Carl's entered...I hope).>

John>