Victory Lane Prediction Sure To Go Wrong: Atlanta

Kyle Busch's late mishap last weekend in Las Vegas secured my prediction to go wrong last week. What will unfold this weekend in Atlanta for my pick this week? My pick this weekend for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the No. 99 car, Carl Edwards. Carl hasn't been in victory lane in forever and a day. His dominance in the Nationwide series hasn't translated to the Sprint Cup Series so far the past two seasons. However this week Carl returns to a track that he loves. Carl has three wins in 11 career Sprint Cup races at Atlanta. His average finish position for those 11 races is 13th, which ranks him fifth among current drivers. Three (or four counting Stewart) Hendrick cars rank ahead of him in that category, but they have ha...

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