2007: what do you expect will happen next year

[harvick#1]

what do you think will happen next year

[jslone]

A new course in the New York area might happen,may not get built next year but that will happen next year.

[slorydn1]

Kevin Harvick: 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion

You heard it here first!

[Jonesi]

I think it will still be mostly Hendrick, Roush, Gibbs, Childress, DEI, & Evernham cars at the front. However with the CoT & Toyota mixing things up, one of them will miss the mark and struggle worse than should be expected, and some mid field team will suddenly get hot after years of poor results (Yates, Ganassi, Petty, Davis)

[RaceFanStan]

I expect 2007 will be much like 2006 ...
1. Lots of totally unpredictable events will occur ...
2. Hendrick & Roush cars will continue to be the forces to deal with ...
3. High expectations will meet complete failure while unexpected drivers will have glimmers of success ...

New for 2007 :
Toyota will NOT be up to speed at 1st but may come on strong late in the season ...
Despite jumping ship, Bill Davis Racing & Michael Waltrip Racing will struggle to keep up ...
Team RedBull will be the biggest failure of 2007 ...

[RaceFanStan]

1 more thing, the COT will be a non-issue & NASCAR will declare it a shining success ...

[harvick#1]

I'm gonna say Hendrick will have the championship jinx.

they are gonna struggle with the CoT, as they have been saying that in testing.

Jeff Gordon will be the only driver in the top ten for Hendrick, but JJ will make it due to the new rule nascar will make by having the top15 be in.

RCR will dominate next year, Harvick is back, Burton is reenergized, and Bowyer is gonna be tough to beat. Harvick will be the champ.

Denny Hamlin will have a sophmore slump, while Tony Stewart wins Daytona 500 finally.

Jooyner fans will be dissappointed again when Truex out shines Earnhardt.

Roush will now really struggle except for Kenseth (Biffle and Edwards will have on and off runs)

The rookie class is horrible, JPM wins ROTY with the strength of a few top 5's.

the TV coverage will be ALOT better, thanks to ESPN finally coming back.

[oldhippie]

there will be lots of hype and some good racin

[RaceFanStan]

... the TV coverage will be ALOT better, thanks to ESPN finally coming back.

ESPN will only cover the 7 Nextel Cup races just before the Chase :
02/10/07 ~ Budweiser Shootout @ Daytona on FOX
02/18/07 ~ Race 01 @ Daytona on FOX
02/25/07 ~ Race 02 @ California on FOX
03/11/07 ~ Race 03 @ Las Vegas on FOX
03/18/07 ~ Race 04 @ Atlanta on FOX
03/25/07 ~ Race 05 @ Bristol on FOX
04/01/07 ~ Race 06 @ Martinsville on FOX
04/15/07 ~ Race 07 @ Texas on FOX
04/21/07 ~ Race 08 @ Phoenix on FOX
04/29/07 ~ Race 09 @ Talladega on FOX
05/05/07 ~ Race 10 @ Richmond on FOX
05/12/07 ~ Race 11 @ Darlington on FOX
05/19/07 ~ All-Star Challenge @ Charlotte on SPEED
05/27/07 ~ Race 12 @ Charlotte on FOX
06/03/07 ~ Race 13 @ Dover on FOX
06/10/07 ~ Race 14 @ Pocono on TNT
06/17/07 ~ Race 15 @ Michigan on TNT
06/24/07 ~ Race 16 @ Sonoma on TNT
07/01/07 ~ Race 17 @ Loudon on TNT
07/07/07 ~ Race 18 @ Daytona on TNT
07/15/07 ~ Race 19 @ Chicagoland on TNT
07/29/07 ~ Race 20 @ Indianapolis on ESPN
08/05/07 ~ Race 21 @ Pocono on ESPN
08/12/07 ~ Race 22 @ Watkins Glen on ESPN
08/19/07 ~ Race 23 @ Michigan on ESPN
08/25/07 ~ Race 24 @ Bristol on ESPN
09/02/07 ~ Race 25 @ California on ESPN
09/08/07 ~ Race 26 @ Richmond on ESPN
09/16/07 ~ Race 27 @ Loudon on ABC
09/23/07 ~ Race 28 @ Dover on ABC
09/30/07 ~ Race 29 @ Kansas on ABC
10/07/07 ~ Race 30 @ Talladega on ABC
10/13/07 ~ Race 31 @ Charlotte on ABC
10/21/07 ~ Race 32 @ Martinsville on ABC
10/28/07 ~ Race 33 @ Atlanta on ABC
11/04/07 ~ Race 34 @ Texas on ABC
11/11/07 ~ Race 35 @ Phoenix on ABC
11/18/07 ~ Race 36 @ Homestead-Miami on ABC

ABC gets the the Chase exclusively.

[Jonesi]

I don't understand 'All-Star Challenge @ Charlotte on SPEED' considering the big drop in rating when other series races are on Speed vs other cable channels. I can't imagine Nextel or Lowes being very happy with the ratings.