Alright, now the less obvious:

1. Tony Eury expects to win at least 4 races this year - a lot of people expect that of Dale Jr this year, I on the other hand think if he does win more than one race he certainly won't eclipse 3 wins. This was going to be on my prediction list in a few weeks, but Eury called me out earlier.


Now for the even more less obvious: Pay attention now, this could get scary.

1. Kevin Hamlin signed on to be the crew chief for Brian Vickers in the Red Bull 83 car. The significance you ask? Let me show you in point form:

- Kevin Hamlin was Dale Earnhardt's last crew chief

- Doug Richard was the first crew chief for the 83 car

- Doug Richard was also Dale Earnhardt's second full-time crew chief and was Dale's crew chief when he won his first ever Championship

- The Red Bull car has the same digits in it's number (8 and 3) as the numbers that Dale drove throughout his NASCAR career (8 and 3) with the 3 being the most famous of course

- both Brian Vickers and Kevin Hamlin have gone through the trauma of loosing someone close to them from their racing organizations in accidents

Could we expect good things from the 83 car? Well, if indeed "Red Bull has wings" like the company claims, they just might be riding on Dale Earnhardt's.

I'm sure there are more, but I'm too tired to think - I'll add them tomorrow when I can - I must sleep soon.

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