Welcome to our eighth year of staff predictions! Each week, our experts attempt to tell you who the winner of each Cup race will be. Take a look to see who your favorite writers think will win it all (or at least score some points) this week!
Think you can out-prognosticate our staff? Leave your picks in the comments and see how they stack up!
 Prediction Scoring
+5 – Win
+3 – Top 5
+1 – Top 10
0 – 11th-20th
-1 – 21st-30th
-2 – 31st-40th
-3 – 41st-43rd
This week’s predictions: Food City 500
Tom Bowles, Editor-In-Chief: Matt Kenseth.
Amy Henderson, Senior Editor: I’m thinking Kasey Kahne for all the marbles this week.
Jeff Wolfe, Senior Writer: Going to think out of the box and say Kevin Harvick.
Matt Stallknecht, Senior Editor: Brad Keselowski.
Mark Howell, Senior Writer: And 98% of NASCAR Nation rejoices, until they check my lack-of-success record… my pick for Bristol is Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Joseph Wolkin, Senior Writer: I’m going with Carl Edwards, who won at Bristol last year and is coming off his first top 10 of 2015.
Greg Davis, Senior Writer: Gotta go with Edwards this week!
Vito Pugliese, Senior Writer: Edwards.
Danny Peters, Senior Writer: Keselowski.
Sean Fesko, Contributing Writer: Time to take a risk: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Jeff Meyer, Senior Writer: Edwards at Bristol.
Tony Lumbis, Financial Manager: The deuce will continue its magic at Bristol – Keselowski.
Zach Catanzareti, Contributing Writer: JoLo: Joey Logano.
Toni Montgomery, Senior Editor: I’ll take Kurt Busch.
Huston Ladner, Senior Editor: Kenseth.
Mike Neff, Short Track Coordinator: I would like to have Busch for the win, Alex.
Matt McLaughlin, Senior Writer: I think that Bristol will negate Chevy’s horsepower advantage at least for a week so I’ll go with Keselowski.
S.D. Grady, Senior Writer: Jeff Gordon.
Brett Winningham, Contributing Writer: Gordon.
Duck Commander 500
| Writer | Pick | Finishing Position | Points |
| Amy Henderson | Jimmie Johnson | 1st | 5 |
| Vito Pugliese | Kevin Harvick | 2nd | 3 |
| Jeff Wolfe | Kevin Harvick | 2nd | 3 |
| Toni Montgomery | Kevin Harvick | 2nd | 3 |
| Mike Neff | Kevin Harvick | 2nd | 3 |
| Matt McLaughlin | Kevin Harvick | 2nd | 3 |
| Sean Fesko | Joey Logano | 4th | 3 |
| S.D. Grady | Joey Logano | 4th | 3 |
| Aaron Bearden | Brad Keselowski | 5th | 3 |
| Danny Peters | Brad Keselowski | 5th | 3 |
| Tom Bowles | Jeff Gordon | 7th | 1 |
| Joseph Wolkin | Jeff Gordon | 7th | 1 |
| Greg Davis | Jeff Gordon | 7th | 1 |
| Huston Ladner | Kasey Kahne | 8th | 1 |
| Mark Howell | Carl Edwards | 10th | 1 |
| Jeff Meyer | Carl Edwards | 10th | 1 |
| Zach Catanzaretti | Kurt Busch | 14th | 0 |
| Phil Allaway | Clint Bowyer | 22nd | -1 |
| Tony Lumbis | Matt Kenseth | 23rd | -1 |
| Matt Stallknecht | Matt Kenseth | 23rd | -1 |
Standings
| Â Writer | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| Matt Stallknecht | 23 | — | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Jeff Wolfe | 17 | -6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Mike Neff | 16 | -7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Danny Peters | 13 | -10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Sean Fesko | 9 | -14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Matt McLaughlin | 8 | -15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Huston Ladner | 7 | -16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeff Meyer | 7 | -16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vito Pugliese | 7 | -16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Tom Bowles | 6 | -17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Amy Henderson | 6 | -17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Brett Winningham | 5 | -18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Joseph Wolkin | 4 | -19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Zach Catanzaretti | 3 | -19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| David Ifeguni | 3 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Howell | 2 | -21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Phil Allaway | 2 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Lumbis | 1 | -22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S.D. Grady | 1 | -22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Toni Montgomery | 1 | -22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Greg Davis | -1 | -24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aaron Bearden | -2 | -25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Clayton Caldwell | -3 | -26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |