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: Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500
Tom Bowles, Editor-In-Chief: Jeff Gordon for the win… Joey Logano for the spin… and Kevin Harvick heading home with his car turned into pieces of scrap metal thrown inside a tin….
Amy Henderson, Senior Editor: I like Gordon — a lot, but since everyone else has their eggs in that basket and Jimmie Johnson is slower than slow, I think I like Martin Truex Jr.
Mark Howell, Senior Writer: The drive for five comes alive this weekend; my pick is Gordon.
Toni Montgomery, Senior Editor: Gordon.
Jeff Wolfe, Senior Writer: Harvick – after he wrecks the whole field and no one else is left.
Zach Catanzareti, Contributor: Brad Keselowski.
Huston Ladner, Senior Editor: Keselowski.
Danny Peters, Senior Writer: Denny Hamlin. Cheers.
Jerry Jordan, Contributor: Kurt Busch.
Mike Neff, Short Track Coordinator: Kyle Busch.
Matt Stallknecht, Senior Editor: I’ll go with JG24.
Sean Fesko, Contributor: Gordon.
Vito Pugliese: Gordon.
Tony Lumbis, Financial Manager: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt McLaughlin, Senior Writer: It’s autumn so I’ll go with sentiment rather than reason and pick Gordon. (In my cranium my inner-Spock is telling me “highly illogical Captain Smirk).
Joseph Wolkin, Assistant Editor: Johnson.
Results: CampingWorld.com 500
| Writer | Pick | Finishing Position | Points |
| Danny Peters | Joey Logano | 1st | 5 |
| Greg Davis | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2nd | 3 |
| Matt Stallknecht | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2nd | 3 |
| Mike Neff | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2nd | 3 |
| Aaron Bearden | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2nd | 3 |
| Joseph Wolkin | Jeff Gordon | 3rd | 3 |
| Vito Pugliese | Brad Keselowski | 4th | 3 |
| Tony Lumbis | Brad Keselowski | 4th | 3 |
| Huston Ladner | Carl Edwards | 5th | 3 |
| Zach Catanzareti | Kurt Busch | 10th | 1 |
| Amy Henderson | Austin Dillon | 14th | 0 |
| Jeff Wolfe | Kevin Harvick | 15th | 0 |
| Mark Howell | Matt Kenseth | 26th | -1 |
| Toni Montgomery | Matt Kenseth | 26th | -1 |
| Sean Fesko | Danica Patrick | 27th | -1 |
| Jerry Jordan | Landon Cassill | 34th | -2 |
| Clayton Caldwell | Landon Cassill | 34th | -2 |
Standings
| Writer | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| Matt Stallknecht | 65 | — | 32 | 9 | 17 | 23 |
| Aaron Bearden | 46 | -19 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| Mike Neff | 46 | -19 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 17 |
| Jeff Wolfe | 44 | -21 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Huston Ladner | 42 | -23 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| Matt McLaughlin | 31 | -34 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| Zach Catanzareti | 27 | -38 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| Vito Pugliese | 27 | -38 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| Danny Peters | 27 | -38 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| Amy Henderson | 25 | -40 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Mark Howell | 21 | -44 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| Brett Winningham | 19 | -46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Toni Montgomery | 18 | -47 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Sean Fesko | 18 | -47 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Tony Lumbis | 18 | -47 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Tom Bowles | 15 | -50 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Joseph Wolkin | 14 | -51 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| Phil Allaway | 8 | -57 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Jerry Jordan | 6 | -59 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Jeff Meyer | 5 | -60 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Greg Davis | 5 | -60 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| S.D. Grady | 4 | -61 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| David Ifeguni | 3 | -62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Greene | -1 | -66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clayton Caldwell | -2 | -67 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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