
INDIANAPOLIS -- With ESPN taking over the NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcast schedule beginning this week with the AllState 400 at the Brickyard at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the network's veteran analysts, Dr. Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and
Dale Jarrett shared some of their thoughts on the season to date.
In addition to the obvious marquee story lines -- 50-year old
Mark Martin winning and Tony Stewart's team a championship contender out of the box -- the ESPN crew was candid about the surprises on the other end of the spectrum, specifically whether three-time race winner
Kyle Busch, 24, will even make The Chase.
"Nobody ever would have thought that that he would go in there and not make it,'' said Petree, the late Dale Earnhardt's championship crew chief. "He's struggled when he did get in the Chase the past couple of years, and that's not a surprise. But the fact is he's actually got a chance of not making it, and I think there's trouble brewing over there."