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NASCAR: Five predictions for the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami

By Dustin Smith

MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, Martin Truex JR., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Toyota, Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Caramel Toyota and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John's Ford talk to the media during media day for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship at the Loews Hotel on November 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, Martin Truex JR., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Toyota, Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Caramel Toyota and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John's Ford talk to the media during media day for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship at the Loews Hotel on November 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) /
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AVONDALE, AZ – MARCH 19: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Axalta Chevrolet at Phoenix International Raceway on March 19, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
AVONDALE, AZ – MARCH 19: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Axalta Chevrolet at Phoenix International Raceway on March 19, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) /

Homestead-Miami Prediction #5 – Things will be very emotional

Without a doubt, the saddest part about this Sunday is the end of yet another great NASCAR season. However, there are a few other things that are a little more sad than the season’s completion.

The first is that this could very well be the last time we see Matt Kenseth in a NASCAR Cup Series car. Last weekend’s race winner is still without a ride for 2018, which, in my opinion, is absolutely ludicrous. If this is the last time we get to see Kenseth drive, at least we were able to see him win one last time at Phoenix. His emotional post-race interview made me believe this will be his last race. Hopefully not, but if it is his last, I hope we see him on TV before seeing him enter the Hall of Fame.

Speaking of emotional…this is Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final race before his retirement from driving as well. This means the 2018 Daytona 500 will be the first without Earnhardt Sr. or Jr. since 1978. The emotions will definitely hit when the race concludes and we see Jr. getting out of the car for the last time. I will be thinking about my first ever NASCAR race which Jr. won. I will be picturing in my head him running toward the infield care center the day his father passed away. I’ll picture him winning at Daytona running in his father’s #3 Wrangler paint scheme.

Oh, and there will also be a champion crowned on Sunday as well. After nine months and 36 races, we will conclude the season and turn our focus to the offseason, one which will not include discussion of Matt Kenseth’s and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s expectations for the next season. Sunday will unquestionably be a day where your eyeballs will be sweating at some point.

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