[steveegg]

My 2006 predictions are now up. My blog, No Runny Eggs, goes into detail over the course of several posts, but here's the recap:

• Field-fillers (35th and worse) (no particular order) - Scott Riggs, Derrike Cope, Scott Wimmer, Robby Gordon, Travis Kvapil, Randy LaJoie, Michael Waltrip, Kevin Lepage, Morgan Shepherd and Chad Chaffin (throw in most-of-the-timers Kenny Wallace and Tony Raines)
• 26-34: 31-34 - Dave Blaney, Kyle Petty, Brent Sherman, Sterling Marlin; 26-30 - Ken Schrader, Jeff Burton, David Stremme, Casey Mears
• 21-25 - Denny Hamlin, JJ Yeley, Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers, Reed Sorenson
• 16-20 - Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer (one of those 2 will be Rookie of the Year), Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, Dale Jarrett
• 11-15 - Joe Nemechek, Kurt Busch, Jeremy Mayfield, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler (likeliest to finish 11th and get the $1 million booby prize)
• 6-10 - Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards
• 2-4 and the champ - Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson will be the closest to Matt Kenseth at the end of the season.

[Toby06]

I would bet Hamlin & Waltrip do significantly (5+ places) better than those predictions.