March Madness Nascar Style: Championship

Well Rick Pitino and the Louisville Cardnials are your NCAA Men's Basketball DI 2013 Champions. The game was possibly the most fast paced championship game in recent history. But guess what, our Championship game will be even faster! Nascars Final Four kicked off at Martinsville Speedway with match ups of Kyle Busch v Kasey Kahne and Brad Keselowski v Kurt Busch. Once again we had one match up that went the distance and the other was just a blow out.

Lets start with the blow out. BK faced off against #8 seeded Kurt Busch who used his strong run to get to the Final Four but at Martinsville it wasn't even close, as Kurt struggled all day and ended up not finishing the race (Engine fire). BK had a good day but only had a top 10 car on the day and finished 6th.

As for the slug fest. Both Kyle and Kasey left Martinsville with 40 points, but the edge goes to Kasey who finished 4th, one spot ahead of Kyle in 5th. Both has fast cars on Sunday and fought down to the end. Kyle Busch even lead 56 laps on the day but it wasn't enough to get past Kahne.

So now Nascar is down to two drivers, Brad Keselowski (#1 seed) and Kasey Kahne (#4 seed) just like Louisville and Michigan, except the pace will be at 190 mph. Both drivers are sitting in the top 5 in points heading to Texas Motor Speedway and have had a great start to 2013.

The Match Up:

Brad Keselowski (Career at Texas Motor Speedway)

• 9 Starts
• 0 Wins
• 1 Top 5
• 1 Top 10
• Average Start 26.2
• Average Finish 22.7

Kasey Kahne (Career at Texas Motor Speedway)

• 17 Starts
• 1 Win
• 4 Top 5's
• 5Top 10's
• Average Start 11.8
• Average Finish 19.2

Who is going to win?

Well looking at the stats it is hard not to say Kasey Kahne. Kahen has not only a win at Texas, but 3 more top 5 finishes then BK. BK also has almost half as many starts at the track then Kahne does. The last 3 starts at Texas BK has started 8th each time, the winner at Texas normally comes from the top 10, and he also finished 2nd last time around. Kasey on the other hand has finished 25th, 7th, and 3rd in his last three at Texas. Kahne also has a win on the season and seems to run well at tracks like Texas. I think BK is hungry to get in the Win column for 2013 but I don't think it will be this Saturday at Texas.

Championship Winner(My Pick): Kasey Kahne

I think Kahne has a shot at winning on Saturday and will continue his hot run. BK may still finish top 10 but I'm not sure it will be enough.

A look at the past Articles:

• March Madness Nascar Style
• March Madness Nascar Style: Elite Eight
• March Madness Nascar Style: Final Four
• Week 7 Preview: Texas Motor Speedway

**Edit: Brad Keselowski outlasted Kasey Kahne at Texas Motor Speedway in Nascar's first Night race of the 2013 season. BK finished Top 10 and Kahne just missed the Top 10 so it was a close battle but the defending Sprint Cup Champion comes out on top of this years March Tourney.**