In practice for Watkins Glen Stewart and Johnson were fastest. I also wouldn't count out Ron Fellows, Robby Gordon, Mark Martin or possibly Kurt Busch who was very impressive at Sear's Point.
Points race is interesting now. Marlin looked home and cooled out before the race but now he finds several within 200 points and Marlin will surely lose ground to Gordon, Martin and Stewart (and possibly Johnson) on the road course.
Assuming Gordon wins and leads most laps and Marlin finishes mid pack then Gordon could find himself less than 50 points back. It would be something if Jeff wins it with less than 2 wins.
Huck what's your email address.