godwin’S pickS for 2016 cup SerieS

godwin’S pickS for 2016 cup SerieS

CHAMPION: Brad Keselowski

REST OF TOP 5: Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

Chase Elliott

DARK HORSE: Tony Stewart

DON’T BE SURPRISED IF:

Keselowski completes the up-and-down-andup- again cycle and returns to the head table after a three-year hiatus.

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years.

Reach him at godwin.

kelly@news-jrnl.com