The Nationwide Series makes its annual stop at Gateway International Raceway on Saturday for the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 presented by Ventrilo. And it’s time to pick a winner.

Carl Edwards has been on the uptick lately, he’s due for a win, and Michigan is Roush country so … Edwards is my pick to win Sunday at Michigan in the U-PICK’EM RACING CONTEST!

And I also pick Kyle Busch to complete a…

Jimmie Johnson has won three times at Dover, so I’m picking him to get back to Victory Lane on Sunday in the U-PICK’EM RACING CONTEST!

Here’s my top 10 …

1. Jimmie Johnson

2. Kyle Busch

3. Greg Biffle

4. Mark Martin

5. Tony Stewart

6. Carl…

Matt Kenseth set the qualifying record for the fastest lap at Darlington, but I’m going with defending race winner Kyle Busch in the U-PICK-’EM RACING CONTEST!

My top 10 …

1. Kyle Busch

2. Jeff Gordon

3. Tony Stewart

4. Matt Kenseth

5. Jeff Burton

6. Jimmie Johnson

7.…

I’ve been a middle of the packer in the U-PICK’EM RACING CONTEST!, riding around with the Reed Sorenson’s of the world in 267th place out of 459 in the stltoday.com version of the game. Not great, but not terrible either.

But onward…

Here’s the weekly dispatch from the folks at Gateway International Raceway with a rundown of the weekend’s motorsports action ….

Gateway Notes for the week of April 6

– Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon went a career-long 47 races without…

The Hendrick Motorsports drivers have been looking strong in practice this week at Texas Motorspeedway for the Samsung 500, with all four of its drivers plus Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman in Hendrick-powered cars ranking in the top 12 in first practice, tho Dale Earnhardt Jr.,…

After reading an Orlando Sentinel column about the Kyle Busch-Dale Earnhardt Jr. rivalry, I got to thinking:

It ain’t much of a rivalry, considering Busch wins more often than Earnhardt with 14 wins since joining the Sprint Cup circuit full-time in…

Time to make my picks for Sunday’s U-PICK’EM RACING CONTEST! on STLtoday.com. I’m going with points leader and pole sitter Jeff Gordon to take the checkered flag.

OK, I know, picking a front-runner ain’t exactly genetic engineering, but I think this is…

After his disappointing finish Saturday in the Nationwide Series, Kyle Busch will be super-motivated Sunday in the Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol.

I’ve picked him to win in the U-PICK’EM RACING CONTEST! Here’s my top 10.

1. Kyle Busch

2. Carl Edwards

3. Jeff…