Fantasy Report: Coca-Cola 600

After an entertaining All-Star Race in Charlotte, the NASCAR boys are getting ready to run 600 miles around "The Beast of the Southeast." Lowe's Motor Speedway has been good to some and treacherous for others over the years.

Here are our picks:

Brandon's picks: Jimmie Johnson✔, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch✔, Ryan Newman, Elliott Sadler, Dale Earnhardt Jr.✔, AJ Allmendinger and Brian Vickers✔.

Erik's picks: Jimmie Johnson✔, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch✔, Dale Earnhardt Jr.✔, Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, Brian Vickers✔ and Travis Kvapil.

Hints: Whenever I say Johnson is someone to watch (or almost anyone else) he does very little so I'm just going to say that I intend to put in everyone I already have chosen (wink, wink). So I'm going to tell you what I'm doing this week — it is dangerous but sometimes you just have to take risks. The drivers I have chosen are the drivers I intend to put in the race. As you can see, I have some heavy hitters in this week. I'm partly driven by my desire to take the points lead and partly driven by what seems like good ideas. Everyone else I have on my roster are there in hopes that they'll get me some valuable qualifying points. Crazy? We'll see in a few days.