Keeping an eye on Milwaukee

I'm watching the Busch Series race at Milwaukee tonight, and not only because I'm a fan of whenever any of NASCAR's "Big 3" visits one of its traditional spots.

Given that the Camping World 200 at New Hampshire is only a week away, watching this race on a flat, mile racetrack could tell us a lot about who will be strong heading to Loudon. And, the way Carl Edwards has dominated both the Busch Series and the first half of the AT&T 250, we just may see our first repeat Busch winner at NHIS next week.

How good are these guys? Well, Edwards won at Nashville a few weeks back without having seen the track for so much as a single lap of practice or qualifying. On Saturday, Edwards flew in from Sonoma, Calif., (site of Sunday's Toyota SaveMart 350 for the Cup Series), got a brief word of advice from Roush Racing teammate Travis Kvapil and then went out and ripped off a qualifying lap.

Amazing stuff, and sometimes these guys just don't get the credit they deserve. They can flat-out drive.

Edwards is showing that againt tonight.