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CHAMPIONSHIP FAVORITES.(NEWS)

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DRIVER: Kyle Busch

CAR: No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing

OUTLOOK: Busch finished 10th in the 2008 championship. After a spectacular regular season (eight wins in 26 starts), he and crew chief Steve Addington fell apart during the 10-race Chase for the Championship playoff. Don't bet it will happen again.

DRIVER: Jimmie Johnson

CAR: No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports

OUTLOOK: Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus tied a record in 2008 with their third-consecutive Sprint Cup title. (Cale Yarborough was the first, in 1976, '77 and '78.) They are capable, but the odds seem stacked against them doing it a fourth time.

DRIVER: Carl Edwards

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