1- A rivalry develops between Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon that turns ugly back in the Hendrick shops. Mark Martin sees this as an opportunity, and Alan Gustafson works with Chad Knaus (since the 48 is out of the running) to finally win Mark that championship he so richly deserves.

2- Three teams will merge into one three car team – #7 Robby Gordon Motorsports, #87 Nemco (Joe Nemechek) and #36 Tommy Baldwin Racing. As one team they are able to find enough sponsorship to not only run every week, but actually become semi-competitive.

3- The feud between #11 Denny Hamlin and #12 Brad Kesselowski continues into 2010 at full steam.

4- Sam Hornish Jr returns to the IRL. The number of on-track incidents are immediately cut in half.

5- Chevrolet and Toyota get their heads out of their butts and decide to run the Camaro and Solara in the Nationwide series to compete with the Mustang and Challenger.

6- Jeremy Mayfield is able to prove that he is clean and sober (and has been all along) and successfully defends himself in court. He then countersues Nascar and the lab and doctor who did the testing, winning a very large settlement for defamation of character, lost wages, mental anguish, and pain and suffering. In the fall, Brian France is arrested in Ormond Beach during a police sting operation for buying crystal meth.

and finally…
6- #15/51 Billy Ballew Motorsports lands a quality sponsor, gives a new young driver (like maybe Michael McDowell?) a shot and wins the truck championship over both Kyle Bush’s and Kevin Harvick’s teams. Todd Bodine will finish second.

Brian France is removed as the head of Nascar.

Dump the chase.

Jimmie Johnson becomes a Buddhist monk and moves to Tibet

Mark Martin wins the championship.