Humpy to make his pick UPDATE it’s Jarrett: With an assist from magician Mark Robinson, Lowe’s Motor Speedway presient H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler will gaze into his crystal ball Thursday and reveal his pick to win The Winston on May 19. During the past 13 years, Wheeler has been correct nine times in his annual selection, including his prediction that rookie Dale Earnhardt Jr. would top the veterans in last year’s running of NASCAR’s annual all-star event. Wheeler has spent hours touring the Winston Cup garage areas and talking to sources on the phone and is prepared, with a little magic and illusion, to reveal his selection at 2:30pm/et Thursday(May 10th) at The Speedway Club at Lowe’s Motor Speedway(That’s Racin’)(5-10-2001) UPDATE: Every year about this time, Lowe’s Motor Speedway president H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler dons the cloak of the prognosticator and picks the winner of The Winston, next weekend’s NASCAR all-star race. At the speedway near Charlotte on Thursday, the race promoter and ringmaster gazed into the future again and said Dale Jarrett would be this year’s winner of the prestigious race(That’s Racin’)(5-11-2001)
