If there’s one thing true about the users of social media, it’s that they’re always right, no matter the subject. Post an opinion about anything at all, and somebody will tell you what’s actually correct.
With this foundational characteristic of Internet users in mind, I once again set out to put this rule to the test: Can people on Twitter guess the Championship 4 – the four drivers who will compete for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series title and Bill France Cup – before the 2020 season even begins?
Time capsule, to be unearthed November 3, 2020:
Which four drivers will make up the 2020 #NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4?
— Steve Luvender (@steveluvender) February 13, 2020
This is the third year I posed the question to the larger Twitter populace. In 2018, nobody guessed correctly. Last year, things went a little better; we had two correct predictions.
For the most part, there have been plenty of predictions that are reasonable-sounding – at least right now. The Kyle Busches, the Denny Hamlins, the Joey Loganos (or is it Joeys Logano?) – the usual suspects. Basically, the drivers who NASCAR.com’s fantasy experts would pick.
18 – 4 – 9 – 19 https://t.co/gMy8ogoKop
— Tommy Joe Martins (@TommyJoeMartins) February 13, 2020
Plus, we’ve got some bold predictions, like Daytona 500 polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the Championship 4.
18 19 4 47
– Toasty (@Matt_Toasty) February 13, 2020
Or Ryan Newman soaring into the championship round.
11 18 48 6
– Rajah Caruth (@rajahcaruth) February 13, 2020
Or picks that could be interpreted in different ways.
🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/9IKcyxNRn7
– 🏳️🌈 Tuff Titty d.b.a. Michael Romance (@joostinrextin) February 13, 2020
Or picks that I suppose could end up technically accurate, though no driver names were provided.
The big one plus the big three
– William Stukes (@WilliamStukes2) February 13, 2020
It’s even possible to fan so hard for your driver you think they alone will occupy the entirety of the Championship 4.
18 KB.
– [email protected] (@stephenheater51) February 13, 2020
And, of course, the examples of the Internet doing Internet things and making a mockery of this VERY SERIOUS contest, for which there is no prize.
Steve Park
Loy Allen Jr
Chad Little
Steadman Marlin– Steve Park: 2020 Nascar ‘Sponsor’ Cup Champion (@Connorstro32) February 13, 2020
Based on the uniforms/heads, not the faces! pic.twitter.com/eiRjmY7V6V
– E. (@liberatore_e) February 13, 2020
Excellent use of Make My Driver!
the real winners will be us, the fans at home
– Elizabeth Blackstock (@eliz_blackstock) February 13, 2020
Certainly don’t disagree with this one.
If you want in – because if somebody else doesn’t know it all, you do – reply to the original tweet with your Championship 4 picks. Be forewarned, though: if you miss all four picks, I’ll most definitely shame you on NASCAR.com later.
We’ll unearth this time capsule in November when the Championship 4 is decided the week between Martinsville and Phoenix, and see which – if any – pixel prognosticators proved prescient and picked perfectly.