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NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview: Save Mart 350

by Eric McClung, Special To NASCAR news, fantasy racing advice and statistics On Pit Row

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June 17, 2009 8:34 am CDT No Comments

Greetings On Pit Row readers,

Last week I added value plays for salary cap owners looking for cash-saving options to the NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview. This week I’ve marked drivers who are top qualifiers at the track. Several fantasy formats, including the Yahoo! Fantasy Auto Racing game, pay bonus points to drivers who qualify up front. In the Y! game, the top-four are paid out. Even if you don’t start the driver, you still get the points. If you’ve burned through a lot of starts on a top qualifier just keep them on your bench and hope for a good qualifying run!

For this week, a lot of focus will be on the road course ringers. Among the C drivers, Marcos Ambrose, in limited starts, has shown the most ability on the road courses- don’t overlook him. Boris Said and Ron Fellows are the only ringers worth considering.

The rankings are spilt by using the A, B and C drivers from the Y! game. Enjoy the rankings and feel free to add your comments below!

A List

1. Jeff Gordon… Strong qualifier: qualified inside the top-four on seven occasions. Last 14 races at Infineon: five poles, five wins, 10 top-fives, 12 top-10s. Finished worse than seventh only twice in that span.
2. Kyle Busch… Won at Infineon and Watkins Glen last year. Eleventh or better in three straight Infineon races.
3. Clint Bowyer… Two consecutive fourth-place finishes. Last three weeks: 11th, 12th, 10th.
4. Carl Edwards… Top-10s in two of the last three at Infineon. Has led laps in two straight. Qualifying runs have improved in four straight. Last four weeks: fourth, seventh, second and fourth.
5. Mark Martin… Last 13 races at Infineon: one win, five top-threes, 10 top-10s, all top-20s.
6. Greg Biffle… Finished 14th or better in five straight races, two top-fives over the last three. Last three weeks: third, 11th, fifth.
7. Jimmie Johnson… Laps led in three straight but finished 15th, 17th and 10th.
8. Jeff Burton… Capable but inconsistent. Last five: 13th, third, seventh, 30th, ninth.
9. Matt Kenseth… Coming off a career-best eighth-place finish last year, zero top-10s in the previous eight starts.
10. Kevin Harvick… Eight career starts at Infineon: 12th or worse on six occasions.

B List

1. Tony Stewart… Ten career starts at Infineon: two wins, six top-10 finishes, laps led in seven races.
2. Juan Pablo Montoya… Won in 2007, finished sixth last year.
3. Ryan Newman… Five top-10s in seven career starts at Infineon.
4. Kurt Busch… Strong qualifier. Eight career starts at Infineon: qualified inside the top-four four times, three top-five finishes, but 22nd or worse in five other races.
5. Denny Hamlin… Three career starts: 12th, 10th, 27th.
6. Martin Truex Jr…. Strong value play. Three career starts at Infineon: 15th, 24th, 16th. Owns fifth and sixth place finishes at Watkins Glen
7. Casey Mears… Finished a career-best fifth last year, has only one finish better than 20th in five other starts.
8. Brian Vickers… Enters with two consecutive 14th-place finishes.
9. Elliott Sadler… Weak value play. Three top-10 finishes over the last five starts. Moderate results at Watkins Glen.
10. Joey Logano… Nationwide road course starts: Watkins Glen- seventh, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve- 17th.
11. Dale Earnhardt Jr…. No top-10 finishes but has finished between 11th and 13th on four occasions.
12. David Gilliland… Long shot value play. Runner-up last year at Infineon, finished 25th and 32nd in two other starts.
13. Jamie McMurray… Good qualifier. Qualified first in 2007, second in 2006. Has finished better than 13th once only.
14. Kasey Kahne… Won the pole last year at Infineon but has never finished better than 23rd.
15. David Ragan… Two career starts at Infineon: 29th, 24th.
16. Paul Menard… Finished 34th in his first career start at Infineon last year.
17. David Reutimann… Qualified 42nd, finished 40th following an accident in his first career start at Infineon last year.
18. David Stremme… Finished 32nd in only career start in 2007.
19. Michael Waltrip… Not entered, Patrick Carpentier will drive the No. 55.

C List

1. Marcos Ambrose… Qualified seventh but finished 42nd (accident) in his first career start at Infineon last year. Finished third at Watkins Glen.
2. Boris Said… Nine career starts at Infineon: won the pole in ‘03, four top-10 finishes over his last six starts. Finished 41st last year (shocks).
3. Ron Fellows… Seven career starts at Infineon: three top-15 finishes, 25th or worse in the remaining four. Four road course wins in the Nationwide Series.
4. Robby Gordon… Won back in ‘03 but no better than 16th in the five races since.
5. Dave Blaney… Eight career starts at Infineon: three top-20 finishes.
6. AJ Allmendinger… Finished 37th in his first career start at Infineon last year. Finished 11th at Watkins Glen.
7. Bobby Labonte… Last top-10 was in ‘03, no better than 18th in the five races since. Last year, started fourth but finished 39th due to an electrical issue.
8. John Andretti… Long shot value play. ‘98, ‘99- third, ‘02- 10th.
9. Patrick Carpentier… Finished 23rd in his first career start at Infineon last year.
10. Max Papis… Finished 25th in his first career start at Infineon last year.
11. Sam Hornish Jr…. Qualified 17th, finished 31st in his first career start at Infineon last year.
12. Scott Speed… Only NASCAR road course start: eighth-place finish at New Jersey Motorsports Park, ARCA series.
13. Brian Simo… Four career starts at Infineon: started and finished 43rd last year (transmission). Started in ‘05- 10th, ‘01- 42nd (another transmission), ‘00- 36th.
14. Joe Nemechek… Zero top-10s in 13 career starts at Infineon, has not finished better than 23rd in six straight.
15. Chris Cook… ‘05- 28th.
16. Reed Sorenson… ‘06- 29th, ‘07- 40th.
17. Tony Raines… ‘03- 31st.
18. Tom Hubert… Six career starts at Infineon: DNFs in four.
19. Brandon Ash… ‘04- 41st, ‘06- 38th, ‘07- failed to qualify. Fourteen DNQs in 17 career Cup attempts.

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