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NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview: Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca Cola

by Eric McClung, Special To NASCAR news, NASCAR statistics, NASCAR commentary On Pit Row

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July 1, 2009 9:15 am CDT 2 Comments

Greetings On Pit Row readers.

There have been two restrictor plate races held thus far, so consider the results of the Daytona 500 and the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway when  evaluating your lineup for this week.

Here’s an explanation of the highlighted text in the rankings.

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• Y! A/B/C - The top options in the Yahoo! Fantasy Auto Racing game by driver list.
• Strong qualifier - History of winning poles or qualifying inside the top-five.
• Good qualifier - History of qualifying inside the top-10.
• Value play - Good recent history at this week’s track. Drivers to consider as low-rent salary cap options.

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1. Tony Stewart… Strong qualifier: best average starting position (16.0) over the last five years. Eight top-10 finishes in 11 races since ‘04, including two wins. Led laps in those eight top-10s. Y! B-1
2. Kyle Busch… Finished fourth or better in four of the last six races, including a win last year. Y! A-1
3. Matt Kenseth… Won this year’s Daytona 500 but historically better in the July race: ‘08- third, ‘07- eighth, ‘06- fifth, ‘05- ninth, ‘03- sixth. Y! A-2
4. Kurt Busch… 17 career starts: eight top-fives. Top-10 finishes in five of the last six races. Y! B-2
5. Mark Martin… Good qualifier. 48 career starts, zero wins. Started second at this year’s Daytona 500 (finished 16th) and last year’s Coke Zero 400 (finished 10th). Y! A-3
6. Jimmie Johnson… Won in ‘06, only one top-10 in the six races since. Had finished eighth or better in six of seven previous races (’02-’05). Y! A-4
7. Jeff Gordon… Wins in ‘04 and ‘05 but only three top-10 finishes in the eight races since.
8. Clint Bowyer… Seven career starts: five top-10 finishes. Career-best fourth-place finish at Daytona.
9. Kasey Kahne… ‘07, ‘08: streak four top-10 finishes, finished 29th at this year’s Daytona 500. Y! B-3
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr…. Finished ninth and eighth last year, leading laps in both. Finished 27th at this year’s Daytona 500. 19 career starts: led laps 13 times. Runner-up at Talladega. Y! B-4
11. Ryan Newman… 14 career starts: won 2/08, only two other top-10 finishes. Third at Talladega. Y! B-5
12. Brian Vickers… Finished 12th and 11th last year. Finished 39th (accident) at this year’s Daytona 500. Y! B-6
13. Kevin Harvick… Last six races at Daytona: win, runner-up, five finishes of 14th or better.
14. Carl Edwards… Only two top-10 finishes but each came in the last two July races (fourth 7/07, second 7/08).
15. Denny Hamlin… Seven career starts: zero top-10 finishes. Career-best 17th (2/08, 7/06) Y! B-7
16. Greg Biffle… 13 career starts: only three top-10 finishes. Third at Talladega.
17. Jeff Burton… One top-10 finish since ‘04.
18. David Reutimann… Career-best 12th-place finish at Daytona. Y! B-8
19. Marcos Ambrose… Finished 17th at this year’s Daytona 500, first career start. Fourth at Talladega. Y! C-1
20. Elliott Sadler… Strong value play. Last seven races: five finishes of sixth or better
21. AJ Allmendinger… Finished third in second career start at Daytona this year. Y! C-2
22. Brad Keselowski… Long shot value play. No Cup starts at Daytona. Nationwide Series: ‘08- 16th, fifth (led 28 laps). ‘09- 2nd (led six laps). Won at Talladega. Y! C-3
23. Joey Logano… DNF in first career start at Daytona this year. Finished 20th in the Nationwide Series.
24. Martin Truex Jr…. Weak value play. No top-10s but four straight finishes of 20th or better.
25. Juan Pablo Montoya… Career-high 14th-place finish at this year’s Daytona 500. 32nd or worse in three of five career starts.
26. Jamie McMurray… Finished 26th or worse in four of the last five at Daytona, a win in ‘07.
27. Bobby Labonte… Finished 11th and 13th last year. Finished 22nd at this year’s Daytona 500. Y! C-4
28. Robby Gordon… Daytona 500: 34th. ‘08: eighth, sixth. Streak of six top-15 finishes from ‘06-’08.
29. Sam Hornish Jr…. Declining over three career starts: 15th, 29th, 32nd.
30. David Ragan… Lone top-10 of the season came at Daytona.
31. Casey Mears… 15th or worse in five straight races at Daytona.
32. Joe Nemechek… Good qualifier: 7/08- fourth, 7/06- fifth, 7/05- fifth.
33. Michael Waltrip… Daytona 500: seventh. First top-10 since winning in ‘03.
34. Reed Sorenson… Last three Daytona 500’s: 13th, fifth, ninth. Last three July races: 34th, 42nd, 22nd.
35. David Stremme… ‘07: 11th, 22nd. Daytona 500: 33nd
36. Scott Speed… Daytona 500: 35th. Fifth at Talladega.
37. Paul Menard… Finished a career-best 15th last year.
38. Patrick Carpentier… ‘08: started 10th, finished 14th.
39. John Andretti… Three top-20 finishes since ‘00.
40. David Gilliland… ‘07: eighth, 11th. ‘08: 28th, 40th.
41. Regan Smith… ‘08: 37th, 24th. Daytona 500: 21st
42. Dave Blaney…’08: 38th, 19th.
43. Max Papis… No Cup or Nationwide starts at Daytona.
44. Tony Raines… ‘07: 39th.

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