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NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview: Pocono 500

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

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June 3, 2009 11:33 am CDT 1 Comment

Greetings On Pit Row readers.

The debut of the NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview last week was good one. The format is still a little bit influx so I appreciate your patience as we work on the best way to provide you with the top quick-hitting preview possible. The drivers are broken down into the A, B, C ranks that Yahoo! uses to divide the drivers. Salary cap owners can expect the price of the drivers to follow a similar structure. As we move forward, I’ll be looking to mark some drivers as good values in cap formats. For now, enjoy the ranking and feel free to add your comments below!

A List

1. Jimmie Johnson… Two career victories, both in 2004, top-12s in seven of eight since. Top-sixes in four the last five. Qualified first and second last year.
2. Jeff Gordon… Thirty-two career starts: 22 top-10s. Top-fives in three of the last five, including one victory.
3. Carl Edwards… Two career victories, first start in 2005 and most recent race in August. Two top-10s in the six races in between.
4. Mark Martin… Top-10s in seven of the last nine and four straight. Qualified second and third last season. No wins in forty-four career starts but 31 top-10s.
5. Matt Kenseth… Top-14s in six straight. Led a lap three straight but only tallying six. Has led laps in nine of 18 starts but only totally 32, zero victories.
6. Greg Biffle… Finished 13th and 15th last season, led a total of six laps. Finished outside of the top-20 in the three previous starts.
7. Kyle Busch… Too inconstant to trust at the Triangle; 2008: 36th and 43rd, 2007: eighth and 12th
8. Jeff Burton… Top-13 finishes in five of the last six, 19th or worse in four straight prior.
9. Kevin Harvick… Has qualified outside of the top-20 in three straight. Finished eighth or better in four the last eight.
10. Clint Bowyer… Six career starts: 21st or worse in half, but three top-10s in the last four.

B List

1. Denny Hamlin… Owns the best average finish, 6.2. Two career victories, both in 2006. Six career starts: five top-six finishes, four top-threes.
2. Kurt Busch… Sixteen career starts: two victories, runner-up four times, has qualified second or third on five occasions. Laps led in five of the last seven.
3. Tony Stewart… Top-seven finishes in six of the last seven and 14 top-sevens for his career, 20 starts.
4. Kasey Kahne… Finished where he started last season: won from the pole in last year’s Pocono 500, seventh place in August. Twenty-second or worse in five of 10 career starts.
5. Brian Vickers… Ten career starts: four top-fours and runner-up twice, including last year’s Pocono 500. Has qualified outside of the top-10 only twice but they were in the last three races.
6. Ryan Newman… Fourteen career starts: worse than 18th only three times. Five top-fives but only one since 2005.
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr…. Top-12s in four straight, including one pole- 25th or worse in four of five prior.
8. Jamie McMurray… Tied a career-best ninth place finish in August after starting 41st. Top-20s in six of the last eight.
9. Joey Logano… No starts at Pocono, but three top-10s over the last five races this season.
10. Juan Pablo Montoya… Two top-20s in 2007, two DNFs in 2008.
11. David Reutimann… One top-20 in four career starts.
12. Martin Truex Jr…. Has led laps in three of the last four but only totaling four. Finished 15th and 17th last season.
13. David Ragan… Career-best fifth-place finish in August, 24th or worse in three races prior.
14. Casey Mears… Would the real Mears please stand up? 2008: 22nd and 26th, 2007: fourth and 10th.
15. Michael Waltrip… 26th or worse in six straight.
16. Elliott Sadler… Has finished outside of the top-20 in five straight.
17. David Stremme… Four career starts: never finished better than 23rd.
18. Paul Menard… Four career starts: never finished better than 25th.
19. David Gilliland… Four career starts: never finished better than 34th.

C List

1. Sam Hornish Jr…. Started and finished 26th in the August race last year, DNF in June.
2. AJ Allmendinger… Three career starts: 12th and 19th last season
3. Bobby Labonte… Three victories, none since 2001- only three top-10s since. Thirty-two career starts, had led one or two laps on eight occasions.
4. Marcos Ambrose… No starts at Pocono, average finish of 26.33 over the last three races.
5. Reed Sorenson… Six career starts, never finished better than 24th.
6. Scott Speed… No starts at Pocono.
7. Joe Nemechek… Started in top-10 four times over last nine chances, finished in the top-15 only twice.
8. Robby Gordon… Finished seventh and eighth back in 2004, 36th and 37th last year.
9. Dave Blaney… 2008 finishes: 22nd, 31st.
10. Patrick Carpentier… Started in last year’s Pocono 500: finished 32nd
11. Sterling Marlin… Last start: 31st in 2007.
12. John Andretti… Two starts in 2003: 23rd and 33rd.
13. Mike Wallace… Two starts in 2005: 29th, 31st.
14. Derrike Cope… Last start in 2003: 42nd.
15. Dexter Bean… No starts at Pocono.

If you are thinking of doing any actual NASCAR betting you may be better served by finding actual NASCAR odds at a service that is involved in online wagering or something. We, most assuredly, are not.

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