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NASCAR Fantasy Tool 2009 Average Finish at Atlanta, Texas and Charlotte [24 degree, 1.5 mile quad-ovals]

This table show the average finish of 35 drivers in the eight races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (Formerly Lowe’s Motor Speedway) during the 2009 season. All of these tracks are 1.5 mile long and feature 24 degree corner backing.

	ATL 1	TX 1	CHA 1	ATL 2	CHA 2	TX 2	AVERAGE
Jeff Gordon	2	1	14	8	4	13	7.0
Matt Kenseth	12	5	10	12	2	3	7.3
Tony Stewart	8	4	19	11	13	6	10.2
Kasey Kahne	7	19	7	1	3	33	11.7
Ryan Newman	22	15	2	9	11	12	11.8
Kyle Busch	18	18	6	13	8	11	12.3
David Reutimann	32	11	1	4	15	16	13.2
Mark Martin	31	6	17	5	17	4	13.3
Denny Hamlin	13	12	11	6	42	2	14.3
Greg Biffle	34	3	20	10	16	8	15.2
Kurt Busch	1	8	34	38	10	1	15.3
Brian Vickers	5	16	5	7	34	26	15.5
Kevin Harvick	4	27	41	2	18	5	16.2
Jimmie Johnson	9	2	13	36	1	38	16.5
Jeff Burton	14	9	25	34	14	9	17.5
Clint Bowyer	6	22	36	29	6	7	17.7
Martin Truex Jr.	10	25	23	26	9	14	17.8
Joey Logano	30	30	9	22	5	19	19.2
Juan Pablo Montoya	27	7	8	3	35	37	19.5
Casey Mears	16	21	33	25	7	21	20.5
Carl Edwards	3	10	4	37	39	39	22.0
AJ Allmendinger	17	34	32	20	23	10	22.7
Brad Keselowski		23			12	35	23.3
Paul Menard	28	13	29	15	27	29	23.5
Robby Gordon	26	39	3	16	30	27	23.5
Scott Speed	35		18	24	28	18	24.6
David Ragan	19	37	24	33	20	17	25.0
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	11	20	40	17	38	25	25.2
Elliot Sadler	20	32	31	21	26	22	25.3
Jamie McMurray	15	38	21	28	33	20	25.8
Bill Elliott	36	28	15	19	29	34	26.8
Marcos Ambrose	38	41	26	23	22	15	27.5
Bobby Labonte	40	40	12	18	31	31	28.7
Sam Hornish Jr.	37	17	16	35	40	40	30.8
Regan Smith		31				32	31.5

More NASCAR Wives, Girlfriends and Pit Babes

Here are some of the best pictures of NASCAR driver’s wives and girlfriends from the 2009 NASCAR season. Most of these pictures of the ladies of NASCAR were shot at Michigan International Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway by our own BethAnne Heisler. We could use a little help identifying some of these NASCAR beauties. Please leave a comment if you recognize anyone.

NASCAR Power Rankings: Chase Edition Week 9

Texas

Who's Up	Who's Down
Biggest Gain This Week: Mark Martin: 3rd to 2nd	Biggest Drop This Week: Juan Pablo Montoya: 4th to 6th
No new drivers this week.	No drivers dropped out this week.

Rank: 1st Jimmie Johnson #48 Last Week: 1 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Jimmie Johnson- 6 Wins, 22 Top Tens Jimmie Johnson has been Superman in the Chase this year but Sam "Kryptonite" Hornish Jr proved to us that Johnson isn't invincible. The only effect of the Johnson crash will be seen at Homestead when he's points racing for the fourth year in a row.

Rank: 2nd Mark Martin #5 Last Week: 3 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Mark Martin - 5 Wins, 20 Top Tens Mark Martin got the job done at Texas. Martin didn't win or even lead a lap but he renewed his championships chances by finishing 4th. At Phoenix where Martin won earlier this year he needs to further reduce his points deficit to Johnson.

Rank: 3rd Jeff Gordon #24 Last Week: 2 Change: -1 Driver Page | Articles

Jeff Gordon- 1 Win, 23 Top Tens Jeff Gordon started on the pole at Texas but if I were to grade his race I would give him a D. Gordon needed a top five day at worst, and the 24 team had perhaps their worst intermediate track performance of the year.

Rank: 4th Kurt Busch #2 Last Week: 5 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Kurt Busch - 2 Win, 19 Top Tens After the way the 2 car performed at Texas it's to bad Pat Tryson will be leaving this team soon. I know if I were a crew chief I wouldn't want to leave Kurt Busch for Martin Treux Jr.

Rank: 5th Tony Stewart #14 Last Week: 6 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Tony Stewart - 4 Wins, 23 Top Tens Tony Stewart is a still a full race behind Johnson in the point standings. Their main goal this season was to make the Chase, but Talladega is what officially killed this teams chances.

Rank: 6th Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Last Week: 4 Change: -2 Driver Page | Articles

Juan Pablo Montoya - 7 Top Fives, 17 Top Tens Montoya spent much of the Chase racing inside the top 5 but unfortunately it's starting to look inevitable that he won't finish there. I can't find any fault for a team that came virtually out of nowhere and was a legitimate threat.

Rank: 7th Denny Hamlin #11 Last Week: 8 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Denny Hamlin - 3 Wins, 18 Top Tens Hamlin had a big day at Texas and moved up three positions up to 8th in the points. At Phoenix Hamlin should be able to lock himself inside the top 10 in points.

Rank: 8th Greg Biffle #16 Last Week: 9 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Greg Biffle - 10 Top Fives, 16 Top Tens Other then Kansas and Talladega I don't remember seeing Biffle at all in the Chase. Their performances haven't really been that great, but they have managed to avoid DNF's which is a key aspect of the Chase.

Rank: 9th Kasey Kahne #9 Last Week: 7 Change: -2 Driver Page | Articles

Kasey Kahne - 2 Wins, 14 Top Tens After a failing motor at Texas Kahne now is sitting tenth in the points only 41 points ahead of Carl Edwards. I don't expect much out of either of these drivers at Phoenix so Homestead will be the key as to who goes to Las Vegas.

Rank: 10th Ryan Newman #39 Last Week: 10 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Ryan Newman - 5 Top Fives, 15 Top Tens If Ryan Newman is going to finish inside the top ten this season then he must avoid his 22.9 average finish at Phoenix. Newman's only had 1 top ten at Phoenix since 2005.

Rank: 11th Carl Edwards #99 Last Week: 11 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Carl Edwards - 7 Top Fives, 13 Top Tens Carl Edwards may have been the biggest loser at Texas. Now Carl sits 11th in the points after his Texas wreck. If Carl doesn't finish in the top ten then he can forget about recognition at the 2009 awards banquet in Las Vegas.

Rank: 12th Brian Vickers #83 Last Week: 12 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Brian Vickers - 1 Win, 13 Top Tens I think this team will be impacted tremendously in 2010 by their Chase disaster. Even at their very best they barely made the Chase. With Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr (yes him), and RCR teams improving forget Vickers chances of making the Chase next year.

NASCAR Fantasy Experts Picks: Dickies 500 from Texas Motor Speedway

Expert	Website	Pick to Win	Finish	Experts Avg
Ryan Rantz	On Pit Row	Jeff Gordon	13	8.36
James Jones	On Pit Row	Jeff Gordon	13	8.67
Dennis Michelsen	RaceTalkRadio.com	Mark Martin	4	9.67
Gerritt Ritt	FOX Sports	Jeff Gordon	13	10.33
Yahoo Users	Yahoo! Sports	Jeff Gordon	13	10.53
Eric Brewer		Mark Martin	4	11.36
John Juhasz	FOX Sports	Jimmie Johnson	38	11.45
Roger Rotter	FOX Sports	Juan Pablo Montoya	37	11.55
Cheryl Lauer	Speed Couch	Carl Edwards	39	11.82
Charlie Turner	On Pit Row	Kyle Busch	11	12.09
Eric McClung	On Pit Row	Jeff Gordon	13	12.45
Darren Fauth	Fantasy NASCAR Names	Jimmie Johnson	38	12.70
Lou Lauer	USAR Fans	Jimmie Johnson	38	12.44
Eric McGuire	FFToolbox	Jeff Gordon	13	13.15
P J Walsh	FantasyNASCARPreview.com	Jimmie Johnson	38	13.36
Bob Ellis	NASCAR Ranting and Raving	Jimmie Johnson	38	17.03
Jon Rodgers	Gillette Young Guns Challenge Winner	Jimmie Johnson	38	18.88

NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview: Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Because the 1.5-mile, 24-degree banked track configuration at Texas Motor Speedway is similar to that of Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe’s Motor Speedway picking drivers for a fantasy lineup can be made much easier. The first Texas race, won by Jeff Gordon, was held in April. Atlanta and Lowe’s have already held two races a piece this season, so there a combined five races in which to analyze.

Three drivers have compiled an average finish better than 10th at the five 1.5M / 24° races: Jeff Gordon (5.8), Kasey Kahne (7.4) and Matt Kenseth (8.2). Six drivers averaged better than 16th: Tony Stewart (11.0), Ryan Newman (11.8), Jimmie Johnson (12.2), David Reutimann (12.6), Kyle Busch (12.6), Brian Vickers (13.4) and Mark Martin (15.2).

View my updated NASCAR Fantasy Tool: 2009 Average Finish at Similar Tracks - Atlanta, Texas and Lowe’s table to see the results at all five races, plus the average finish of 32 drivers.

Chasing the pole at Texas Motor Speedway

1. Jeff Gordon… In his last five qualifying attempts at Texas, Gordon has won two poles and started in the second position twice. At the five 1.5M / 24° races this season, Gordon has an average starting position of 6.8.
2. Jimmie Johnson… Although he was never won a pole at Texas, Johnson owns the best average starting position among all drivers (8.9) there. This season Johnson has an average starting position of 5.0 at the five 1.5M / 24° races, including the pole at the second Lowe’s race three weeks ago.
3. Matt Kenseth… He has also never captured a pole at Texas but Kenseth has started eighth or better in six of his last eight attempts there. Kenseth did not have great runs at some of the 1.5M / 24° tracks but did start third at Texas in April and fourth at Lowe’s three weeks ago.
4. Martin Truex Jr…. In his last three April runs at Texas, Truex’s average starting position is only 22.3. November has been much better, winning the pole in the ‘07 Dickies 500 and starting second the next year. In September, Truex won the pole at the second Atlanta race.

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• Y! A/B/C - The top options in the Yahoo! Fantasy Auto Racing game by driver list.
• Value play - Good recent history at this week’s track. Drivers to consider as low-rent salary cap options or alternative options in allocation formats.

1. Jeff Gordon… Won at Texas in April. Runner-up in last year’s Dickies 500. Average finish of 5.5 in ‘07. Has led at least 15 laps in four of the last five races. Y!-A1
2. Jimmie Johnson… Won at Texas in ‘07. Runner-up in the last two April races, 15th in last year’s Dickies 500. Y!-A2
3. Tony Stewart… Won at Texas in ‘06. Finished fourth at Texas in April. Average finish of 11.5 in ‘08. Y!-B1
4. Mark Martin… Won at Texas in ‘98. Since ‘06: 6.5 average finish in April, 22.6 in November. Y!-A3
5. Matt Kenseth… Won at Texas in ‘02. Has a streak of five top-10 finishes at Texas– average finish of 5.4 in that span. Eight straight finishes inside the top-12. Had led at least one lap in 10 of 14 career starts. Y!-A4
6. Juan Pablo Montoya… Finished seventh at Texas in April, best career finish. Y!-B2
7. Kasey Kahne… Won from the pole at Texas in ‘06 but no top-10s since. Finished 19th at Texas in April, average finish of 24.5 last year. Y!-B3
8. Kurt Busch… Finished eighth at Texas in April. Average finish of 32.0 in ‘08, 9.5 in ‘07. Y!-B4
9. Ryan Newman… Won at Texas in ‘03. Average finish of 21.5 at Texas in the last two races, 4.5 in the prior two. Y!-B5
10. Kyle Busch… Average finish of 7.8 at Texas over the last four races, led laps in all four.
11. Denny Hamlin… Finished 12th at Texas in April, average finish of 11.0 last year. Y!-B6
12. Carl Edwards… Three-time winner at Texas (swept last year, ‘05). Finished eighth at Texas in April.
13. Greg Biffle… Won at Texas in ‘05. Average finish of 4.0 at Texas in the last two races, led laps in both.
14. Clint Bowyer… Finished 22nd at Texas in April, average finish of 7.0 last year. Owns a career average finish of 13.6 in seven career starts.
15. David Reutimann… Won the pole at Texas in April and finished 11th, finished 10th last year. Top-10 finishes in the last two Nationwide races. Y!-B7
16. Brian Vickers… No top-10 finishes at Texas in 10 career starts, average finish of 16.6 over the last three. Y!-B8
17. Jeff Burton… Two-time winner at Texas in ‘07 and ‘97. Top-10 finishes in five of the last seven races at Texas.
18. Dale Earnhardt Jr…. Won at Texas in ‘00. Had led laps in six straight races at Texas, average finish of 18.0 in those races.
19. Joey Logano… Strong value play. Started 10th, finished 30th at Texas in April. Average start of 8.0, finish of 9.0 in two Nationwide races.
20. Kevin Harvick… Strong value play. Finished 27th at Texas in April, average finish of 9.0 last year.
21. Marcos Ambrose… Strong value play. DNF (engine) at Texas in April, finished 21st last year. Average finish of 13.5 in last year’s Nationwide races. Y!-C1
22. Brad Keselowski… Strong value play. Two career starts at Texas, 21.0 average finish. Average finish of 7.8 over the last four Nationwide races. Started 42nd, finished third in April’s Nationwide race. Y!-C2
23. Jamie McMurray… Weak value play. Finished 38th at Texas in April, average finish of 7.8 in ‘07 and ‘08.
24. David Ragan… Weak value play. Started fourth, DNF (engine) at Texas in April, average finish of 12.0 last year. Average finish of 8.5 over the last three Nationwide races.
25. Sam Hornish Jr…. Started 12th, finished 17th at Texas in April– both career bests. Average finish of 9.6 (two wins) in 13 IndyCar starts from ‘00-’07. Y!-C3
26. Martin Truex Jr…. Last two November races at Texas: started second, finished eighth last year; won the pole, finished third in ‘07. Finished 25th at Texas in April.
27. AJ Allmendinger… Average finish of 33.0 at Texas in three career starts. Y!-C4
28. Elliott Sadler… Won at Texas in ‘04, only one top-10 finish since. Average finish of 31.0 over the last three Texas races.
29. Casey Mears… Average finish of 22.2 at Texas since ‘07.
30. Bill Elliott… Long shot value play. Finished 28th at Texas in April, average finish of 32.5 last year.
31. Paul Menard… Average finish of 15.0 at Texas in April since ‘07, 26.0 in November.
32. Michael Waltrip… Average finish of 27.3 at Texas over the last three races.
33. Bobby Labonte… DNF (crash) at Texas in April, average finish of 29.5 last year.
34. Scott Speed… Started and finished 33rd in April, first career Cup start at Texas.
35. Reed Sorenson… Average finish of 32.3 at Texas over the last three races.
36. Regan Smith… Three career starts at Texas, 33.3 average finish.
37. Erik Darnell… No career Cup starts at Texas. Average finish of 22.0 in six career Truck starts.
38. Robby Gordon… DNF (engine) at Texas in April, average finish of 33.0 last year.
39. John Andretti… Started and finished 26th at Texas in April.
40. David Gilliland… Started 30th, finished 29th at Texas in April
41. Max Papis… Started 39th, finished 35rd in April, first career Cup start at Texas. Crash in ‘08 Truck race, ‘06 Nationwide race. Two IROC starts in ‘05 and ‘06.
42. Michael McDowell… Started 40th, finished 33rd in April of last year, first career Cup start at Texas. Started 15th, finished 17th in April’s Nationwide race.
43. Joe Nemechek… Likely start and park. Failed to qualify at Texas in April, 37.5 average finish last year.
44. Dave Blaney… Likely start and park. Started and parked at Texas in April.
45. Mike Bliss… Likely start and park. Started and parked at Texas in April.
46. Mike Skinner… Likely start and park. Started ninth, finished 29th in April of last year.
47. Tony Raines.. Likely start and park. No Cup starts at Texas since ‘07.
48. Derrike Cope… Likely start and park. No Cup starts at Texas since ‘06.

NASCAR Power Rankings: Chase Edition Week 8

Talladega

Who's Up	Who's Down
Biggest Gain This Week: Kasey Kahne: 9th to 7th	Biggest Drop This Week: Ryan Newman: 8th to 10th
No new drivers this week.	No drivers dropped out this week.

Rank: 1st Jimmie Johnson #48 Last Week: 1 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Jimmie Johnson- 6 Wins, 22 Top Tens Jimmie Johnson has absolutely dominated the 2009 Chase. At Talladega he most likely sealed the deal with many of his main Chase competitors getting collected up in the "Big One".

Rank: 2nd Jeff Gordon #24 Last Week: 2 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Jeff Gordon- 1 Win, 23 Top Tens Jeff Gordon may not win the championship this year but he does have the most top fives and top tens in the series. In the end of the day people will only remember who won the championship.

Rank: 3rd Mark Martin #5 Last Week: 4 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Mark Martin - 5 Wins, 19 Top Tens Mark Martin was confident that he wouldn't wreck at Talladega but unfortunately his wishful thinking didn't do the trick. Martin sometimes uses reverse psychology in interviews, I remember his bad 2006 Lowes wreck and he said he was having fun.

Rank: 4th Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Last Week: 3 Change: -1 Driver Page | Articles

Juan Pablo Montoya - 7 Top Fives, 17 Top Tens Juan Pablo Montoya is 2009's version of Clint Bowyer's Cindrella Chase season. He is the little guy who no one ever gave a chance. Let's hope that his Chase momentum continues into next season.

Rank: 5th Kurt Busch #2 Last Week: 6 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Kurt Busch - 1 Win, 18 Top Tens Kurt Busch had a rough day at Talladega. He had a flat tire early and went down two laps. The new NASCAR wave around rule is what really saved his day. Now the big question surrounding him is when will he get a new crew chief? Will it be this year?

Rank: 6th Tony Stewart #14 Last Week: 5 Change: -1 Driver Page | Articles

Tony Stewart - 4 Wins, 22 Top Tens If NASCAR was still under the old points system I read that Jimmie Johnson would now be ahead of Tony Stewart by just 7 points. That sounds more exciting then Johnson's full race advantage he now has over his competitors.

Rank: 7th Kasey Kahne #9 Last Week: 9 Change: +2 Driver Page | Articles

Kasey Kahne - 2 Wins, 14 Top Tens Kasey Kahne's main goal this season is now to stay in the top 10 in points to ensure that he'll get an invitation to the awards banquet this year. In order for Kahne to accomplish that goal a good run at Texas is a must for the 9 team.

Rank: 8th Denny Hamlin #11 Last Week: 7 Change: -1 Driver Page | Articles

Denny Hamlin - 3 Wins, 17 Top Tens Hamlin had a good run like he usually does at Talladega but this team never finishes races there. Hamlin was probably lucky to have blown up other wise he most likely would've been a victim of Brad Kesolowski again.

Rank: 9th Greg Biffle #16 Last Week: 10 Change: +1 Driver Page | Articles

Greg Biffle - 9 Top Fives, 15 Top Tens Out of all the drivers who survived the "Big One" Greg Biffle is the last driver who I thought would be spared from the carnage at Talladega. Many of the historically unlucky Talladega drivers had good days.

Rank: 10th Ryan Newman #39 Last Week: 8 Change: -2 Driver Page | Articles

Ryan Newman - 5 Top Fives, 15 Top Tens If your a NASCAR driver who can't win the race and you want airtime then I would recommend you do what Newman did. He's now one up on Carl Edwards in the flipping column for the year.

Rank: 11th Carl Edwards #99 Last Week: 11 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Carl Edwards - 7 Top Fives, 13 Top Tens I really think the Chase somehow needs a mechanism to eliminate drivers. Edwards doesn't even have a top 5 and Vickers doesn't have a top 10. I personally think it would've been more beneficial for this team to miss the Chase.

Rank: 12th Brian Vickers #83 Last Week: 12 Change: 0 Driver Page | Articles

Brian Vickers - 1 Win, 13 Top Tens I wonder if this team will be able to bounce back in 2010. Before the Chase started Vickers was one of the hottest drivers in the series, now he's lucky to be locked in the top 12.

NASCAR Fantasy Tool: 2009 Average Finish at Similar Tracks - Atlanta, Texas and Lowe’s UPDATED

This table is a companion for my NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview of the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Below are 32 drivers of fantasy interest and their average finish at three similar tracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Texas.

Also see my 2009 Average Finish at Chase Tracks Table which is very useful for planning your lineup for the rest of the season.

	Atlanta 1	Texas	Lowe’s	Atlanta 2	Lowe’s 2	AVERAGE
Jeff Gordon	2	1	14	8	4	5.8
Kasey Kahne	7	19	7	1	3	7.4
Matt Kenseth	12	5	10	12	2	8.2
Tony Stewart	8	4	19	11	13	11.0
Ryan Newman	22	15	2	9	11	11.8
Jimmie Johnson	9	2	13	36	1	12.2
David Reutimann	32	11	1	4	15	12.6
Kyle Busch	18	18	6	13	8	12.6
Brian Vickers	5	16	5	7	34	13.4
Mark Martin	31	6	17	5	17	15.2
Juan Pablo Montoya	27	7	8	3	35	16.0
Greg Biffle	34	3	20	10	16	16.6
Denny Hamlin	13	12	11	6	42	16.8
Brad Keselowski		23			12	17.5
Kurt Busch	1	8	34	38	10	18.2
David Stremme	23	14	22	14	19	18.4
Kevin Harvick	4	27	41	2	18	18.4
Carl Edwards	3	10	4	37	39	18.6
Martin Truex Jr.	10	25	23	26	9	18.6
Jeff Burton	14	9	25	34	14	19.2
Joey Logano	30	30	9	22	5	19.2
Clint Bowyer	6	22	36	29	6	19.8
Casey Mears	16	21	33	25	7	20.4
Paul Menard	28	13	29	15	27	22.4
Robby Gordon	26	39	3	16	30	22.8
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	11	20	40	17	38	25.2
AJ Allmendinger	17	34	32	20	23	25.2
Bill Elliott*	36	28	15	19	29	25.4
Jamie McMurray	15	38	21	28	33	27.0
Bobby Labonte	40	40	12	18	31	28.2
Sam Hornish Jr.	37	17	16	35	40	29.0
Marcos Ambrose	38	41	26	23	22	30.0

*David Gilliland drove the No. 21 Wood Brothers in the second race at Atlanta. Bill Elliott cracked three ribs during a dirt bike accident and was unable to race. Elliott finished 19th two weeks ago at Kansas Motor Speedway in his first race back.

NASCAR Fantasy Tool: 2009 Average Finish at Similar Tracks - Atlanta, Texas and Lowe’s

This table is a companion for my NASCAR Fantasy Racing Preview of the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Below are 31 drivers of fantasy interest and their average finish at three similar tracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Lowe’s. The table will be updated with this week’s results to be used for the upcoming Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 8th.

Also see my 2009 Average Finish at Chase Tracks Table which is very useful for planning your lineup for the rest of the season.

	Atlanta 1	Texas	Lowe’s	Atlanta 2	AVERAGE
Jeff Gordon	2	1	14	8	6.3
Brian Vickers	5	16	5	7	8.3
Kasey Kahne	7	19	7	1	8.5
Matt Kenseth	12	5	10	12	9.8
Denny Hamlin	13	12	11	6	10.5
Tony Stewart	8	4	19	11	10.5
Juan Pablo Montoya	27	7	8	3	11.3
David Reutimann	32	11	1	4	12.0
Ryan Newman	22	15	2	9	12.0
Carl Edwards	3	10	4	37	13.5
Kyle Busch	18	18	6	13	13.8
Mark Martin	31	6	17	5	14.8
Jimmie Johnson	9	2	13	36	15.0
Greg Biffle	34	3	20	10	16.8
David Stremme	23	14	22	14	18.3
Kevin Harvick	4	27	41	2	18.5
Kurt Busch	1	8	34	38	20.3
Jeff Burton	14	9	25	34	20.5
Martin Truex Jr.	10	25	23	26	21.0
Robby Gordon	26	39	3	16	21.0
Paul Menard	28	13	29	15	21.3
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	11	20	40	17	22.0
Joey Logano	30	30	9	22	22.8
Clint Bowyer	6	22	36	29	23.3
Casey Mears	16	21	33	25	23.8
Bill Elliott*	36	28	15	19	24.5
Jamie McMurray	15	38	21	28	25.5
AJ Allmendinger	17	34	32	20	25.8
Sam Hornish Jr.	37	17	16	35	26.3
Bobby Labonte	40	40	12	18	27.5
Marcos Ambrose	38	41	26	23	32.0

*David Gilliland drove the No. 21 Wood Brothers in the second race at Atlanta. Bill Elliott cracked three ribs during a dirt bike accident and was unable to race. Elliott finished 19th two weeks ago at Kansas Motor Speedway in his first race back.

NASCAR Fantasy Tool: 2009 Average Finish at Chase Tracks Table

This table designed primarily to help fantasy NASCAR owners with deciding on how to spend their remaining driver starts as we progress through the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The table ranks the 26 most relevant drivers by their average finish at the eight Chase tracks that held their first Cup event earlier in the season.

	Loudon	Dover	Fontana	Lowe’s	Martinsville	Talladega	Texas	Phoenix	AVG
Tony Stewart	5	2	8	19	3	23	4	2	8.25
Jimmie Johnson	9	1	9	13	1	30	2	4	8.63
Kurt Busch	3	5	5	34	18	6	8	3	10.25
Greg Biffle	18	3	4	20	28	7	3	5	11.00
David Reutimann	4	18	14	1	20	26	11	8	12.75
Ryan Newman	29	8	28	2	6	3	15	16	13.38
Carl Edwards	19	7	7	4	26	24	10	10	13.38
Matt Kenseth	22	4	1	10	23	17	5	27	13.63
Denny Hamlin	15	36	6	11	2	22	12	6	13.75
Jeff Gordon	2	26	2	14	4	37	1	25	13.88
Kasey Kahne	10	6	12	7	19	36	19	13	15.25
Kyle Busch	7	23	3	6	24	25	18	17	15.38
Juan Montoya	12	30	11	8	12	20	7	24	15.50
Mark Martin	14	10	40	17	7	43	6	1	17.25
Joey Logano	1	15	26	9	32	9	30	21	17.88
Brian Vickers	35	25	10	5	33	8	16	19	18.88
Jeff Burton	31	16	32	25	15	10	9	15	19.13
Sam Hornish Jr.	8	13	23	16	34	34	17	9	19.25
Casey Mears	11	9	24	33	21	16	21	20	19.38
Marcos Ambrose	23	20	22	26	14	4	41	14	20.50
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	13	12	39	40	8	2	20	31	20.63
Clint Bowyer	20	11	19	36	5	39	22	26	22.25
Jamie McMurray	33	14	16	21	10	42	38	11	23.13
Martin Truex Jr.	37	21	27	23	29	33	25	7	25.25
AJ Allmendinger	32	29	29	32	9	35	34	35	29.38
Kevin Harvick	34	17	38	41	11	38	27	30	29.50

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