Auto Club 400 Fantasy NASCAR Front Runner Rankings

Austin Dillon – Austin Dillon has solid fantasy NASCAR potential at Auto Club Speedway. So far in 2016 he’s been the breakout performer of the year. In the two races held at high-speed intermediate tracks this season he’s scored the 8th most points and has an 8.0 average finish. Austin Dillon has two races at Auto Club under his belt and has a 13.5 average finish. Last year Dillon started 21st, earned the 21st best driver rating, had a 23rd place average running position and finished 16th. Over the last 30 laps Dillon got serious and drove up through the pack going from 28th up to his result. In 2014 he finished well but overall he didn’t perform the best. In the race he started in 20th, had a 19th place average running position, earned the 18th best driver rating and finished 11th. Through nearly the entire race he ran between the mid-teens and mid-twenties. With 10 laps to go before the wackiness of the end he was running in 19th. If the race played out “naturally” without multiple flats and the late caution he would’ve finished around that range. In 2013 and 2012 in the lower series at Fontana he finished 5th. (Yahoo B Driver) (DraftKings – $6,700)

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Kasey Kahne – Auto Club Speedway has been a good track for Kahne historically. He’s a former winner and his top ten finish percentage is 53%. Only at Charlotte is he higher in that statistic. Last year Kahne started in 19th and slowly climbed his way up through the running order at a steady pace. At the end he would’ve finished around 8th but the Green-White-Checker ending wasn’t favorable and led to him finishing 17th. In 2014 he had a good car but his race wasn’t incident free. On lap 100 he had right rear hub issues that sent him to the garage for the next 26 laps. At the time of the incident he was running around 10th. Performance wise over the first 100 laps he certainly looked like a driver who would finish in the top ten. In 2013 he finished 9th and earned the 8th best driver rating. In that race he was better than his result and with 20 laps to go he was in 2nd. In 2012 he finished 14th. That result is pretty representative as to how he performed in the rain shortened event. In 2011 and 2010 he had results of 9th and 4th. Last Vegas is the most recent high-speed intermediate track visited and at that venue he finished 10th. (Yahoo B Driver) (DraftKings – $8,300)

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Ryan Newman – Ryan Newman shouldn’t be overlooked at Auto Club Speedway. In five of the last six Auto Club races he’s finished in the top ten. Over this six race stretch he has an 8.7 average finish, 10.8 average running position and the 9th best driver rating. Last year Newman ran well and in the closing laps he was at his best. When the checkered flag waved he finished 5th, had a 12th place average running position and earned the 11th best driver rating. In 2014 he had a good car that absolutely had top ten potential. In the race he started in 16th and drove up into the top three around lap 60. Then following the caution on lap 70 he stupidly choose not to pit which immediately led to him falling back in the running order. After he got fresh rubber back on his car he started driving forward again but he never really got higher than 9th. At the end Newman was one of many drivers who was a victim to tire problems. With 6 laps to go while he was running around 10th he had a flat tire and that led to his disappointing 20th place finish. In 2013 he finished 10th. In his next three most recent races he had results of 7th, 5th and 5th. This year at high-speed intermediate tracks Newman has been low double digits good at both venues. (Yahoo B Driver)(DraftKings – $7,300)

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