Kansas Fantasy NASCAR Mid Pack Predictions

Trevor Bayne – Trevor Bayne has been running better in recent weeks and you have to like that. Over the last four races he’s scored the 10th most points and has an 11.8 average finish. In the last two races at 1.5 mile tracks he’s finished in the teens (15th and 17th). By his standards Trevor Bayne didn’t have a bad race last fall at Kansas. He started 19th, finished 18th and had a 23rd place average running position. The most notable thing he did in the race was when he had contact with Allmendinger while battling in the twenties which ruined AJ’s afternoon. Let’s hope Allmendinger isn’t a vengeful guy. Last spring he didn’t have a good performance. He started 30th, earned the 30th best driver rating and finished 31st. His average running position was 27th and over about the last 50 laps he consistently raced where he finished. His other Kansas race came in the very first event on the new surface in fall 2012. In that race he was a low twenties performer. He finished 21st, had a 23rd place average running position and earned the 24th best driver rating. (Yahoo B Driver)

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AJ Allmendinger – AJ Allmendinger didn’t have a good race at Kansas last fall. He started 27th and finished 27th. I will note he was likely slightly better than his result. Through the first 100 laps he looked low to mid-twenties good. On lap 107 while he was racing side by side with Trevor Bayne he got into the wall and then slowed on the track. At the time of that incident he was running in 24th. For the remainder of the race he ran between 27th and 34th. Last spring he started in 29th but escaped with a 14th place finish. That result is slightly misleading because he was a beneficiary of the late caution. If the late yellow didn’t come out he would’ve finished 20th. Also from the race it should be noted he had a 22nd place average running position and earned the 20th best driver rating. In fall 2014 he finished 11th and had a 15th place average running position. In the other three Kansas races on the new surface he has results of 20th, 30th and 35th. This year at 1.5 mile tracks Allmendinger has a 21.0 average finish and a 22.7 average running position. Las Vegas is the most similar track visited and he finished 14th there. (Yahoo B Driver)

Danica Patrick – This season at intermediate tracks Danica Patrick has established her fantasy value as being low-twenties good. In her three races on tracks of this length she has results of 20th, 21st and 21st. Arguably Danica Patrick’s best performance in her Sprint Cup career came at Kansas in spring 2014. In that race she started 9th, had a 10th place average running position, finished 7th and earned the 7th best driver rating. She ran very well in that night-time event. Unfortunately she hasn’t been able to replicate that success. In the three races since she has a 18.0 average finish and a 21.5 average running position. Last fall she was a complete non-factor. She finished 22nd, had a 26th place average running position and earned the 27th best driver rating. Last spring she had her worst recent result. She started 27th, finished 27th and earned the 27th best driver rating. Outside of pit cycles about the highest she ran was 24th. In fall 2014 she finished 16th. (Yahoo B Driver)

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