Watkins Glen Cheez-It 355 Fantasy NASCAR Front Runner Rankings

Ryan Newman – Ryan Newman should likely finish between 11th and 16th at Watkins Glen. In 5 of the last 6 races he’s finished within that range. The one race he didn’t he was involved in an accident. Over that stretch minus the race he crashed he had a 13.6 average finish and the 16th best driver rating. Last year Newman was a solid mid-teens driver. When the race reached its conclusion he finished 15th, earned the 16th best driver rating and earned the 17th best driver rating. In 2014 Newman had a tough race and finished 41st after being involved in a huge accident on lap 56. At the time of the incident he was running around 17th. Performance wise he was probably about mid-teens good. In the four races prior to that he had results of 11th, 12th, 14th and 16th. (Yahoo B Driver)

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Greg Biffle – Greg Biffle is a quality road course racer and is capable of escaping with a quality result. Over the last four races he has an 11.0 average finish and the 15th best driver rating. Last year Biffle escaped with a 14th place finish despite having to overcome a flat tire. I will note that’s largely the product of pit strategy and then holding his ground, losing only a few positions. In 2014 Biffle had a solid race but he did finish a little better than he performed because of pit strategy. In the race he started 28th, had a 14th place average running position, earned the 11th best driver rating and finished 8th. In 2013 he started 17th, earned the 17th best driver rating and finished 16th. In the race he was never competitive and about the highest he got in the running order was 14th. In 2012 he had one of his best Watkins Glen performances. He finished 6th, had an 11th place average running position and earned the 11th best driver rating. (Yahoo B Driver)

Jamie McMurray – Jamie McMurray has had some good runs at Watkins Glen. Since 2010 minus the two races he was involved in accidents he has a 12.0 average finish, a 12.8 average running position and has run nearly 70% percent of the laps inside the top fifteen. Last year McMurray didn’t have an incident free race and was caught up in a multi-car wreck just after a restart. Prior to his problem it looked like he had mid-teens potential. In 2014 he had a solid race. He started in 14th and finished 14th. Performance wise I thought he was better than his result. Late in the race while he was running around 9th he came down pit road and a lot of other drivers didn’t, that dropped him to about 20th. Also in the race it should be noted that he earned the 9th best driver rating and had a 12th place average running position. In 2013 he had a solid afternoon. He started 6th, had an 11th place average running position and finished 11th. (Yahoo B Driver)

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