Kurt Busch – Kurt Busch won the All-Star race in 2010 and the following week he visited victory lane in the Coca Cola 600. Historically Kurt Busch has been an good option on 1.5 mile tracks. The two most telling intermediate track performances from him this year were his Texas performance (similar track, finished 13th) [...]
AJ Allmendinger – Out of all the drivers who I write about on a weekly basis AJ Allmendinger has the worst average finish at Darlington. His best finish is 17th and his average finish is 27.4. In his five races his average running position is 28th and his driver rating is 53.5. (Yahoo! B Driver) Paul [...]
Michael Waltrip - Mark Martin doesn’t Talladega and as a result we’ll be seeing Michael Waltrip in the #55. In the early 2000′s when DEI was the king of restrictor plate racing Waltrip won 4 races on this track type. Last year at Talladega Waltrip competed in both races. In the spring race he finished 28th [...]
Regan Smith – Last year Regan Smith recorded his two best finishes at Richmond. In the spring race he crossed the finish line in 17th and in the fall race he finished 18th. I predict a finish around 20th should be expected. This year at Phoenix (similar track) Smith qualified 3rd and finished 20th. (Yahoo! [...]
Jeff Burton – In the last four races at Kansas Burton has come home with finishes of 21st, 25th, 18th and 23rd. In this select group of races he has a 26.3 average start and a 72.6 driver rating (20th best). I honestly don’t see any upside this week in terms of picking Burton. I [...]