2010 Stats: Points Finish 1st, 6 Wins, 17 Top Five, 23 Top Tens, Average Finish 11.7, Average Running Position 9.5, Laps Led 1,315, Driver Rating 107.7 Do you want to Jimmie proof the Chase? Forget about it. He’s won the championship under different circumstances nearly every year. He won the championship with the old car, [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionDenny Hamlin 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 2nd, 8 Wins, 14 Top Five, 18 Top Tens, Average Finish 12.9, Average Running Position 14.0, Laps Led 1,184, Driver Rating 96.2 In 2010 Denny Hamlin started the season limping, literally. During the off season he tore his ACL playing basketball. He wasn’t just limping walking around though, his performances on [...]
Kevin Harvick 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 3rd, 3 Wins, 16 Top Five, 26 Top Tens, Average Finish 8.7, Average Running Position 12.5, Laps Led 357, Driver Rating 98.0 Kevin Harvick re-emerged into the elite driver scene in 2010. At the end of the 2009 season I told you he would be good in 2010. In last years [...]
Carl Edwards 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 4th, 2 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 19 Top Tens, Average Running Position 13.2, Average Finish 11.8, Laps Led 427, Driver Rating 91.8 Carl Edwards ended 2010 with two straight wins and by many he’s proclaimed as the driver with the best chance to beat Jimmie Johnson in 2011. His two wins [...]
Matt Kenseth 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 5th, 0 Wins, 6 Top Fives, 15 Top Tens, Average Running Position 14.8, Average Finish 12.8, Laps Led 108, Driver Rating 86.0 Matt Kenseth isn’t a flashy driver but I’ll take his consistency any day of the week. His 2011 stats appear weak but he finished on the lead lap 32 [...]
Greg Biffle 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 6th, 2 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 19 Top Tens, Average Running Position 14.8, Average Finish 15.4, Laps Led 543, Driver Rating 88.25 In 2010 Greg Biffle had a solid season, but not spectacular. He finished sixth in the standings, won twice, and ended the season strong. However his season was marked [...]
Tony Stewart 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 7th, 2 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 17 Top Tens, Average Running Position 13.0, Average Finish 13.9, Laps Led 537, Driver Rating 91.2 2010 was not a good season for Tony Stewart. The level of competitiveness for the 14 car was down last year. If it wasn’t for a strong push in [...]
Kyle Busch 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 8th, 3 Wins, 10 Top Fives, 18 Top Tens, Average Running Position 11.9, Average Finish 14.0, Laps Led 1,271, Driver Rating 98.2 New Kyle Busch, Old Kyle Busch, does it really matter? I don’t think so, and for fantasy implications Kyle Busch has always seemed like Kyle Busch to me. I [...]
Jeff Gordon 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 9th, 0 Wins, 11 Top Fives, 17 Top Tens, Average Running Position 10.8, Average Finish 13.4, Laps Led 919, Driver Rating 98.5 In 2011 things will be changing for Jeff Gordon. He’ll have a new sponsor and a new crew chief. A sponsor change is no big deal to fantasy racers, [...]
Clint Bowyer 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 10th, 2 Wins, 7 Top Fives, 18 Top Tens, Average Running Position 14.4, Average Finish 14.4, Laps Led 400, Driver Rating 91.7 Don’t underestimate Clint Bowyer. I can’t think of any other driver who’s as continually under estimated as him and the #33 team. I think the reason is that the [...]
Kurt Busch 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 11th, 2 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 17 Top Tens, Average Running Position 14.0, Average Finish 15.3, Laps Led 842, Driver Rating 91.1 In 2010 Kurt Busch had a season with early ups and late season downs. He started off the season hot by winning at Atlanta for the second consecutive season. [...]
Jeff Burton 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 12th, 0 Wins, 6 Top Fives, 15 Top Tens, Average Running Position 12.1, Average Finish 15.1, Laps Led 539, Driver Rating 96.2 Jeff Burton’s season in 2010 was good, bad, and ugly. He was competitive at many tracks and very well could’ve won three races. His 96.2 driver rating is tied [...]
Mark Martin 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 13th, 0 Wins, 7 Top Fives, 11 Top Tens, Average Running Position 15.9, Average Finish 15.3, Laps Led 148, Driver Rating 82.7 2010 might be Mark Martin’s last season in the Sprint Cup series. I say might because he first announced his retirement half a decade ago. If you have his [...]
Jamie McMurray 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 14th, 3 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 12 Top Tens, Average Running Position 15.3, Average Finish 16.4, Laps Led 346, Driver Rating 86.5 In 2010 Jamie McMurray had a career year. Who would’ve seen that coming? I guess my February 5, 2010 post told you so. Other prognosticators were just spewing doom [...]
Ryan Newman 2011 Fantasy NASCAR Preview
2010 Stats: Points Finish 15th, 1 Win, 4 Top Fives, 14 Top Tens, Average Running Position 16.0, Average Finish 15.7, Laps Led 63, Driver Rating 82.2 When Ryan Newman started racing in NASCAR he was the next big thing. In fact I would argue he was the “sure thing”. Through the first few years of [...]