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Homestead

Scouting Report: Homestead-Miami Ford 400

How to make an informed fantasy pick for the Ford 400: 1) Pick the best intermediate track drivers of the year. You’ll never have better information then you will this week. You’ve just watched 10 months of racing. 2) Practice makes perfect. As is the case with every intermediate track practice (Happy Hour on Friday [...]

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Scouting Report: Phoenix Kobalt Tools 500

Scouting Report: Phoenix Kobalt Tools 500

How to make an informed pick for the Kobalt Tools 500: 1) Practice will be extremely important this week and luckily we get to see two practice sessions before qualifying (weekend schedule of events). This will not be your typical Phoenix race weekend. The track changed in such significant ways that solely going off past [...]

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Texas

Scouting Report: Texas AAA 500

How to make an informed fantasy pick for the AAA 500: 1) First and foremost you should pick a driver based on recent intermediate track performances. I would specifically recommend you study what happened in the Atlanta, Chicagoland, Kansas and Charlotte races. The key to making a good pick can be found by studying these [...]

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Martinsville Fantasy

Scouting Report: Martinsville Tums Fast Relief 500

How to make an informed pick for Martinsville: The best method for making an informed fantasy pick for Martinsville is to study drivers average finishes. I know it doesn’t sound glamorous, but that’s what really counts this week. This is a drivers track where the man behind the wheel in the difference maker. Starting position [...]

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Talladega

Scouting Report: Talladega Good Sam Club 500

How to make an informed pick at Daytona: 1) Starting with this years Bud Shootout we entered a new era of restrictor plate racing. The distinction between between what happened last year and what’s happening this year is tremendous. That’s why I think it’s really important to study the three plate races this year. That’s [...]

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Charlotte

Scouting Report: Charlotte Bank of America 500

How to make an informed Fantasy Pick for Charlotte: 1) It’s very important to study what happened in recent intermediate track races. If a driver was good at Kansas and Chicagoland the chances are pretty good that they’ll be good at Charlotte. The geometry of Charlotte is different from the two but remember you’re a [...]

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Kansas

Scouting Report: Kansas Hollywood Casino 400

How to make an informed pick for the Kansas Hollywood Casino 400 1) To make an informed pick it’s important to look at similar track races that have been run this year. When you look at similar track races don’t just look at the finish position. Examine the drivers overall body of work for the [...]

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Dover

Scouting Report: Dover AAA 400

How to make an informed pick for the Dover AAA 400: 1) Look back at recent Dover races, it matters. Last year five drivers finished in the top ten in both Dover races. Also in recent Dover races you’ll find that some drivers know how to get around the 1.0 mile concrete track and some [...]

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