Gray Gaulding – Low tier drivers can escape with good finishes at Talladega and that was the case with Gray Gaulding in 2017. Last fall he finished 9th which marks the best finish of his career. You can attribute that to the mass carnage. In spring 2017 he finished 20th. In the 2018 season opening […]
Michael McDowell – Michael McDowell will be a driver to keep your eye on at Richmond. Among drivers in his tier he has good upside. In two of the last three races here he’s had a respectable result. Last fall he ran well and finished 16th. I will note he wasn’t quite as good as […]
Ty Dillon – Ty Dillon has three races under his belt at Thunder Valley and his level of success hasn’t been high. His overall average finish is 25.3. Last summer he had a tough race and finished 36th after getting into the wall hard on lap 353. It should be noted he was really uncompetitive […]
Darrell Wallace Jr. – At Texas I would look for Darrell Wallace Jr. to likely be a high-teens to about mid-twenties driver. This year at both 1.5 mile tracks he’s been about a low-twenties driver. At Atlanta he was poised to finish in the low-twenties but he was involved in an accident that led to […]
Darrell Wallace Jr. – Like most young drivers there’s a ton of unknowns revolving around Darrell Wallace Jr at Martinsville. One thing is for certain and its that Martinsville is a tough track for rookies. Wallace does have a few starts under his belt here in the Truck Series, but its been a while. In […]
AJ Allmendinger – It’s hard to pick AJ Allmendinger with confidence at Auto Club Speedway, but it hasn’t been a bad track for him. In the last two even years he’s finished 8th, and since 2011 minus 2015 he’s finished 17th or better every race and has a 13th place average finish. That said on […]
AJ Allmendinger – It’s hard to see a lot of good coming from picking AJ Allmendinger at Phoenix. He hasn’t run well here and since 2014 all of his results are between 16th to 26th. Last year at Phoenix he didn’t run well in either event. Last November he wasn’t competitive. He finished 23rd and […]
Michael McDowell – At Las Vegas Michael McDowell will likely be a low-twenties driver. His track record is extremely poor, but other than his start last year I don’t think any of it is applicable. Last year when the checkered flag waved he finished 18th, had a 23rd place average running position and earned the […]
Ty Dillon – At Atlanta look for Ty Dillon to be a high-teens to low-twenties driver. Last year at 1.5 mile tracks he almost always performed within that range. In the combined Playoff races at tracks of this length he had a 23rd place average finish and a 23.4 average running position. Last year at […]
Chris Buescher – Daytona has been a pretty brutal track for Chris Buescher. In 3 of his 4 starts he’s finished 35th or worse. Last summer, Buescher finished 10th, that sounds good but it’s more of a “driver survivor” result because of the mass carnage. Erik Jones who spun with 3 laps to go finished […]
Danica Patrick – Homestead may very well be Patrick’s last race so let’s hope she goes out on a high-note. On Sunday I would look for her to be a high-teens to low-twenties driver as long as she has an incident free race. In her two incident free races in the Playoffs at 1.5 mile […]
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick doesn’t have good fantasy value at Phoenix. Performance wise I think she’s a high-teens to low-twenties driver. Over the last five races she has a 22.4 average finish, a 24.6 average running position and the 26th best driver rating. This spring she was a low-twenties driver. She finished 22nd and […]
Michael McDowell – Look for Michael McDowell to be a high-teens to low-twenties driver at Texas. On a weekly basis this year at 1.5 mile tracks a result around that range should almost always be expected, I don’t see why Texas should be different. In 5 of the 9 races at tracks of this length […]
David Ragan – In 3 of the last 4 Martinsville races David Ragan has finished between 21st and 25th. On Sunday if you pick him I would look for him to likely be a low to mid-twenties driver. This spring Ragan finished 24th and had a 28th place average running position. Last fall Ragan finished […]
Michael McDowell – At Kansas I’m going to project Michael McDowell as a high-teens to low-twenties driver. This spring he finished 13th but by no means would I feel comfortable expecting that type of production out of him again. In that race it should be noted he had a 25th place average running position and […]