Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. isn’t a good road course racer and at Sonoma it’s very hard to see any upside in picking him. Last year on this track type he scored the 29th most points, his five year scoring average at these venues is 27.8. I think its pretty clear he ranks […]
David Ragan – At Michigan look for David Ragan to be a high-teens to low-twenties performer. Auto Club Speedway is the most similar track visited this year and at that venue he finished 25th and had a 25th place average running position. Since then I’ll note I’ve seen improvement from his team. At Michigan, Ragan […]
Ty Dillon – Ty Dillon has been pretty consistent at Pocono. He has an 18.5 average finish and all four of his results are between 17th to 21st. On Sunday I would look for Dillon to finish around that range again. Last summer he had his best Pocono race and finished 17th. Additionally he had […]
David Ragan – At Charlotte I would look for David Ragan to be a high-teens to low-twenties driver. That’s how he stacks up against the competition this year. In 2017 at 1.5 mile tracks Ragan has 3 results of 23rd, and at Kansas the most recent 1.5 mile track visited he finished 13th. Last fall […]
Ty Dillon – It’s likely nothing good will come from picking Ty Dillon at Kansas. He’s finished well the last two races here, but I think picking him is a trap! The reason why I say that is because this year at intermediate tracks he hasn’t performed well and has typically been mid-twenties good, “performance […]
Michael McDowell – At Dover I would look for McDowell to likely be a low to mid-twenties performer. McDowell has a decade of experience at “The Monster Mile” but only his last three races are relevant. Over the last three races he has a 23rd place average finish and a 25th place average running position. […]
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 […]