Charlotte Bank of America 500 Fantasy NASCAR Contender or Pretender
[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=jimmie+johnson+charlotte+motor+speedway&iid=8960714″ src=”http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/8960714/coca-cola-600/coca-cola-600.jpg?size=500&imageId=8960714″ width=”380″ height=”218″ /]Jimmie Johnson (Contender) – This track isn’t called Lowes anymore but this is still Jimmie Johnson’s house. Johnson is the defending champion of this race and in the last five years he’s only finished outside the top thirteen once, and that was because of a blown motor. You also can’t count out his Chase performance intangible that he brings to the table every week.
Juan Pablo Montoya (Pretender) – Montoya is a very good racer, but bad things happen to him all to often. At Charlotte Montoya needs to find a four-leaf clover or something because this track has been particularly rough on him. In seven starts Montoya has only finished inside the top ten once. The bigger problem is that his next best finish is 28th.
Kyle Busch (Contender) – His championship hopes are now over so look for Kyle to do two things in the remaining races.
- Win
- Wreck Reutimann, it’s not over. The new Kyle Busch talk is a scam.
In the last four Charlotte races Kyle Busch has been phenomenal. He has the best average finish (5.3) and he has the best average running position (7.3) in the series. I expect Kyle to start racing even more aggressively every week because wins are now this teams only goal.
Denny Hamlin (Pretender) – It’s hard for me to take Denny’s championship hopes seriously when Jimmie Johnson is beating him week after week. At Charlotte Motor Speedway Denny Hamlin’s best finish is his first finish (8th in 2005). His last top ten at Charlotte was back in 2007 and that was a ninth place finish. Since then his average finish is 22.2 and this number isn’t DNF skewed (only one over this time period).
Kurt Busch (Contender) – Kurt Busch won the Coca Cola 600 and the All-Star race at Charlotte earlier this year. He’s also been extremely strong all season long on similar tracks (Atlanta, Charlotte and Texas). Between Atlanta, Charlotte and Texas the worst Busch has finished on any of these tracks this season is sixth, and his average finish is 3rd.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Pretender) -Maybe this is cherry picking a little (OK a lot), but I have all the confidence in the world Junior will go up to the high line early and knock the wall down. His average finish in the last four Charlotte races is 34th.
