Dover FedEx 400: Fantasy NASCAR “Front Runner” Rankings

Martin Truex Jr. – Truex is always fast at his home track but it seems like trouble finds him all to often here. I would consider him a high risk / high reward driver in the FedEx 400. He could easily look like he has the car to beat and end up with a 30th place finish. At Dover there’s a pretty big disparity between his spring and fall finishes. His spring average finish is 11.6 and his fall average finish is 22.6. In 2007 Martin Truex won his only Sprint Cup race at Dover. Last spring Truex finished 8th. I think Truex will be very competitive in this race. On similar tracks this season he’s finished 3rd (Bristol) and 5th (Darlington). If you’re looking for a pole contender consider Truex. He’s won two out of the last four poles at Dover. (Yahoo! B Driver)

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Brad Keselowski – Keselowski has never been successful at Dover. His best finish is 13th (last spring) and his average finish is 18.3. Last fall he finished 20th but he was clearly better than that. Here’s his Yahoo! race chart for that race. What happened to him is that he had power steering problems and was forced to make a long time-consuming pit stop. If that didn’t happen I think he clearly would’ve finished in the top ten. Last fall his former Penske teammate won. If you’re looking for a sleeper and want to get out of sequence with the competition consider Keselowski. His track record will keep many away and I think he’ll have a car that’s plenty capable of getting a good finish. (Yahoo! A Driver)

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Kasey Kahne – Kahne is quite capable of getting good results at Dover but he’s only finished well in about a quarter of his races. In his first race at the Monster Mile it looked like he was going to win but he ran through oil while leading late and crashed. Kahne had good performances at Dover last year. In the fall race Kahne started 9th and finished 4th. In the spring race he started 4th and finished 36th due to engine problems. He wasn’t bad though. Here’s his Yahoo! race chart. If his engine held together for another 80 miles  he would’ve finished in the top ten. I like the sleeper potential Kahne presents this week. His 22.6 average finish should scare away many from him. (Yahoo! B Driver)