Talladega Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500: Fantasy NASCAR “Top Tier Elite” Picks
Clint Bowyer – Clint Bowyer has five straight top tens at Talladega and he’s won the last two fall races. Since the second Dega race of 2007 he’s only finished lower than 12th once. If you want a safe pick he’s your guy. Not to many drivers enjoy this big 2.66 mile track but he does. I think that’s a big plus because many drivers will be entering the weekend defeated before the first practice starts. My Talladega prediction is that Clint Bowyer will make it three in a row. (Yahoo! B Driver)
Brad Keselowski – Brad Keselowski has two wins at Talladega and entering the Good Sam 500 he’s the favorite. In May Keselowski won and accomplished what many people thought would be impossible.The conventional wisdom of the weekend was that you didn’t want to be in the lead coming to the finish line because the driver behind could slingshot by you at the last second. Brad Keselowski is a thinking man and he had a vision of how to overcome this problem. Keselowski has seven Talladega races under his belt he’s finished in the top ten in five of them. In all seven of them he’s led at least one lap. In July at Daytona Keselowski finished 8th. One attribute you have to like about Keselowski is how consistent he’s been this season. Since Kentucky he’s only finished outside the top ten once. Keselowski will be a very popular expert pick this week. (Yahoo! A Driver)
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Denny Hamlin – The #11 team has been strong on plate tracks this season and that trend will continue in the Good Sam 500. In May Hamlin started in 22nd and finished 23rd. His race was very eventful. During one pit stop his crew chief had him pitting before everyone else and this had him running around the track by himself which got him lapped. Then late in the race during one of the last restarts he moved inside of Allmendinger and those two got together and created the “late big one”. In thirteen races at Talladega Hamlin has five top tens and eight finishes outside the top twenty. At Daytona this year the #11 car in terms of strength falls in line right behind the #17 and #16. His driver rating for the year there ranks as the third best. (Yahoo! A Driver)
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