Drivers to avoid in the AAA Texas 500
Juan Pablo Montoya – As you know this team has struggled all season long. The AAA Texas 500 won’t be an exception. His projected finish ranges from the mid teens to the mid twenties. There’s better fantasy options out there that are safer and have more upside. One example would be Paul Menard. What I really don’t like about this team is that they haven’t finished in the top ten since Michigan in June. That was way to long ago. In the last three races at Texas Montoya has finished 16th, 18th and 13th. (Yahoo! B Driver)
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Jeff Burton – Jeff Burton ranks low in terms of strength at 1.5 mile tracks this season. At this style of track in 2012 he has two top fifteens (14th Las Vegas & 12th Atlanta) and a 22.2 average finish. In the last three races at tracks of this length he’s finished 28th, 28th and 24th. Two really troubling statistics about him at 1.5’s is that he’s only ran in the top fifteen for 7% of the laps run and his average running position is 23.3. Burton has two wins at Texas and nine top tens but he hasn’t done much lately. In three of the last four races here he’s finished 27th or worse. His most recent highlight here is the Jeff Gordon fight. (Yahoo! B Driver)
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David Ragan – Hopefully you’re not in the situation where you need to use Ragan. He’s not a viable option at these tracks anymore. At 1.5 mile intermediate tracks this season he only has one top twenty finish and it was a twentieth at Kansas. Additionally at these tracks this season he has a 28.2 average finish and a 29.1 average running position. During his tenure with Roush Fenway Racing he was a productive driver here. In his last four Texas races in Roush equipment he had an average finish of 10.5. This spring he finished 35th. (Yahoo! C Driver)
Bobby Labonte – Texas is Bobby Labonte’s home track but by no means does he have a home field advantage. His last top fifteen finish was in 2006 and in the twelve races since he has a 26.9 average finish. One Texas sized troubling fantasy fact that will scare you away is that his last finish on the lead lap was in 2007. This season at 1.5 mile tracks Labonte’s average finish is 28.1. That’s only .9 better than Danica Patrick’s and no serious fantasy racer would pick her. (Yahoo! C Driver)
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