Toyota Save Mart 350 Yahoo! C List / Ringers Fantasy Preview
Casey Mears – Casey Mears has a good chance to get a respectable finish at Infineon. Back in 2004 he actually led the series in points accumulated on this track type. Last season Mears was good at both venues. At Infineon he finished 15th and at Watkins Glen he finished 16th. A typical result for Mears at Sonoma is around 20th. His average finish is a non-skewed 19.7. (Yahoo! C Driver)
David Gilliland– Infineon is David Gilliland’s home track. Beyond just being his geographic home track he’s quite familiar with this venue and has raced here in other forms of racing. In 2008 Gilliland had arguably the most impressive race of his career. In that race he started in 31st and drove up to 2nd place finish. His next best finish is a 12th in 2011. Last year at Sonoma Gilliland started in the rear of the field, got a pit penalty and finished 26th. (Yahoo! C Driver)
Jacques Villeneuve – Villeneuve will pilot the #51 at Sonoma and he’s the road course ringer you should pay the most attention to. He’s never driven in a Sprint Cup car at a road course but he has become somewhat of a regular road course ringer in the Nationwide Series. Last year at Montreal in the lower series he started in third, finished 3rd and led 43 laps. At Elkhart Lake he finished 6th. In 2011 at Elkhart Lake he finished 3rd. In 2010 in the lower series he finished 8th at Watkins Glen and 3rd at Montreal. In the Toyota Save Mart 350 look for him to possibly challenge for a teens finish but he is somewhat of a risky option. (Yahoo! C Driver)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – I don’t expect road courses to be Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s thing. In the Nationwide Series last year on serpentine tracks he had finishes of 4th, 11th and 12th. None of those races were at Infineon so this will be his first time racing here. Infineon is a technical track and this rookie doesn’t strike me as a technical racer, I view him as an aggressive driver. If you’re in an allocation league don’t pick him. (Yahoo! C Driver)
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick has never raced in a Sprint Cup car at a road course. She does however have a few respectable performances in the Nationwide Series under her belt. Last year at Montreal in the lower series she was leading until she ran over a shoe (you read that correctly) and at Road America she also ran well. At Watkins Glen in the Nationwide Series last year she had problems early in the race and finished 43rd. (Yahoo! C Driver)
Ron Fellows – At Infineon Ron Fellows will be driving the #33 Joe Falk entry. His fantasy value could really go either way this week. If he’s driving the typical #33 car we see most weekends he’ll finish in the twenties or worse. If he’s driving the #33 Austin Dillion raced at MIS he could potentially finish in the teens. I’m guessing he’ll be driving the #33 “not so good cars”. A decade ago Ron Fellows had fantasy value here. In 2003 he finished 7th and in 2005 he finished 8th. In his last four starts here he has a best finish of 15th and has finished 27th or worse in the other three starts. I think the risk / reward is to disproportionate to risk this week. (Yahoo! C List)
David Ragan – David Ragan has zero fantasy potential at Infineon. He has a 27.8 average finish and a 36.7 average start. Those numbers are truly representative of what you can expect from him. In all six of his races he’s finished between 24th and 33rd. At Watkins Glen he hasn’t fared much better. His average finish there is 26.8 and his best finish is 22nd. (Yahoo! C Driver)
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