Yahoo C List Fantasy NASCAR Preview – AAA Texas 500
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Heading into the AAA Texas 500 Stenhouse Jr. should be your default Yahoo C List pick as long as you haven’t used up all your allocations with him. In recent races he’s shown improvement on 1.5 mile tracks. In April Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made his Texas debut. It was a short and disappointing performance. On lap #43 he wrecked on his own and went to the garage area. At the time of the incident he was running in 21st. When the checkered flag waved he finished 40th.
Austin Dillion – Austin Dillion drove at Texas earlier this year in the 51 car. The race wasn’t incident free for him. He was an innocent victim when Stenhouse Jr. got into him early in the race. As a result he finished 33rd. On Sunday he’ll be driving the 33 car. This is likely a near all-out RCR effort this week. In Dillion’s last four races on high-speed intermediate tracks he has a 17.0 average finish and a 21.0 average running position.
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Kyle Larson – So far in his Sprint Cup career Kyle Larson is 0 – 2 when it comes to finishing races. In both his starts he’s been sidelined early with engine problems. The engine supplier for the 51 car is Hendrick so I think it’s fairly obvious he’s likely running something experimental. Charlotte is a 1.5 mile track like Texas and a few weeks ago Larson ran well there. He was having a mid teens performance at the time of his engine failure.
Elliott Sadler – In the AAA Texas 500 Elliott Sadler will once again be in the #55 car. At Texas he’s a former winner. In 2004 he out drove a then snake bitten rookie Kasey Kahne for the victory. Outside of his win he only has two other top ten finishes to his name. His last race here was in 2010 when he drove the #19 car. In that race he won the pole but finished 28th. Heading into the AAA Texas 500 I don’t think Elliott Sadler will be ill equipped for the race. He participated in testing at Texas and he also recently tested at Homestead.
Trevor Bayne – At Texas the 21 team will be making their first start on a 1.5 mile track since Charlotte in May. Long durations of inactivity make me a little nervous because there’s certainly no positives in a situation like that. In May at Charlotte Bayne had one of his best races of the season. In that event he had a 16th place result but it’s important to point out he finished 3 laps down. Texas has been one of Bayne’s better tracks. He’s raced here six times and in five of them he’s finished between 17th and 22nd. In April he started in 22nd, had a 19th place average running position and finished 18th. In last falls race he finished 22nd and had a 21st place average running position.
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick already has two races under her belt at Texas. Neither of them has gone well for her. This spring she finished 28th, had a 33rd place average running position and earned the 35th best driver rating. Last fall she performed better. She finished 24th, had a 24th place average running position and earned the 25th best driver rating. I see no reason to pick her as your C Pick in Yahoo in the AAA Texas 500.
David Ragan – I wouldn’t want to buy any David Ragan fantasy stock for the AAA Texas 500. With his current employer at Texas he’s had results of 26th, 28th and 35th. If that doesn’t spook you his 28.1 average finish on 1.5 mile tracks this season should do the trick.
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