Yahoo C List Fantasy NASCAR Preview – Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400
Jeff Burton – At Las Vegas Jeff Burton will be making his debut in the #66 MWR car. This team is essentially a stripped down version of the #56 team from last year. They have quality cars and Martin Truex Jr. performed extremely well on this track type. In the Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400 I expect Burton to be rejuvenated and extremely motivated to perform well. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him crack the top fifteen. From a career perspective Las Vegas has been a very good track for Burton. He’s a two-time winner who has a 11.9 average finish. He’s finished in the top five 31% percent of the time and in the top ten 50% percent of the time. From an allocation perspective Burton is a very attractive option this week.
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Kyle Larson – Kyle Larson is a quality dark horse / sleeper option for the Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400. He could very well come home with a top ten result. During winter testing for NASCAR’s new aero package he was one of the strongest performers. Another source of optimism in this rookie is that he had some good performances on this track type last season. In the 2013 season finale at Homestead which has variable banking like Las Vegas he finished 15th. In his first career start at Charlotte he also had top fifteen potential until his engine let go.
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Austin Dillon – When Austin Dillon was in quality cars on intermediate tracks he performed well last season. At Michigan in the June he piloted the 33 which was essentially an RCR car and finished 11th. Also in that race he earned the 15th best driver rating. In August when Stewart was out with injury he piloted the #14 car at Michigan and finished 14th. I view RCR equipment and Stewart-Haas Racing equipment as being on the same tier. At Las Vegas last season he drove for Finch Racing and finished 21st. The quality of his car for the 2014 Kobalt Tools 400 will be much higher than it was last year.
Trevor Bayne – Trevor Bayne has three races at Las Vegas under his belt. He has a 17.3 average finish and a 21st place average running position. His best finish is a 9th in 2012. His other two results are 23rd (2013) and 20th (2011). In his six races on high-speed intermediate tracks last season minus his Homestead engine failure he had a 20.3 average finish and a 22.7 average running position.
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick was very uncompetitive at Las Vegas last year. In the race she finished 33rd, had a 34th place average running position and earned the 34th best driver rating. Also in the race she finished 4 laps down, that lap deficit is strictly because of her level of performance. On high-speed intermediate tracks in general last year Patrick struggled. She had a 24.9 average finish, 28.3 average running position and had a lowly 52.1 driver rating.
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