Yahoo C List Fantasy NASCAR Preview – Sonoma Toyota Save Mart 350
Kyle Larson – Kyle Larson has zero Sprint Cup starts under his belt at Infineon. What he does have is a good team behind him. Last year at Infineon McMurray won the pole and Montoya was running in 2nd until he ran out of gas on the last lap. Larson obviously doesn’t have Montoya’s road course racing skill but all season long he’s over performed people’s expectations so you can’t count him out just because it’s a road course race. Last season in the lower series Larson finished 7th at Elkhart Lake, 30th at Watkins Glen (engine problem) and 14th at Mid-Ohio. Out of those three tracks I would say Mid-Ohio is the closest to Infineon. In that race Larson had some type of problem early (likely a spin) and some type of problem late (likely a spin). In that race with 4 laps to go he was running in 8th. From an allocation perspective I wouldn’t recommend picking him.
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Austin Dillon – Austin Dillon has zero Sprint Cup starts at either road course on the schedule. Since that’s the case the next best thing to do is to study his Nationwide track type history. Last year in the lower series he had results of 10th (Elkhart Lake), 12th (Watkins Glen) and 21st (Mid-Ohio). I believe Mid-Ohio is the closest of the three to Infineon and at that venue he performed better than his result. He started in the back because he was subbing for Stewart at Michigan, raced his way up towards the front by the mid-point but then he spun. In 2012 in the lower series he had results of 18th (Elkhart Lake), 23rd (Watkins Glen) and 9th (Montreal). From an allocation perspective I wouldn’t recommend picking him.
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Boris Said – Boris Said is the one notable road course ringer on the entry list and he’ll be driving the #32 on Sunday. In the last two years at Sonoma he’s also driven this car. In 2013 he finished 18th and in 2012 he finished 29th. In the last five Sonoma races he has a 21.4 average finish. In the last two races at the Glen he’s also driven the #32 and finished 22nd and 25th. If you pick him look for Said to have a result in the low twenties. The positive aspect of picking him is that you’ll save an allocation.
Justin Allgaier – Justin Allgaier has had some success in the lower series on road courses. In 2012 he went to victory lane at Montreal and led a grand total of one lap! Last season in the lower series he had results of 2nd (Elkhart Lake), 7th (Watkins Glen) and 8th (Mid Ohio). Last week at Michigan Allgaier finished 16th, that marked his best result of the season. If you pick him I think the best case scenario is a high-teens finish.
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick has an open wheel racing background but don’t let that fool you. Her strength in the Indy car series was intermediate tracks. Her weakness was road courses. Last year at Infineon Danica Patrick didn’t have a great day. She started in 31st and around lap 20 while she was running in 34th she spun. That kicked her back into the 40′s in the running order. Then later in the race on lap 61 she had a tire going down and spun again. In the race Patrick had a 32nd place average running position and finished 29th. At Watkins Glen last season she fared a little better and had a 25th place average running position and finished 20th.
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