New New Hampshire Sylvania 300 Fantasy NASCAR Front Runner Rankings

Jamie McMurray – Jamie McMurray has some fantasy NASCAR dark horse / sleeper potential at New Hampshire for the Sylvania 300. Recently he’s shown improvement on shorter flat tracks. In the four races at these venues in 2014 he’s scored the 7^th most points and has a 10.8 average finish. Earlier this year at New Hampshire both him and Kyle Larson ran well. In the race Jamie McMurray finished 16th but he performed better than his result. In the race he started 5th, had a 9th place average running position and earned the 8th best driver rating. The reason for his lack luster result can be traced to the caution with 51 laps to go. That dropped him from 4th all the way back to the high-teens. While he was back in traffic he only advanced up a few spots in the running order up to his 16th place finish. Last fall at New Hampshire McMurray’s race got off to a rough start. He started in 23rd and on lap 38 Montoya got into the back of him and as a result the 1 car got into the wall. At the time of the incident he was running around 23rd. That wasn’t the end of his day. He rebounded from that and drove home to a 5th place finish. In July 2013 he had a solid race. He started in 11th, had a 15th place average running position and finished 12th. His 12th place finish was just his 4th top fifteen result since 2006. From a career perspective New Hampshire really hasn’t been a great track for Jamie McMurray. In 23 races he only has 3 top fives and 5 top tens. (Yahoo B Driver)

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Carl Edwards – At New Hampshire if you want to know how what to expect if you pick Carl Edwards just look at his 13.8 average finish. That average finish isn’t skewed and is highly representative of what you should expect if you pick him. He’s finished within a +/- 6.2 deviation of that 85% percent of the time. Only in three of his twenty races has he had a result outside of that deviation. One attribute you really have to like about Carl Edwards is the safety picking him affords. Only once has he finished worse than 20th and that result was a 25th. In July he once again finished within his average finish deviation. In the race he really didn’t perform that great but when the checkered flag waved he finished 13th. If it wasn’t for the Green-White-Checker at the end he likely would’ve finished 16th. Also in the race earlier this season he had an 18th place average running position and earned the 19th best driver rating. In only 17.7% percent of the laps completed did he run in the top fifteen. In 2013 he was one of six drivers who swept the top ten. Between the two combined races he had an 8.5 average finish and a 13.0 average running position. Last fall he started in 26th and slowly climbed his way towards the front. When the checkered flag waved he finished 9th, had a 14th place average running position and earned the 15th best driver rating. In July 2013 he started in 6th and finished 8th. It’s important to note that his average running position was 12th and he earned the 12th best driver rating. (Yahoo B Driver)

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Kurt Busch – Kurt Busch didn’t have a great performance at New Hampshire earlier this season. Just after the mid-point he ran in the low double digits but outside of that portion of the event he typically ran around the high-teens. His loop data stats line gives you a pretty clear picture of his afternoon. He started in 18th, had a 17th place average running position, finished 17th and earned the 20th best driver rating. For whatever reason he just wasn’t that competitive. Last fall he also wasn’t competitive. Around the two-thirds mark of the event he was extremely frustrated with his car. In that race I think Furniture Row Racing was doing things differently to be more competitive but it backfired. He started 4th, finished 13th, had a 15th place average running position and earned the 17th best driver rating. Kurt Busch had a great car at New Hampshire in July 2013 despite his 31st place finish. What happened to him is that on lap #224 him and Newman were involved in a wreck that sent both of them to the garage. Before the accident he was very impressive and led over a third of the race (102 laps). Even with him sidelined early he still earned the 5th best driver rating and had an 11th place average running position. The strength of his car in the race was long runs. From a career perspective New Hampshire has been a good track for him. It’s a venue where he’s overcome slumps in the past. In 27 Loudon races he has 3 wins and has finished in the top ten 41% percent of the time. (Yahoo A Driver)

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