Yahoo C List Fantasy NASCAR Preview – Texas Duck Commander 500
David Ragan – Don’t overlook David Ragan in the Texas Duck Commander 500. His Texas results with Front Row Motorsports were an abomination but he was pretty good here when he raced for Jack Roush. When he drove for that organization between 2008 and 2011 minus an engine failure he had an 11.8 average finish. In the 7 races over that stretch he had five results of 13th or better. This season at 1.5 mile tracks Ragan has results of 18th (Atlanta) and 22nd (Las Vegas).
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Ryan Blaney – At Texas Ryan Blaney will return to competition piloting the #21. This season he has one start under his belt at a 1.5 mile track. At Las Vegas he finished 19th, had a 24th place average running position and earned the 24th best driver rating. In the Texas Duck Commander 500 I think it’s safe to assume he’ll have similar fantasy value.
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Danica Patrick – This season at 1.5 mile tracks Danica Patrick has one good race and one not so good race under her belt. At Atlanta she started in 18th and finished 16th. At Las Vegas she wasn’t competitive and finished three laps down in 27th. Between the two tracks I would consider Atlanta the more similar venue. Texas hasn’t been a great venue for her. Both her best result (24th) and only lead lap finish came in her first start. Overall at Texas she has a 28.0 average finish. Last fall her race was far from smooth. It all started when she was forced to start in the rear of the field because of a transmission change. Her first major issue happened on lap 37 when she had a tire coming apart. That forced her to pit under green and it dropped her two laps down back to 43rd. Fortunately for her that was shortly before planned stops. Later in the race she had a more significant problem. On lap 250 she got into the wall hard and immediately came down pit road. When the checkered flag waved she finished 9 laps down in 36th. In her three Texas races prior to that event she averaged finishing 2.6 laps down in 26th.
Justin Allgaier – Justin Allgaier might be able to sneak in a respectable result at Texas. Last fall he finished 20th and had a 25th place average running position. In spring 2014 he earned the 21st best driver rating, had a 23rd place average running position and finished 24th. Atlanta is the most similar track visited earlier this season and at that venue he started 16th and finished 20th. Auto Club Speedway is the most recent intermediate track visited and at that venue he finished 12th.
Brett Moffitt – This season Brett Moffitt has raced in every event held at an intermediate track. At Atlanta he had his best race ever and finished 8th. That result is pretty misleading though and I would encourage you not to overlook his 20th place average running position. At Las Vegas he had problems and finished 37th. At Auto Club Speedway he returned to reality and finished 22nd. Last fall at Texas Brett Moffitt crashed and finished 40th in a third MWR entry. In the Texas Duck Commander 500 I would look for him to finish in the 20’s.
Brian Scott – This #33 team isn’t fully intact like it was earlier this year. Following Auto Club Speedway they had a part taken away and were penalized heavily from NASCAR. Currently his crew chief Slugger Labbe is suspended. It’s a small team and Labbe is a respectable crew chief so this could be a major setback. At Auto Club Speedway Scott looked like a top ten contender in the first half of the race but he faded back to a 27th place finish in the second half. Las Vegas is a 1.5 mile track like Texas and at that venue he finished 13th.
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