Charlotte Coca Cola 600 Fantasy NASCAR Top Tier Elite Picks

Kevin Harvick – Kevin Harvick will be a good fantasy NASCAR pick to win the Charlotte Coca Cola 600. He’s been extremely strong here and in 8 of the last 9 races he’s finished in the top ten. In three of the last four Charlotte races he’s finished in the top two. Also over this four race stretch he has the best driver rating, a 2.5 average finish and a 7.0 average running position. Last year at Charlotte nobody was better than him. In both events he had the car to beat. Last fall he closed the deal and nobody had anything for him. In the race he finished 1st, had a 3rd place average running position and led 162 laps. Last May he was very fast. He finished 2nd in the All-Star race and 2nd in the Coca Cola 600. In the Coca Cola 600 he had a strong showing. He started 11th, had a 5th place average running position, finished 2nd, earned the 2nd best driver rating and led 100 laps. In the race nobody had a stronger car then him when it came to running the middle to upper grooves. The turning point for him in the race was when he pitted under green just before Kurt Busch’s engine failure. That dropped him from 2nd back to 15th in the running order with only about a quarter of the race remaining. Over the final 20 laps he drove the 4 car hard and rallied from 11th up to his 2nd place finish. In fall 2013 he had a great car. He started 2nd, had an 11th place average running position and finished 6th. In spring 2013 he made the late pass on Kasey Kahne for the lead and went to victory lane. Also in that event he had a 9th place average running position and led 28 laps. One attribute you really have to like about Harvick this week is how strong he’s been at 1.5 mile tracks this season. In 2015 at tracks of this length he’s scored the most points, has the best driver rating, a 1.8 average finish and has led 311 laps. If your fantasy league rewards points for having the most fastest laps such as DraftKings take note that at 1.5 mile tracks in 2015 he’s had 223 fastest laps which ranks as the most in the series. (Yahoo A Driver)

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Jimmie Johnson – Jimmie Johnson will be a contender in the Charlotte Coca Cola 600. This season at 1.5 mile tracks he’s been the man to beat. He’s won three of the four races and in the one race he didn’t win he was leading until he pitted for a loose wheel. Texas is the most similar track to Charlotte and he won there very convincingly this spring. Charlotte Motor Speedway has been a good track for Johnson. He’s won here 7 times and has finished in the top five 48% percent of the time. Also in his career at this venue he’s finished in the top ten 63% percent of the time. Over the last five Charlotte races he’s had top six potential every race. Last fall at Charlotte he had a great car but finished 17th. That result deserves an asterisk mark because at the end when Brian Vickers blew up with 7 laps to go crew chief Chad Knaus called Johnson to pit road and not many drivers pitted. Prior to the mistake he was running in 4th and it dropped him back to 10th. Over the last short run he fell back to 17th. Last spring in the Coca Cola 600 Jimmie Johnson was very strong and raced his way to victory lane. He started on the pole, earned the best driver rating, had a 2nd place average running position and led 164 laps. The only driver who had anything for him was Kevin Harvick. In the race Jimmie Johnson’s strength was running the low line and in that groove nobody was better than him. In fall 2013 Johnson was a contender. In the race he earned the 2nd best driver rating, had a 3rd place average running position, finished 4th and led 130 laps. In the 2013 Coca Cola 600 he likely had about a 6th place car but he came home with a 22nd place result. What happened is that there was a caution during a late pit cycle and he got burned when the yellow flag came out. That trapped him back in the field and then with 58 laps to go he spun and got caught up in a multi-car wreck. In fall 2012 he started 5th, finished 3rd and led 53 laps. (Yahoo A Driver)

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Kurt Busch – Kurt Busch will be a contender to win the Charlotte Coca Cola 600. He’s a strong performer at this track and he’s run well recently. Since 2013 minus his engine failure in last year’s Coca Cola 600 he has a 6.7 average running position and a 9.3 average finish. Last fall at Charlotte he had a good evening and was better than his 11th place finish. In that race it’s important not to overlook his 5th place average running position and his 5th best driver rating. Last spring he was going for the Memorial Day Weekend double so he wasn’t 100% committed to the race. Also because he missed the drivers meeting he was forced to start in the back. Over the first 100 laps of the race were under green so he went down a lap early like many others. Once he got back on the lead lap by strategy he looked somewhat competitive. Performance wise he looked like a low-teens to mid-teens performer. Unfortunately his quest for completing the double wasn’t incident free. On lap 261 he reported he had a broken shock and was down two cylinders. A little later on lap 274 his engine blew up and he was done for the day. In fall 2013 he had a 10th place average running position and finished 14th. In spring 2013 at Charlotte he had a good car. He started in 2nd, earned the 2nd best driver rating and finished 3rd. His result could’ve potentially been better because during a caution with 75 laps to go he was running in 2nd but pitted to change batteries and fell back to 11th. In 2010 Kurt Busch won the Coca Cola 600 in dominating fashion. In that race he started 2nd, led 252 laps and earned the best driver rating by nearly 30 points. This year at high-speed intermediate tracks Busch has a 8.3 average finish, 6.0 average running position and has led 130 laps. (Yahoo B Driver)

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