Indy Jeff Kyle 400 Fantasy NASCAR Mid Pack Predictions

Tony Stewart – Indy is Tony Stewart’s home track and at no other venue does he want to run better than here. Typically he does run well and in only three of his 16 starts has he finished 12th or worse. In his career at Indy he’s been to victory lane twice, has finished in the top five 44% percent of the time and has had a result in the top ten 69% percent of the time. Only once in his career has he finished lower than 17th and that was in the 2008 tire fiasco race. His overall Indy average finish stands at 8.5. Last year at Indy Tony Stewart had his worst race in a long-time. He started in 6th but he quickly fell back in the running order. When the race reached its conclusion he finished 17th and had a 17th place average running position. He simply wasn’t competitive in the event. Prior to last year he was an elite performer here. In 2013 Stewart had a great race. He started 5th, finished 4th, had the 4th best driver rating and had a 6th place average running position. In the race excluding low points in the pit cycle he never really ran lower than 7th. In 2012 he started the race in a hole. He qualified in 28th and didn’t reach the top ten until about the end. When the checkered flag waved he finished 10th and earned the 13th best driver rating. In the next three most recent races he’s finished 6th, 5th and 3rd. At Pocono earlier this year Stewart had his typical 2015 afternoon and was never a factor finishing in 21st. (Yahoo B Driver)

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Clint Bowyer – Clint Bowyer has been a relatively safe driver historically at Indy. He’s raced here nine times and has finished in the top twenty every race. His overall average finish stands at 13.6. Although that looks like an attractive average finish it should be noted that he really hasn’t been that good here. He has two 4th place finishes but his other seven results are all between 13th and 20th. Last year at Indy Clint Bowyer started in 16th and finished in 16th. Also in the race it should be noted that he even caught a lucky break when a caution came out during a favorable time during the pit cycle which got him the lead. At the end of the race his team didn’t execute pit strategy well and that’s how he finished 16th. In 2013 at Indy he had his worst performance to date and finished 20th. Late in the race he used pit strategy and ran towards the front but that didn’t work out well for him because the cautions didn’t fall like he needed. Over the last 120 laps of the race minus his pit strategy maneuver the closest he got to the front was about 20th. He struggled in that race and around lap 80 during a pit stop he told his team t0 throw the “kitchen sink” at his car. In addition to finishing 20th he also had a 20th place average running position and earned the 21st best driver rating. In 2012 at the Brickyard he started in 33rd, had a 21st place average running position, earned the 20th best driver rating and finished 15th. His 15th place finish is remarkable when you consider that on lap 47 he spun and damaged his car slightly. In 2011 he came home with a 13th place result. At Pocono earlier this year Bowyer didn’t run well and finished 22nd. (Yahoo B Driver)

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Austin Dillon – Austin Dillon has two starts under his belt at Indy. Last year he had a solid race and performance wise it was one of his best of the season. In the event he finished 10th, earned the 11th best driver rating and had a 13th place average running position. Throughout the afternoon he ran well. In 2013 he drove the #33 and made his first start at Indy.  He started in 20th, had a 25th place average running position and finished 26th. Also in the race he earned the 24th best driver rating and ran 0% percent of the laps in the top fifteen. In 2013 in the Xfinity Series at Indy he finished 12th. At Pocono earlier this season Dillon finished 19th. (Yahoo B Driver)

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