Yahoo C List Fantasy NASCAR Preview – AAA Texas 500
Erik Jones – Erik Jones will be driving the #20 at Texas (assuming Kenseth is still suspended at this moment). I like his fantasy value. This spring at Kansas he made his only career start and was very competitive. He had top five potential until he lost control of his car and got into the wall. The 20 car is strong and from an equipment standpoint I think he’s a safer prospect from Blaney who tends to suffer an engine failure all too often.
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Ryan Blaney – This spring at Texas Ryan Blaney made his first start in the Lone Star State. I have no idea how good he was because he started having engine problems very early. Kansas is the last 1.5 mile track visited and he ran very well at that venue finishing 7th. Charlotte is similar to Texas and he finished 14th at that venue in October.
Brian Scott – Brian Scott will be driving the #33 at Texas. I don’t think he’s a bad option because he’s had some success at 1.5 mile tracks. At these venues in 2015 he has results of 12th (Kansas #2), 13th (Las Vegas) and 22nd (Charlotte #2).
David Ragan – This spring at Texas David Ragan drove the #18 and finished 13th. That result also marks his best finish of the season at a 1.5 mile track. In many of his Texas races prior to that he finished very poorly. In his six races prior to this spring he finished between 26th and 42nd. When he drove for Roush Fenway Racing he had success here. His average finish in his last four races in the #6 car was 10.5. This season in the #55 he’s had quite a bit of tough luck. In his Toyota at 1.5 mile tracks minus Kansas #1 (spun in the grass) , Charlotte #1 (engine failure) and Charlotte #2 (engine failure) he has a 19.3 average finish and a 19.7 average running position.
Danica Patrick – Danica Patrick has been low twenties good recently at 1.5 mile tracks. In the Chase at tracks of this length she has a 22.3 average finish, 23.7 average running position and has scored the 22nd most points. At Texas Danica Patrick hasn’t had a lot of success and has only had one good race. Fortunately her one good race was this spring. In April she finished 16th, had a 17th place average running position and earned the 18th best driver rating. Last fall she had her worst race and finished 36th. In that event she started in the rear of the field for a transmission change. That wasn’t her only problem in the race. Her first major issue happened on lap 37 when she had a tire come 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 – Picking Justin Allgaier at a 1.5 mile track is just asking for trouble. At these venues in 2015 he hasn’t been remotely competitive. When he’s had a good day at these venues he can bring you home a low twenties finish but that’s it. In his last three incident free races at 1.5 mile tracks he’s finished 26th, 23rd and 24th. At Texas Allgaier is a low twenties driver when he avoids trouble. This spring he didn’t avoid trouble and his race wasn’t incident free. In the event he looked high-twenties good but on lap 260 he got into the wall hard and brought out the caution. At the time of his incident he was running in in 26th. That problem caused him to finished 39th. Last season at Texas he had incident free races and finished 20th and 24th.
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