Fantasy NASCAR Asterisk Mark Report – Richmond

Every week in NASCAR there’s drivers who have problems in the race and walk away with an asterisk mark result. Understanding misleading finishes and knowing how good drivers truly were can help give you the edge on your competition. Many fantasy racers just look at results and assume that’s how good drivers were. This post explains who had a misleading result last fall at Richmond, and how good they truly were.

Martin Truex Jr. – Martin Truex Jr. didn’t have an incident free race last year at Richmond. On lap 38 while he was running in 14th he got into the wall hard. This brought out the first caution and dropped him a few laps down. There was no recovering from this incident for him and it led to his 32nd place finish. If he had an incident free race I think he could’ve finished in the top ten. In 3 of the 4 Richmond races prior to that he finished in the top ten. In the one race he didn’t finish in the top ten in that stretch he was spun while running in 2nd.

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Jamie McMurray – Jamie McMurray had a great car last fall at Richmond. He was top ten strong, with top five potential but his race wasn’t incident free. McMurray started in 31st and he drove up into the top five around the midpoint. Unfortunately his race wasn’t incident free. During pit stops around lap 290 while he was running around 7th he got a pit penalty. That dropped him to the rear of the field to 13th and that’s where he finished.