Tony Stewart Richmond Fantasy NASCAR Value

At Richmond Tony Stewart will be tiered in the Mid-Pack predictions post. Richmond has historically been a good track for Tony Stewart but the good times are probably a thing of the past. In his career Tony Stewart won his first race here in 1999 and has finished in the top ten 58% percent of the time. Recently things have not gone well for Stewart at this .75 mile track. Since 2013 minus a spring 2015 wreck Stewart has a 21.8 average finish and a 20.3 average running position. Last fall he had a very poor showing and didn’t run well. In the race he started in 10th but by about lap 80 he nosedived in the running order to 29th. For the remainder of the race he typically ran within 2 deviations of 29th. When the race reached its conclusion he finished four laps down in 29th. Last spring he actually ran well and was on pace to have one of his best performances of the season but late in the event with 41 laps to go while he was running in 14th he had contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr. that led to a DNF. To give you a better idea about his level of performance here’s a link to his Yahoo Race Chart. In fall 2014 Stewart ran well and performed a little better than his 15th place finish. In the race he started in 19th and from lap 100 to the caution around lap 330 he typically ran between 9th and 13th. During the lap 330 caution pit cycle while he was running around 9th his pit crew dropped a lug nut and it dropped him back to 16th. If he didn’t have that problem than I think a top ten would’ve been achievable. In spring 2014 he wasn’t competitive. He started in 20th, had a 23rd place average running position and finished 25th.