Atlanta Fantasy NASCAR Mid Pack Predictions
AJ Allmendinger – AJ Allmendinger will be a driver to watch at Atlanta. He’s had some good results here in the past and you have to like the way he closed out the 2016 season. Over the last 6 races in 2016 he had 4 top tens and finished between 8th and 17th every race. If he can keep that momentum going something good can happen for him at Atlanta. Statistically Atlanta ranks as his second best track based on average finish (17.2). Also it should be noted that he’s finished in the top fifteen 45% percent of the time and in the top twenty 82% percent of the time. Last year at Atlanta he just didn’t have a competitive race. He had a 23rd place average running position and finished 27th. That race had few cautions and was the first event that the new rules package was used for the season. In 2015 Allmendinger had a very solid race. He finished 7th, earned the 12th best driver rating and had a 14th place average running position. In 2014 he finished a misleading 40th after having early vibration problems while running in the low-twenties that sent him to the garage area. In 2013 he drove the 47 car and had a solid race. He started 13th, had a 14th place average running position and finished 14th. In 2012 he missed the race due to suspension. In 2011 he finished 10th. His best Atlanta finish was a 6th in March 2010. (Yahoo B Driver)[themify_box]Want to be a better fantasy racer? Get the ifantasyrace advantage and read all of our in-depth week to weekend member exclusive content. Membership prices are just $2 a race. Join Now![/themify_box]Daniel Suarez – If you feel like rolling the dice with a mid-pack prediction driver Daniel Suarez isn’t a bad option. The defending Xfinity Series champion has the best equipment of the tier but there’s many unknowns with his lack of a track record. Last year when he drove superior equipment in the Xfinity Series he finished 7th and had a 7th place average running position. In 2015 in that series he finished 14th and had a 17th place average running position. On Sunday I’m going to set his baseline fantasy value as finishing in the high-teens and back. (Yahoo C Driver)
Further Recommended Reading – Atlanta Top Tier Elite Picks, Atlanta Front Runner Rankings, Atlanta Scouting Report
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Atlanta hasn’t been a bad track for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Minus a 2015 accident he has a 15.3 average finish. Last year at Atlanta he ran very well and had one of his best races of the season. In the event he finished 10th, had a 10th place average running position and earned the 12th best driver rating. In 2015 he finished a misleading 36th. That asterisk mark result is the product of him being involved in a multi-car accident with 21 laps to go. If his afternoon would’ve been incident free he likely would’ve had a low-twenties result. In 2014 he finished 20th, had a 23rd place average running position and earned the 23rd best driver rating. In 2013 at Atlanta he got his only career pole. Additionally in the race he finished 16th and earned the 18th best driver rating. (Yahoo B Driver)
Make sure you read the full spectrum of our Atlanta Fantasy NASCAR Rankings
Top Tier Elite Picks > Front Runners Rankings > Mid Pack Predictions > The Low Tier
