Fantasy NASCAR Asterisk Mark Report – Las Vegas

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 year at Las Vegas, and how good they truly were.

Matt Kenseth – Matt Kenseth had a great car last year at Las Vegas but walked away with an asterisk mark 37th place finish. Performance wise he was top five good but with 43 laps to go he was collected in a big multi-car wreck. Five laps prior to his accident under yellow he was running in 5th.

Kurt Busch – Kurt Busch had a great car last year, but he wasn’t really able to fully show his hand. In the race he started on the pole and led all the opening laps until he was caught speeding on pit road during the lap 30 competition caution. That put him back in the field but he battled back. Later when the multi-car wreck with 43 laps ensued when he was running around 5th he spun which dropped him back again. When the checkered flag waved he finished 9th. Imagine how good he could’ve been if he didn’t have problems.