Fantasy NASCAR Asterisk Mark Report – Darlington

Jimmie Johnson – Jimmie Johnson was top ten good last year at Darlington but finished a misleading 33rd. In the race he crashed, and his team made an unapproved adjustment which resulted in a serious penalty. After the penalty his race was essentially over. At the time of his unapproved adjustment penalty he was running in 7th. Later in the race on lap 214 while he was running in 19th he crashed.

Kurt Busch – Kurt Busch had a solid car and was likely a low double digits driver last year at Darlington but walked away with a 34th place finish. With 41 laps to go while he was in 14th he crashed hard after having contact with Paul Menard.

Aric Almirola – Aric Almirola didn’t have an incident free race last year at Darlington and finished 32nd. With 18 laps to go while he was running in 20th he crashed hard into the wall. In 3 of his 4 Darlington races prior to that he finished within a deviation of 4 from 20th.