Las Vegas Fantasy NASCAR Top Tier Elite Picks

Martin Truex Jr. – Martin Truex Jr. is an elite performer at Las Vegas who’ll be a favorite. He’s a recent winner who’s arguably been the best over the last five races. Since 2015 (last five races) he has the best driver rating, the second best average finish (4.2), the second best average running position (5.6) and he’s led the second most laps (255). In 2018, Truex Jr. had a phenomenal year at Las Vegas and swept the top 4. Last fall he had a strong performance and ranked as one of the best. He earned the best driver rating, had the best average running position (3rd), led a race high 96 laps, won Stage #1, finished 3rd in Stage #2, and then finished 3rd when the checkered flag waved. Last spring, Truex Jr. had a great car. He finished 4th, earned the 4th best driver rating and had a 5th place average running position. Additionally, he finished 2nd in Stage #1 and 7th in Stage #2. In 2017, Truex Jr. was exceptionally strong and raced his way to victory lane. In addition to winning he won Stage #1, won Stage #2, earned the best driver rating, had a 2nd place average running position and led a race high 150 laps. I will note that if Brad Keselowski didn’t have some type of power issue in the closing laps he would’ve finished 2nd. At Las Vegas I would look for Truex Jr. to finish in the top five and compete for the win.

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Brad Keselowski – Brad Keselowski should prominently be on your fantasy NASCAR radar at Las Vegas. He’s the most recent winner and time after time he’s performed at a super-elite level. At Las Vegas since 2013 (last 7 races) he has 3 wins, he’s finished in the top 7 every race and has a 3.4 average finish. Last fall in the Las Vegas playoff debut he had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. In the race he earned the 2nd best driver rating, led the 2nd most laps (75) and won Stage #2. When it was “closing time” he wasn’t going to be deterred. Last spring he also ran well. He finished 6th, had a 6th place average running position and earned the 7th best driver rating. In both Stage #1 & #2 he finished 6th. In 2017, he had a great car and should’ve won. In that race he developed electrical issues late and was then passed while leading with 2 laps to go. When the checkered flag waved he finished 5th, had a 2nd place average running position, earned the 2nd best driver rating and led 89 laps. Additionally, he finished 3rd in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. In 2016, Keselowski had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. He earned the 3rd best driver rating, had a 6th place average running position and led 24 laps. In the three races prior to that he had results of 7th, 1st and 3rd. At Las Vegas I would look for Keselowski to finish in the top five and compete for the win.

Kevin Harvick – Kevin Harvick is a super-elite performer at Las Vegas who’ll likely be the driver to beat. He’s the defending champion of this particular event and since 2015 in incident free races he’s won twice, has a 3.0 average finish and a 3.7 average running position. On Sunday I would look for him to finish in the top five and be a serious threat to win. Last fall at Las Vegas he had a fast car and was top five good but finished a misleading 39th. On lap 148 while he was running around 6th place he had a flat tire and crashed hard which marked the end of his race. In the event he finished 2nd in Stage # 1, led 14 laps and probably would’ve finished in the top five if his race would’ve been incident free. In spring 2018 he put on a display of domination and was the class of the field. He earned a perfect driver rating, finished 1st, led 214 laps and won both Stage #1 and Stage #2. In 2017 he had a really good car, but finished 38th. He started in 19th but quickly climbed up through the running order. Unfortunately his race wasn’t incident free and on lap 68 while he was running in 6th he had a flat tire and wrecked. In 2016, he earned the 4th best driver rating, had a 5th place average running position and finished 7th. In 2015, Harvick started in 18th and raced his way to victory lane. In the race he earned the best driver rating, had a 4th place average running position and led a race high 142 laps.

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