Texas Fantasy NASCAR Top Tier Elite Picks

Brad Keselowski – Brad Keselowski should be high on your fantasy NASCAR radar at Texas. This year at 1.5 mile tracks he’s been impressive. He won at Atlanta and finished 2nd at Las Vegas. This weekend I think he’ll be very competitive again and I would look for him to finish in the top five and compete for the win. At Texas, Keselowski has run well. Last fall he was a top five contender but he finished a misleading 12th. On lap 253 while he was running in the top five he made an unexpected pit stop for a vibration. In the race it should be noted he led 50 laps and finished 4th in Stage #2. Last spring he had a fast car, but finished a misleading 33rd after wrecking. From the race it should be noted he finished 8th in Stage #1, 7th in Stage #2 but on lap 179 which was the first lap of the final Stage he was caught up in a multi-car wreck that marked the end of his race. In 2017 he had a great season and swept the top six. In fall 2017 he had a strong showing. He finished 5th and earned the 7th best driver rating. Him finishing that well is extremely impressive when you take into account as soon as the race went green he damaged his car and immediately came to pit road which dropped him a lap down. In spring 2017 he finished 6th, had a 6th place average running position and earned the 5th best driver rating.

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Kyle Busch – Kyle Busch will be a contender at Texas. This year at 1.5 mile tracks with the new rules package he’s been a strong performer and has results of 3rd and 6th. In both of those races he might’ve potentially had the best car, but neither race was incident free. On Sunday if he can have an incident free race I would look for him to finish in the top five and compete for the win. At Texas, Busch is the defending champion of this particular race, but in the other three events on the new Texas configuration he hasn’t fared well. Last fall he had a strong car, but finished a misleading 17th. In the race he was caught speeding on pit road during the competition caution while running in the top ten and then later around lap 140 while he was running in the top ten again he made an unexpected pit stop because of a loose wheel which dropped him two laps down to 29th. Last spring at Texas, nobody was better than Kyle Busch. He finished 1st, earned the best driver rating, had a 4th place average running position and led a race high 116 laps. Additionally, he finished 2nd in Stage #1 and won Stage #2. In fall 2017, Busch had a tough race and finished 19th. I wouldn’t read into it at all. At the very start he damaged his car and was missing a good amount of sheet metal after contact with Keselowski. That caused him to make an immediate pit stop that dropped him two laps down. In spring 2017, the first race on the new configuration he didn’t have a great race. He finished 15th and had a 14th place average running position.

Joey Logano – Joey Logano will be a favorite at Texas. It’s been a great track for him and at 1.5 mile tracks visited this year he’s been fast. Las Vegas is the most similar track visited and at that venue he led 86 laps and raced his way to victory lane. The same rules package will be used at Texas and on Sunday I would look for him to finish in the top five and be a threat to win. At Texas on the new configuration in the combined races he has a 4.8 average finish, a 7.0 average running position, the 3rd best driver rating and has finished in the top 7 every race. Last fall he had a great car and the number you need to know about him is 3. He finished 3rd, earned the 3rd best driver rating and had a 3rd place average running position. Additionally, he led 54 laps, finished 6th in Stage #1 and 5th in Stage #2. Last spring he had a strong showing. He earned the 5th best driver rating, had a 5th place average running position and finished 6th. Also from the race it should be noted he finished 4th in Stage #1 and 3rd in Stage #2. In 2017 he had a great season at Texas. In fall 2017 he finished 7th and had a 9th place average running position. Him running that well is impressive when you take into account on lap 143 while he was running in 5th he was caught speeding on pit road. Also it should be noted he was slightly better than his result. With 3 laps to go he was running in 5th, but curiously his two teammates who were in the Playoffs both passed him. In spring 2017 he finished 3rd, earned the 7th best driver rating and had an 8th place average running position.

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