Pocono Fantasy NASCAR Confidence Ranking Picks
1) Kyle Busch (Starting – 2nd)
Pocono Fantasy Spin – Kyle Busch has mastered “The Tricky Triangle” and on Sunday he’ll likely be the driver to beat. He’s the most recent Pocono winner and “Performance Wise” he’s been good enough to win 3 of the last 4 races here. Over the last four, he’s won twice, has the best driver rating, a 3.5 average finish, a 4.0 average running position and he’s averaged leading 73.25 laps per race. On Sunday, look for Busch to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Pocono Track History – As you read above, Kyle Busch has thrived at Pocono in recent races. Last summer, Busch had a great car and raced his way to victory lane despite starting far back in the field. While overcoming that adversity he earned the best driver rating, led the most laps (52) and had a 7th place average running position. Last spring, Kyle Busch was a consistent front runner and ranked as one of the best. When the race reached its conclusion he finished 3rd, had a 3rd place average running position, earned the 3rd best driver rating and led 13 laps. Additionally, he finished 3rd in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. In 2017 he had a great year and was good enough to win both races. In summer 2017 he was the class of the field. He finished 1st, earned the best driver rating, led 74 laps and won Stage #1. In spring 2017 nobody was better than Kyle Busch. He earned the best driver rating, had a 2nd place average running position, led 100 laps and finished 9th. Late in the race there was a caution and everyone pitted but him. After he got passed from the lead with 10 laps to go he started falling back in the running order pretty quickly.
DraftKings $11,400 / FanDuel $15,500
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2) Brad Keselowski (Starting – 5th)
Pocono Fantasy Spin – Brad Keselowski is an elite performer at Pocono who’ll be one of the drivers to beat. In 6 of the last 7 races at “The Tricky Triangle” he’s finished in the top five. At Pocono, he’ll have a great car underneath him but it needs to be noted that the #2 team are master strategists. At Pocono, pit strategy is often half the battle. On Sunday, look for Keselowski to compete for a top five and be a factor to win.
Pocono Track History – Brad Keselowski has thrived at Pocono and in 6 of the last 7 races he’s finished in the top five. Last summer he had his lone result outside of that range and he finished 38th after crashing. If his race would’ve been incident free he might’ve snuck in another. “Performance Wise” he was top ten good. In the both Stage #1 and Stage #2 he finished 7th. His early exit came with 40 laps to go while he was running around 13th. In the six Pocono races prior to that he had a 3.7 average finish. Last spring he had a great performance. He finished 5th, earned the 7th best driver rating and had a 10th place average running position. Additionally, he finished 10th in Stage #1 and 7th in Stage #2. In summer 2017 he ran well throughout the race. He finished 5th, earned the 5th best driver rating and had an 8th place average running position. Also from the race I’ll note he finished 4th in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. In spring 2017, Keselowski finished 5th, earned the 6th best driver rating and had an 8th place average running position. Additionally, he finished 3rd in Stage #1 and 7th in Stage #2. In the three Pocono races prior to that he had results of 2nd, 2nd and 3rd.
DraftKings $10,200 / FanDuel $13,500
3) Kevin Harvick (Starting – 11th)
Pocono Fantasy Spin – Kevin Harvick has never won at Pocono, but that could change on Sunday. He’s performed exceptionally well here and has been a contender to win many of the recent races. At Pocono since 2014 minus August 2015 (engine failure) he has a 3.6 average finish, a 6.8 average running position and seven results in the top 4. Currently, Harvick has five straight top 4 finishes at “The Tricky Triangle.” Last summer when NASCAR most recently raced here he was the driver to beat, but his afternoon wasn’t incident free. On Sunday, look for Harvick to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Pocono Track History – Kevin Harvick has thrived at Pocono. He’s never won here, but he probably should’ve last summer. In our exclusive PROS Rankings which show you which driver was subjectively the best he ranked #1 last July. In the race he started near the back but quickly drove up through the running order. In Stage #1 he finished 2nd and in Stage #2 he won. Unfortunately, his race wasn’t incident free. With about 40 laps to go during a caution he had contact with Aric Almirola on pit road which caused him to make a second pit stop which cost him the race. When the checkered flag waved he finished 4th, earned the 3rd best driver rating and led 30 laps. Last spring, Harvick had one of the best cars but other drivers just outraced him at the end. In the race he finished 4th, earned the best driver rating, had a 1.8 average running position, led a race high 89 laps, finished 2nd in Stage #1 and won Stage #2. In summer 2017 he was stout. He finished 2nd, earned the 3rd best driver rating and had a 6th place average running position. In spring 2017 Harvick had a very strong car and finished runner-up hot on Ryan Blaney’s heels. In the race he earned the 2nd best driver rating, had an 8th place average running position, finished 2nd in Stage #1 and 4th in Stage #2.
DraftKings $10,500 / FanDuel $14,500
