Fantasy NASCAR Asterisk Mark Report – Auto Club

Martin Truex Jr. – Martin Truex Jr. finished 8th last spring at Auto Club Speedway, but I think that’s a misleading result because his race wasn’t incident free. On lap 59, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun and had contact with multiple cars, and Truex was one of them. After the incident Truex Jr. wasn’t happy with his car and it was mentioned previous to that he had a car that he thought he could’ve won with. I’m going to take Truex Jr. at his word that he was poised to be a contender.

Clint Bowyer – Clint Bowyer finished last in 2019 at Auto Club Speedway, but you can completely disregard his result. On lap 40 he was down a cylinder which marked the beginning of the end for his afternoon. Then later in the race he made an unexpected pit stop, and then a little after lap 130 his engine overheated and that marked the end of his race leading to a 38th place finish. If Bowyer would’ve had an incident free race, I think he probably had a good chance to compete for a top ten.