Fantasy NASCAR Asterisk Mark Report – Kansas

Ryan Blaney – Ryan Blaney had one of the best cars and was a top five contender last fall at Kansas, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at his 21st place finish. In the race he finished 7th in Stage #1, 2nd in Stage #2 but with 16 laps to go while he was running in 4th he got into the wall hard, and then the next lap his tire came apart and brought out the caution.

Aric Almirola – Aric Almirola finished 23rd last fall, but you can write that down as an asterisk mark result. With 45 laps to go while he was running in 13th during green flag pit stops his team had an uncontrolled tire. In the four Kansas races prior to that he finished between 9th to 12th.

Ryan Newman – How good was Ryan Newman last fall at Kansas? I don’t know, but I’m sure he wasn’t 40th place bad. He had trouble on lap 9 when he had contact with another car which led to an unexpected pit stop which dropped him two laps down, and then more trouble later when he got into the wall hard on lap 74 which doomed him to a last place finish.