Kansas Post Qualifying Draw Fantasy NASCAR Predictions
We have a Thursday night race this week at Kansas Speedway before the Cup Series takes a small break and hits New Hampshire on August 2nd. As far as Kansas goes, it’s another 1.5-mile track just like we’ve raced at the last two weeks. It’s entirely possible that we see another wild finish and surprise winner as well if there’s a late caution. Looking at tire combinations, Goodyear is using the same left side as Charlotte and the same right side as Vegas/Kentucky/Texas. Those four tracks are all the most similar to compare to this season, and I’d put Charlotte a little higher just because those two races were at night as well. Kevin Harvick is on the pole for Thursday night’s race and you can click here for the full Kansas starting lineup.
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Final Top 25 Fantasy NASCAR Rankings for the Super Start Batteries 400
1. Kevin Harvick – Starts 1st – DraftKings Price: $11,500 – FanDuel Price: $14,000 – Slingshot Price: $13,200
Again, your “no brainer” pick of the week. Kevin Harvick is a fantasy stud at pretty much any track, and he’s really good at Kansas Speedway. His last three finishes here are 9th, 13th, and 12th, but he had one of the best cars in the latter two, and when he finished 9th he started dead last. Since the repave of Kansas, Harvick has went to victory lane three times here and also has four other 2nd- or 3rd-place finishes. He’s led 80+ laps in three of the last four races here as well. Finally, Harvick has finished 1st or 2nd in eight of the last ten Stages here at Kansas. This season, the #4 Ford has the highest average number of laps led at 1.5-mile tracks with 51 per race. The next best is Ryan Blaney at 37.3 per race. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Harvick leads over 100 laps here on Thursday night.
2. Ryan Blaney – Starts 4th – DraftKings Price: $9,900 – FanDuel Price: $11,000 – Slingshot Price: $11,100
Some day, this #12 team is going to be in victory lane at a 1.5-mile track. Blaney once again had the best car at Texas last Sunday but didn’t have the track position late. In terms of Green Flag Speed, YRB now has a ridiculous average ranking of 2.6 in that category on the low wear 1.5-mile tracks, and when you expand it to all 1.5-milers, he has an average ranking of 3.6. Both are obviously the best in the series. When it comes to average finish, Blaney leads the garage in both categories as well, with an average result of 6.2 on low wear 1.5-mile tracks, an an average of 5.4 on all tracks of that length. In his ten career starts here at Kansas, Ryan has had some bad finishes, but five of the races have ended with him in the top 7. He even has a couple of Stage wins. It’s going to be hard to beat Harvick on Thursday night but Blaney has a chance. My algorithm has him ranked 2nd heading into the Super Start Batteries 400.
3. Martin Truex, Jr. – Starts 5th – DraftKings Price: $10,600 – FanDuel Price: $12,700 – Slingshot Price: $12,400
A night race with Auto Owners Insurance on the #19 Toyota… yep, time to lock in Martin Truex, Jr. in Fantasy NASCAR! Just kidding… well, kind of. In case you don’t know the power behind the Auto Owners car, click here to read why I mentioned it. As far as Kansas Speedway goes, Truex has finished 6th or better in five of the last six races here, and that includes wins in both 2017 events. He also led 195 total laps in those two races. This season, Truex is averaging a finish of 11.7 on the 1.5-mile tracks, but that’s obviously weighed down by his 29th at Texas last week and 20th at Las Vegas in February. Looking back at Charlotte, which is super comparable to Kansas and was also at night, the #19 Toyota had the best Green Flag Speed, and Martin ranked 2nd in that category two races ago at Kentucky. He’s a solid Fantasy NASCAR pick on Thursday night.
