Chicago Street Course Fantasy NASCAR Front Runner Rankings
Joey Logano – Joey Logano wins a lot of first races at tracks, will he sneak in the first win in the “Windy City”? None of those first wins have come at a road course and there’s been four of them since 2020, so I’ll say no. Over the debuting road courses since 2020 minus Indy 2021 where he was caught up in the “track coming apart” Big One, Logano has a 9.0 average finish and a 10.7 average running position. This year at road courses, Logano finished 3rd at Sonoma courtesy of a late caution and then had problems at COTA and finished 28th. Going back to last year at road courses, Logano has finished in the top six in 3 of the last 5 races. I’ll note, Joey Logano has been quite the hero or zero performer over the last few months. Since winning at Atlanta this spring, Joey Logano has 6 results in the top 7 but in the other seven races he’s finished 18th or worse.
Alex Bowman – Alex Bowman is a solid road course racer and at Chicago, I would look for him to likely finish around 10th. Over his last eight races on this track type minus Indy RC 2022 which was a disaster for him like many others, Bowman has a 10.3 average finish and he’s had a result in the top 16 every race. I’ll note over that stretch minus COTA which he really seems to have a knack for, he’s 5 for 5 at finishing between 10th to 16th. This year at road courses, Bowman has results of 3rd (COTA) and 15th (Sonoma). In terms of Total Speed Rankings over all the combined road course races in the Next Gen, Bowman ranks 12th.
Denny Hamlin – Denny Hamlin is hot, but unfortunately, he’s largely been M.I.A at road courses in the Next Gen and is likely nothing more than a teens performer. At Sonoma a few weeks back, Hamlin looked great, but that’s also the only race where he’s really shown up on this track type in the Next Gen (won the pole, led 33 laps) but that afternoon went downhill after he got into the wall in a turn. Chicago will be completely surrounded by walls, so that might be in his head a little bit. At road courses in the Next Gen minus Sonoma, Hamlin is 6 for 6 at finishing between 13th to 20th.
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