Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Fantasy Nascar Sleepers & Busts (Pocono)

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Sleepers -

Paul Menard: Paul Menard is way underrated at Pocono! He have had bad luck the past few seasons, but he is capable of being a powerful option this week. Only a few sleepers bring the upside that Menard have. Before his bad luck streak, he slapped together a 5-race Top 15 streak here. Including 3 straight inside the top 11. Not to mention, he have been consistently a top 10 guy this season since Texas. Menard is seriously being abused right now by the fantasy nascar community. No way a guy running this good should be getting ignored like he has.

Jamie McMurray: JMac is another good option to consider this week. Honestly I don't even think he can be referred as a sleeper. Especially since he been so good this season. Last time he finished worse than 20th was like Atlanta. And his Pocono record isn't shabby isn't recently. Since the repave, he have finished inside the top 17 in every race. He sweep the top 10 in 2014. There is a lot to like about Jamie as a fantasy pick.

Austin Dillon: It might be a little bold to trust Dillon to deliver, but I believe RCR is headed in the right direction. Newman continue to run well , Menard been contending for top 5s more often than not and now Austin Dillon have found some speed! Dillon showed speed at Charlotte and Dover. Didn't get the results though. Pocono and Michigan (next week race) are good tracks for him. Least they were in 2014. I believe he can run top 15 this weekend, if the 3 team can bring another quality racecar!

Busts -

Tony Stewart: I know a lot of people are convinced Smoke will turn it around at Pocono. Sorry but I just don't see it! Sure he have a long history of running well here, but I put more into the current package than track history. Earlier this season, he said this race package sucks. His performance backed up his personal feelings too. Truthfully I hope he runs well on Sunday, because I would love to use him in August. For now I am avoiding the 14.

Matt Kenseth - Kenseth is a consistent driver on most tracks. Unfortunately he is the bad type of consistent at Pocono. His best finish over the past five races at Pocono? 22nd. From career point of view, he been pretty much a teen-type driver. Kenseth value usually relies on weather or not he crawl his way into the top 5. In Kenseth case, he haven't had too many of them here recently. His last top 5 was in 2006. Since that top 5 finish, he have only 4 Top 10s to his name. Yeah save him for another week.

*All stats from DriverAverages.com

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