Friday, December 11, 2015

2016 Fantasy Nascar Profile: Brian Scott

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Driver Name: Brian Scott

Car #: 9

Make: Ford

Debut: 2016 (First-full season)

# of Career Races: 17

# of Career Poles: 1

# of Career Wins: 0

# of Career Top 5s: 0

# of Career Top 10s: 0

# of Career DNFs: 4

# of Career Laps led: 0

Career Average Finish: 28.2

Career Average Start: 22.2

# of 2015 Wins: 0

# of 2015 Top 5s: 0

# of 2015 Top 10s: 0

# of 2015 Poles:0

# of 2015 DNFs: 3

# of 2015 laps led: 0

2015 Average Finish: 27.9

2015 Average Start: 22.8

2015 Fantasy Recap: Scott drove the #33 car (RCR funded) in 2015 in 10 races (mostly intermediate tracks), and he did fairly well. He didn't always get the finishes he deserved, but he did perform well most races he was entered. I think it was obvious that Scott was on the move after the season, due to the bump up in number of races he ran. Personally figure this was his last season as a part timer. But i will save that for another time. All and all, Scott did what he was needed and that was logging laps for experience. His numbers weren't impressive, but nobody really expected them to either.

Strong Tracks: TBD

Weak Tracks: TBD

Yahoo Grouping Prediction: C-list Grouping Tier

2016 Fantasy Outlook: Scott is a very tricky guy to figure out because he moving from part time in the Cup series with RCR to Full-time with Richard Petty Motorsports. It's tricky because he have little experience at the cup level and now will be with a complete different team. More specially in the 9 car. When I am looking at recent history, RPM haven't produced very well with the 9 car. It get more concerning because of his lack of success at the NXS level. He was most often a top 10 or top 15 driver, but that was in top tier equipment in a secondary series.That aside, I would say he is a top 25 driver on a weekly basis. RPM is really middle of the road equipment. And that will be the main thing holding him in 2016 and moving forward. Equipment is key. Add in lack of experience and other unknown factors, I am holding back on Scott until he proves himself. 

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