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We are headed west to Las Vegas this weekend! Gambling and Fantasy Nascar just go hand in hand for me. So it only fitting that I embrace fantasy nascar sleepers as a way to play this game. Obviously Vegas isn't exactly known for wild finishes, so we won't see a lot surprises up at the front on Sunday. However there is more than a few drivers we can expect to have on our fantasy radars headed into the weekend though. Down below I have listed a few drivers that you should probably consider for this week's race at Vegas, after taking Thursday's testing and past history into consideration!
Paul Menard - Menard is my favorite fantasy sleeper play on the intermediate racetracks in general. He is undervalued and usually good for least a teen-like finish. Last week at Atlanta, he did exactly that. Even though he struggled for entire race around 22nd-25th place. Before finishing 18th in the end. However his teammates performed very well and Las Vegas is a very good racetrack for him. He have put together 5 straight Top 12 finishes at Vegas (all coming with RCR). He arguably had his worst performance ever at Vegas last season (with RCR) and still finished 12th. Ironically he had his best performance in 2014 race. He was super fast on the long runs and had the car to beat too. He drove up into the lead under a long green flag run. If the cautions would have went his way, then he may have had a shot at going to victory lane. He finished 10th and 7th in 2012 and 2013 seasons. In his debut with RCR in 2011, he also finished 12th. So his worst career finish with the organization is 12th. Don't really think track history is a good tool to base expectations on, but it hard to deny that it's an impressive record. I will be having my eye on Paul Menard this weekend, to see if he can keep up with the recent trends. It should be noted that Menard have never started better than 17th at this racetrack and that came in 2013 (finished 10th)! In general, Menard is not strong in qualifying or in practice. So if you are basing your lineup decisions on solely practice results, then you may not like what you see out of him this weekend.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr -You know I actually had pretty high hopes for Stenhouse Jr after watching how solid he was at end of last season. Yeah I know, I thought I was crazy too. But after the way he performed at Atlanta, I will buy into some Stenhouse Jr's fantasy value. Is it ballsy to say that RFR is back after just watching one race? Absolutely. But reasons to believe that Stenhouse will least be productive in certain formats: 1) He showed potential during the chase last season. 2) Looked pretty good in testing on Thursday (based off what I have heard). He has potential to be a top 15 driver and that alone should make him a visible option. Could this backfire? Yup, but I don't expect many people to jump aboard the Stenhouse bandwagon yet. So that will give him solid fantasy value, if he can repeat his success from last week. I don't think he will finish up inside the top 10 again, but I could see a finish between 12th-18th though.
Austin Dillon - Dillon is another quality sleeper that I really like for this weekend's race. Dillon have not ran overly well so far in his cup career here, but I think that will change though. From data that I have seen and what I heard from others, he looked really good in testing on Thursday. Not only does Dillon that on his side, he also have performed very well recently on the 1.5 mile racetracks. So it only logically to think that he can continue to keep that up at Vegas. He also was very good at Atlanta last weekend, so that is a good sign. Realistically we should expect a finish in the teens from Dillon. Dillon is someone who I really like as a sleeper option and should surprise more than a few people with his overall production.
Have a question?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Thanks for reading,
Garry Briggs
We are headed west to Las Vegas this weekend! Gambling and Fantasy Nascar just go hand in hand for me. So it only fitting that I embrace fantasy nascar sleepers as a way to play this game. Obviously Vegas isn't exactly known for wild finishes, so we won't see a lot surprises up at the front on Sunday. However there is more than a few drivers we can expect to have on our fantasy radars headed into the weekend though. Down below I have listed a few drivers that you should probably consider for this week's race at Vegas, after taking Thursday's testing and past history into consideration!
Paul Menard - Menard is my favorite fantasy sleeper play on the intermediate racetracks in general. He is undervalued and usually good for least a teen-like finish. Last week at Atlanta, he did exactly that. Even though he struggled for entire race around 22nd-25th place. Before finishing 18th in the end. However his teammates performed very well and Las Vegas is a very good racetrack for him. He have put together 5 straight Top 12 finishes at Vegas (all coming with RCR). He arguably had his worst performance ever at Vegas last season (with RCR) and still finished 12th. Ironically he had his best performance in 2014 race. He was super fast on the long runs and had the car to beat too. He drove up into the lead under a long green flag run. If the cautions would have went his way, then he may have had a shot at going to victory lane. He finished 10th and 7th in 2012 and 2013 seasons. In his debut with RCR in 2011, he also finished 12th. So his worst career finish with the organization is 12th. Don't really think track history is a good tool to base expectations on, but it hard to deny that it's an impressive record. I will be having my eye on Paul Menard this weekend, to see if he can keep up with the recent trends. It should be noted that Menard have never started better than 17th at this racetrack and that came in 2013 (finished 10th)! In general, Menard is not strong in qualifying or in practice. So if you are basing your lineup decisions on solely practice results, then you may not like what you see out of him this weekend.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr -You know I actually had pretty high hopes for Stenhouse Jr after watching how solid he was at end of last season. Yeah I know, I thought I was crazy too. But after the way he performed at Atlanta, I will buy into some Stenhouse Jr's fantasy value. Is it ballsy to say that RFR is back after just watching one race? Absolutely. But reasons to believe that Stenhouse will least be productive in certain formats: 1) He showed potential during the chase last season. 2) Looked pretty good in testing on Thursday (based off what I have heard). He has potential to be a top 15 driver and that alone should make him a visible option. Could this backfire? Yup, but I don't expect many people to jump aboard the Stenhouse bandwagon yet. So that will give him solid fantasy value, if he can repeat his success from last week. I don't think he will finish up inside the top 10 again, but I could see a finish between 12th-18th though.
Austin Dillon - Dillon is another quality sleeper that I really like for this weekend's race. Dillon have not ran overly well so far in his cup career here, but I think that will change though. From data that I have seen and what I heard from others, he looked really good in testing on Thursday. Not only does Dillon that on his side, he also have performed very well recently on the 1.5 mile racetracks. So it only logically to think that he can continue to keep that up at Vegas. He also was very good at Atlanta last weekend, so that is a good sign. Realistically we should expect a finish in the teens from Dillon. Dillon is someone who I really like as a sleeper option and should surprise more than a few people with his overall production.
Have a question?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Thanks for reading,
Garry Briggs
