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Sleepers -
Austin Dillon - Austin Dillon is the first sleeper option that comes to mind after watching practice and qualifying this weekend. The #3 car have been very quick in all three practice sessions and will start from the 8th position. I think a lot of people think Dillon speed was a fluke and won't back it up in the race. However I respectfully disagree with that. I think he will very much be a contender at Michigan. He loves this place and when the green flag waves, I think it realistic that the 3 car contain his top 10 position. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if he moved up a few spots. Typically when Dillon shows a lot of speed in practice, he usually follows it up with least a top 10 performance. Remember last August at Michigan? Very strong race, arguably had best race of his cup career. What track are we are again? I think I have made my case for Dillon!
Ty Dillon - Let's stick with the Dillon theme and talk about younger brother Ty. He will drive the #95 car, which is basically an 4th RCR car (least it get prepared as one when Ty drives it). I was reading earlier this morning that RCR uses cars that Paul Menard and Ryan Newman have used in the past. This weekend, Ty is using an car that finished 10th last season at Texas. Obviously with some adjustments made to it, to fit Ty's driving style and stuff. Still good to hear that RCR is giving him backing, with that said Dillon could surprise some people. He will start from 21st and probably run in the low to mid 20s most of the day. He is a good young driver, who will pace himself and find ways to move up the leaderboard. So I wouldn't be totally shocked by an top 20 finish. Dillon won't do it with pure speed, but instead do it by being consistent. He just out there logging laps and that alone should make him a good value at Michigan.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr - Last spot was Larson or Stenhouse Jr, I decided to go with Stenhouse Jr because Larson is not much of a sleeper at this point of the season. He is pretty stabilized right now, but Stenhouse on the other hand just get disrespected week after week. Stenhouse is having a great season and all he does is strong top 15 finish after top 15 finish, yet he getting no love at all. I don't really understand that, especially in leagues that focus in on finishing position. I mean, I would take a sure thing all day long, if it meant results. Sure he isn't flashy, but he is good enough to be a top 15 threat. This weekend, the #17 Ford have been fairly low on the speed charts. However, he seems to have pretty good speed in that car when looking deeper into the lap times. I wouldn't call his car impressive, but I think he will have something for least the top 15 when the green flag waves. According to his Team's official twitter account, he posted the 8th-best green flag speed average with about 30 minutes left. He ended the session with the 15th-fastest average. If those hold true, then I would say he is a pretty good value.
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Sleepers -
Austin Dillon - Austin Dillon is the first sleeper option that comes to mind after watching practice and qualifying this weekend. The #3 car have been very quick in all three practice sessions and will start from the 8th position. I think a lot of people think Dillon speed was a fluke and won't back it up in the race. However I respectfully disagree with that. I think he will very much be a contender at Michigan. He loves this place and when the green flag waves, I think it realistic that the 3 car contain his top 10 position. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if he moved up a few spots. Typically when Dillon shows a lot of speed in practice, he usually follows it up with least a top 10 performance. Remember last August at Michigan? Very strong race, arguably had best race of his cup career. What track are we are again? I think I have made my case for Dillon!
Ty Dillon - Let's stick with the Dillon theme and talk about younger brother Ty. He will drive the #95 car, which is basically an 4th RCR car (least it get prepared as one when Ty drives it). I was reading earlier this morning that RCR uses cars that Paul Menard and Ryan Newman have used in the past. This weekend, Ty is using an car that finished 10th last season at Texas. Obviously with some adjustments made to it, to fit Ty's driving style and stuff. Still good to hear that RCR is giving him backing, with that said Dillon could surprise some people. He will start from 21st and probably run in the low to mid 20s most of the day. He is a good young driver, who will pace himself and find ways to move up the leaderboard. So I wouldn't be totally shocked by an top 20 finish. Dillon won't do it with pure speed, but instead do it by being consistent. He just out there logging laps and that alone should make him a good value at Michigan.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr - Last spot was Larson or Stenhouse Jr, I decided to go with Stenhouse Jr because Larson is not much of a sleeper at this point of the season. He is pretty stabilized right now, but Stenhouse on the other hand just get disrespected week after week. Stenhouse is having a great season and all he does is strong top 15 finish after top 15 finish, yet he getting no love at all. I don't really understand that, especially in leagues that focus in on finishing position. I mean, I would take a sure thing all day long, if it meant results. Sure he isn't flashy, but he is good enough to be a top 15 threat. This weekend, the #17 Ford have been fairly low on the speed charts. However, he seems to have pretty good speed in that car when looking deeper into the lap times. I wouldn't call his car impressive, but I think he will have something for least the top 15 when the green flag waves. According to his Team's official twitter account, he posted the 8th-best green flag speed average with about 30 minutes left. He ended the session with the 15th-fastest average. If those hold true, then I would say he is a pretty good value.
Have a question?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Twitter - @Garryy12