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We are headed to one of the biggest races of the season at Indianapolis. Obviously the racetrack is known for the Indy 500 and have been famous on the Indy side. Well the Nascar side have been going there since the 1990s. However I don't think it means quite as much in Nascar. Still it will be a huge honor for any driver that is able to pull into victory lane on Sunday. So how do you design a fantasy lineup for this week? Good question. Passing will be tough, so you want to start toward the front. Even though, there are usually least a few drivers who able to make their way through the field. Honestly, I want to go with drivers who have found success recently at Indy and drivers who are running well at this time of the year. That's usually the best combo to have, when you go to a track that we only visit once a year. We will know more after practice and qualifying is done.
Yahoo -
A:
Start - Kyle Busch (6)
Bench - Joey Logano (6)
Reasons - I made the late switch from Matt Kenseth to Kyle Busch and it was a great decision, which made my decision in this grouping tier very easy and probably a no brainer. With Logano, I was hoping for possible qualifying points but that didn't happen though. Overall, he haven't looked that good. Besides, I think Rowdy will lead the most laps and go to victory lane again.
B:
Starter - Ryan Newman (4), Tony Stewart (9)
Bench - Carl Edwards (4) and Kyle Larson (4)
Reasons - This grouping tier worked out perfect for me this week. Edwards is the best driver of my choices, but he gave me my qualifying points. So he served his purpose on my team, now I just hope he fade at some point. My starters are? Newman and Stewart! They qualified 4th and 6th, both drivers should be able to contain top 15 in the running order at worst. Realistically, I think least of the two will finish inside the top 10. I gave heavily consideration to Larson, but I trust him less than the other two.
C:
Starter - Jeff Gordon(9)
Bench - Ryan Blaney (5)
Reasons - I kept Chase Elliott off my roster because I just knew I would find it hard to not use him. So I went with Jeff Gordon and Ryan Blaney this week. As expected, Gordon haven't looked great but good enough to be a very serviceable C-list option. I am very glad to get a chance to use Gordon in a slim tier of drivers outside of the rookie studs. Gordon should be top 15 or top 20 good and be a great start-save over Blaney. If I had excessive amount of Elliott starts, then I might consider just going with him and hoping he finish top 5. But I would have to have about 7 or 8 starts to do it though. I would imagine most of us don't have that luxury
Fantasy Live - 48,18,20,14 and 34
Sleeper - Austin Dillon
Winner - Kyle Busch
Twitter - @MattAleza
We are headed to one of the biggest races of the season at Indianapolis. Obviously the racetrack is known for the Indy 500 and have been famous on the Indy side. Well the Nascar side have been going there since the 1990s. However I don't think it means quite as much in Nascar. Still it will be a huge honor for any driver that is able to pull into victory lane on Sunday. So how do you design a fantasy lineup for this week? Good question. Passing will be tough, so you want to start toward the front. Even though, there are usually least a few drivers who able to make their way through the field. Honestly, I want to go with drivers who have found success recently at Indy and drivers who are running well at this time of the year. That's usually the best combo to have, when you go to a track that we only visit once a year. We will know more after practice and qualifying is done.
Yahoo -
A:
Start - Kyle Busch (6)
Bench - Joey Logano (6)
Reasons - I made the late switch from Matt Kenseth to Kyle Busch and it was a great decision, which made my decision in this grouping tier very easy and probably a no brainer. With Logano, I was hoping for possible qualifying points but that didn't happen though. Overall, he haven't looked that good. Besides, I think Rowdy will lead the most laps and go to victory lane again.
B:
Starter - Ryan Newman (4), Tony Stewart (9)
Bench - Carl Edwards (4) and Kyle Larson (4)
Reasons - This grouping tier worked out perfect for me this week. Edwards is the best driver of my choices, but he gave me my qualifying points. So he served his purpose on my team, now I just hope he fade at some point. My starters are? Newman and Stewart! They qualified 4th and 6th, both drivers should be able to contain top 15 in the running order at worst. Realistically, I think least of the two will finish inside the top 10. I gave heavily consideration to Larson, but I trust him less than the other two.
C:
Starter - Jeff Gordon(9)
Bench - Ryan Blaney (5)
Reasons - I kept Chase Elliott off my roster because I just knew I would find it hard to not use him. So I went with Jeff Gordon and Ryan Blaney this week. As expected, Gordon haven't looked great but good enough to be a very serviceable C-list option. I am very glad to get a chance to use Gordon in a slim tier of drivers outside of the rookie studs. Gordon should be top 15 or top 20 good and be a great start-save over Blaney. If I had excessive amount of Elliott starts, then I might consider just going with him and hoping he finish top 5. But I would have to have about 7 or 8 starts to do it though. I would imagine most of us don't have that luxury
Fantasy Live - 48,18,20,14 and 34
Sleeper - Austin Dillon
Winner - Kyle Busch
Twitter - @MattAleza
