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We are headed to New Hampshire this weekend for the 2nd race of the chase. This is a pretty short 300 mile race, at short flat racetrack. You cannot make a mistake here, otherwise you are in for a long day. Also having a fast car here doesn't really mean much. You can have a fast car, but it won't matter if you don't have track position. This place more than any other track, depends heavily on track position. I don't care, I will take track position all day long over having the fastest car from mid-pack. And don't forget about this usually a fuel-mileage race. Remember, last season that Harvick dominated this race and ran out of fuel with a couple laps to go. Anything can happen! Alright, let's get started!
Picks -
A:
Start - Denny Hamlin (8)
Bench - Kyle Busch (4)
Reasons - Tough choices this week in A. Everyone at JGR looks awful strong and it came down to qualifying results for me. Hamlin probably has the car to beat headed into the race, or least one of hte cars to beat. Busch will be in contention as well.
B:
Start - Kasey Kahne (6), Carl Edwards (3)
Bench - Ryan Newman (1), Jamie Mac (4)
Reasons -Much like A, it is a tough week for fantasy choices. All 4 options in B starts inside the top 10. So start with the pole sitter in Carl Edwards. The plan was to save him this week, but JGR looks strong and they have lost their edge of late on the intermediate tracks. Will there be a better spot to use him? I don't know. If my answer is uncertain, I am using him and getting my points right now. Who to pair him with? Tough, because you could realistically make the case for all three. Newman starts 3rd, but I am not convinced he will finish inside the top 12. Also I have only 1 start left, so I will save him. Especially since I have 4 great options this week. Might need him at another track. So Jamie Mac or Kahne. Jamie is more consistent, but not sure if the speed is there on the long runs. Kahne starts a couple spots further back, but he has more speed. Kahne also 3 straight Top 10 finishes and that's a ton of momentum on his end. I want to use Kahne, when I know he's hot. The time is now to use him!
C:
Start - Chase Elliott (4)
Bench - Ryan Blaney (3)
Reasons - As much as I would like to save my remaining 24 starts, I don't think the 21 car will that good on Sunday. Elliott looks like a top 15 guy and will have a shot at the top 10, too. Blaney, not so much.
Fantasy Live -4,18,78,23,34
Sleeper - AJ Dinger
Winner -Martin Truex Jr
Twitter - @MattAleza
We are headed to New Hampshire this weekend for the 2nd race of the chase. This is a pretty short 300 mile race, at short flat racetrack. You cannot make a mistake here, otherwise you are in for a long day. Also having a fast car here doesn't really mean much. You can have a fast car, but it won't matter if you don't have track position. This place more than any other track, depends heavily on track position. I don't care, I will take track position all day long over having the fastest car from mid-pack. And don't forget about this usually a fuel-mileage race. Remember, last season that Harvick dominated this race and ran out of fuel with a couple laps to go. Anything can happen! Alright, let's get started!
Picks -
A:
Start - Denny Hamlin (8)
Bench - Kyle Busch (4)
Reasons - Tough choices this week in A. Everyone at JGR looks awful strong and it came down to qualifying results for me. Hamlin probably has the car to beat headed into the race, or least one of hte cars to beat. Busch will be in contention as well.
B:
Start - Kasey Kahne (6), Carl Edwards (3)
Bench - Ryan Newman (1), Jamie Mac (4)
Reasons -Much like A, it is a tough week for fantasy choices. All 4 options in B starts inside the top 10. So start with the pole sitter in Carl Edwards. The plan was to save him this week, but JGR looks strong and they have lost their edge of late on the intermediate tracks. Will there be a better spot to use him? I don't know. If my answer is uncertain, I am using him and getting my points right now. Who to pair him with? Tough, because you could realistically make the case for all three. Newman starts 3rd, but I am not convinced he will finish inside the top 12. Also I have only 1 start left, so I will save him. Especially since I have 4 great options this week. Might need him at another track. So Jamie Mac or Kahne. Jamie is more consistent, but not sure if the speed is there on the long runs. Kahne starts a couple spots further back, but he has more speed. Kahne also 3 straight Top 10 finishes and that's a ton of momentum on his end. I want to use Kahne, when I know he's hot. The time is now to use him!
C:
Start - Chase Elliott (4)
Bench - Ryan Blaney (3)
Reasons - As much as I would like to save my remaining 24 starts, I don't think the 21 car will that good on Sunday. Elliott looks like a top 15 guy and will have a shot at the top 10, too. Blaney, not so much.
Fantasy Live -4,18,78,23,34
Sleeper - AJ Dinger
Winner -Martin Truex Jr
Twitter - @MattAleza
