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Sleepers -
Ryan Blaney - If you read my Fantasy Nascar artilce from earlier this week (click here), I explained why I thought Blaney was going to be a factor at Vegas. And he has not disappointed, either. He's looked very strong since unloading on Friday. The 21 car qualified 3rd and looked like one of the best cars on Saturday. He's very good this weekend and should be in for a top 10 run, most likely. The 21 car was also a top of the best-ten lap average chart in final practice. Brad Keselowski said that Ryan Blaney has a hotrod for Sunday on twitter. Which just backs up with most of us already knew though. He's fast and it potentially could be his best showing of his career, if everything goes his way.
Kasey Kahne - Alright, I didn't really want to jump on the Kahne bandwagon or give him any sort of acknowledgement. But he's very good this weekend though. Qualified inside the top 10 and has swept the top 10 in practice speed in all three practice. Then there the fact that #5 team haven't made many adjustments on that car this weekend. Kasey been very happy about his car and the team seems overall please. I cannot remember the last time that the 5 team looked this confident during a race weekend. Want to hear another good thing about Kasey Kahne? He has finished 5 of the past 6 races on 1.5 mile intermediate tracks inside the top 10. I am not sure if it should worry us that the 5 car has this much speed or not. But remember this is one of his best tracks, too. So it is hard to overlook him right now. If you play him in the right fantasy format, then you have a steal!
Dark Horses -
Chase Elliott - Elliott has looked great this weekend. He was especially strong early on Saturday, he wasn't quite as good as the day progressed though. Thought he was really strong in that first practice and at beginning of the 2nd one. Just seems like a few other teams were better near end of final practice than they were earlier on. That happens though. I like the 24 car a lot for the race. The 24 car had good short and long run speed, he's very fast overall. With him qualifying 12th, he should be one of the top plays across the board in number of formats. Some people are surprised that Elliott looks this good, but it shouldn't be. Elliott been awesome on this type of track and ran very well here last season. His 38th place finish is extremely misleading. Then take into consideration, he's been impressive with this race package, too.
Matt Kenseth - I really like Matt Kenseth this weekend overall. He is getting a lot of disrespect though. I get that he is not a favorite, such as Harvick, Keselowski, Busch, Johnson, etc. But he is an awesome dark horse pick though. He was fast last week at Atlanta and finished 3rd. He's looks better this weekend in practice. He will start from 4th place and swept both practice in the top 5 on Saturday. An engineer on the No.2 team said that Matt Kenseth's teammate Kyle Busch was the car to beat at end of final practice on Saturday afternoon. If the 18 car is pretty good, then I would like to think that the 20 car is in the ballpark. Especially since the 20 car has shown pretty good speed since coming to Vegas.
That all of the time I have for this weekend's post. Honestly, I didn't really have the time to go as detailed as I would normally. Since it is nearly 2 in the morning as I am typing this article up. And I am pretty tired. Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed it!
As always, have a question?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Twitter - @Garryy12
Sleepers -
Ryan Blaney - If you read my Fantasy Nascar artilce from earlier this week (click here), I explained why I thought Blaney was going to be a factor at Vegas. And he has not disappointed, either. He's looked very strong since unloading on Friday. The 21 car qualified 3rd and looked like one of the best cars on Saturday. He's very good this weekend and should be in for a top 10 run, most likely. The 21 car was also a top of the best-ten lap average chart in final practice. Brad Keselowski said that Ryan Blaney has a hotrod for Sunday on twitter. Which just backs up with most of us already knew though. He's fast and it potentially could be his best showing of his career, if everything goes his way.
Kasey Kahne - Alright, I didn't really want to jump on the Kahne bandwagon or give him any sort of acknowledgement. But he's very good this weekend though. Qualified inside the top 10 and has swept the top 10 in practice speed in all three practice. Then there the fact that #5 team haven't made many adjustments on that car this weekend. Kasey been very happy about his car and the team seems overall please. I cannot remember the last time that the 5 team looked this confident during a race weekend. Want to hear another good thing about Kasey Kahne? He has finished 5 of the past 6 races on 1.5 mile intermediate tracks inside the top 10. I am not sure if it should worry us that the 5 car has this much speed or not. But remember this is one of his best tracks, too. So it is hard to overlook him right now. If you play him in the right fantasy format, then you have a steal!
Dark Horses -
Chase Elliott - Elliott has looked great this weekend. He was especially strong early on Saturday, he wasn't quite as good as the day progressed though. Thought he was really strong in that first practice and at beginning of the 2nd one. Just seems like a few other teams were better near end of final practice than they were earlier on. That happens though. I like the 24 car a lot for the race. The 24 car had good short and long run speed, he's very fast overall. With him qualifying 12th, he should be one of the top plays across the board in number of formats. Some people are surprised that Elliott looks this good, but it shouldn't be. Elliott been awesome on this type of track and ran very well here last season. His 38th place finish is extremely misleading. Then take into consideration, he's been impressive with this race package, too.
Matt Kenseth - I really like Matt Kenseth this weekend overall. He is getting a lot of disrespect though. I get that he is not a favorite, such as Harvick, Keselowski, Busch, Johnson, etc. But he is an awesome dark horse pick though. He was fast last week at Atlanta and finished 3rd. He's looks better this weekend in practice. He will start from 4th place and swept both practice in the top 5 on Saturday. An engineer on the No.2 team said that Matt Kenseth's teammate Kyle Busch was the car to beat at end of final practice on Saturday afternoon. If the 18 car is pretty good, then I would like to think that the 20 car is in the ballpark. Especially since the 20 car has shown pretty good speed since coming to Vegas.
That all of the time I have for this weekend's post. Honestly, I didn't really have the time to go as detailed as I would normally. Since it is nearly 2 in the morning as I am typing this article up. And I am pretty tired. Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed it!
As always, have a question?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Twitter - @Garryy12
