Wednesday, November 29, 2017

2018 Fantasy Nascar Profile: Brad Keselowski

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Driver Name: Brad Keselowski

Car #: 2

Make: Ford

Season Debut: 2010  (First-Full Season)

Number of Championships: 1

# of Career Starts: 305

# of Career Poles: 14

# of Career Wins: 24

# of Career Top 5s: 90 

# of Career Top 10s: 247

# of Career DNFs: 20

# of Career laps led: 5,610

Career Average Finish: 14.2 

Career Average Start: 13.3

# of 2017 Wins: 3

# of 2017 Top 5s: 15

# of 2017 Top 10s: 21

# of 2017 Poles: 2

# of 2017 DNFs: 5

# of 2017 laps led: 778

2017 Average Finish: 12.4

2017 Average Start: 8.8

2017 Fantasy Recap -  I was pretty tough on Brad Keselowski throughout the 2017 season and for the most part it was because I knew what he was capable of. Overall, Keselowski wasn't in that top 3 or 4 group of drivers in terms of speed. But what he did very well was finish. He finished and he was very consistent. If you notice, he had 15 top 5 finishes and 21 top 10 finishes. He wasn't always a top 5 contender, but he almost always was close to that top 5 mark at end of the race though. His numbers were slighter better in 2016 than it was in 2017, but overall they are pretty similar. For comparison, his 2016 season was his second-best season in terms of stats overall.

Strong Tracks -  New Hampshire, Richmond, Chicago, Kentucky and Watkins Glenn

Weak Tracks - Sonoma and Daytona   

Yahoo Grouping Tier: A-list grouping tier

2018 Fantasy Outlook - Over 3 of the last 4 seasons, Keselowski has produced at least 3 wins with 15+ Top 5 finishes and 20+ Top 10 finishes. That's right up there among the elite in Nascar! I have high expectations for Brad Keselowski and the 2 team in 2018. He will be very consistent on a weekly basis and won't have many bad races. Keselowski's biggest advantage is probably his ability to qualify up front and to turn them into quality finishes. That's the model of the 2 team. Start up front and finish there, too. His strongest tracks will be the intermediate tracks, shorter tracks, flats and Watkins Glenn. I would have to say that Kentucky is his very best racetrack though. There or Watkins Glenn, really. Aside from those tracks, I really love him on the shorter flats, too. He's really good at places such as Phoenix, Richmond and Martinsville. He has had a lot of success at these tracks in seasons past.

*All stats are from DriverAverages.com


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