Sunday, May 06, 2018

2018 Fantasy Nascar Sleepers & Dark Horses (Dover)

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Sleepers -

Ricky Stenhouse Jr - Stenhouse Jr has looked good this weekend. He qualified well in the top 10 and has shown plenty of speed out of his Ford. Ricky ran very well here last spring and has a pretty good track record, too. In 8 of his 11 career races at Dover, he has finished in the top 20. In those 8 races, he has held 14.1 average finish with 17.5 average running position. In last spring's race, he was strong. I remember because I started him. He was up front in the top 3, before a tire went down. After hitting the wall, his car was never the same and went south after that. I love Stenhouse Jr for today's race. He has the speed to contend for a possible top 10, in my opinion.

William Byron - Byron is someone to watch out for at Dover. He had some success in the lower series at Dover and looked strong in practice on Saturday. His lap times were pretty good and he was solid on the speeds charts since unloading. He could had qualified slightly better, but it is hard to complain about his upside. HMS always run well here and he is looking a little better than 11-time winner Jimmie Johnson. He would not be the first rookie with HMS that had success. I don't know if he is a top 10 driver heading into the race, but I think he will be close though. I think he will have a shot in the race to get better. That will be key for him, I think. How well does his team keep up with the track, will be a factor how well he finishes.

Dark Horses -

Clint Bowyer - Bowyer is super happy with his car so far this weekend and shown speed in every single practice session so far. On Saturday, he sounded confident in his car. He said it had plenty of speed in the first session. And I think he was even better in the final practice session. He had the best 5th-ten lap average, best-15 lap average and 5th-best 20 lap average. He has top 5 potential for the race and this is probably his best chance (other than Martinsville) to win. The SHR Fords are all very good and I am very excited to see them run up front.

Aric Almirola - Not many people considered Aric Almirola this week but I think that was a big mistake though. He is looking strong through Friday and Saturday overall. He had the single fastest lap in final practice and had the 3rd-best 20 lap average late Saturday's morning. So far this season, he has finished in the top 15 in 8 of 10 races. There haven't been many races this season, where I seen more potential out of him This is the most speed I have seen out of him. I don't think he will go to victory lane, but he is a lot better than most people intend to give him credit for.

****all stats are from FantasyRacingCheatSheet.com

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