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Fantasy Nascar Update -
1. Kevin Harvick - I think Kevin will be tough to beat in Sunday's race! He was stupid fast at Kansas and should had won probably. He finished 1st and 2nd in last season's races at Michigan, too. He is really good at both tracks and they happen to be scary similar to each other. This weekend, he is looking stout once again! Lately, it does seem like the #4 team is getting closer to returning to victory. Is this Kevin's time to punch his ticket to the playoffs? I wouldn't be betting against him!
2. Kyle Busch - I wouldn't say that Michigan is one of Kyle's best tracks. It has always been a up and down place for him. He is a former winner here, but he haven't always been very consistent though. This season, he has rarely been off in a race (speed wise), so I would find it hard to bet against him. To top it off, he is coming off a strong finish at Pocono! I sit here and trying to find reasons to not like Kyle as a fantasy pick and frankly that list is very short.
3. Joey Logano - Logano will start from the pole and he will be tough to beat from the front, I think. All of the Fords are all very good. I thought the #22 Ford was solid in practice. I didn't think he had the best car, but he wasn't too far off, either. Michigan is one of Joey's best tracks, too. There are only a few drivers who can say that they are better than Joey Logano at Michigan over the last 5 seasons. It looking like this weekend will be no different!
4. Brad Keselowski - I feel like Michigan is a place where Keselowski should already have a cup win at, because we do see fuel mileage play out at a place like this. Will this be his weekend? It certainly could be! Like I said up above, we have seen a lot of speed out of the Ford camp this weekend and that will most likely be the case during the race, too. Will Ford be quite as domiant as we saw in qualifying? I don't think so, but I am willing to bet that they place at least 2 cars in the top 5 from the Penske and/or SHR camps!
5. Denny Hamlin - Hamlin was a dark horse to me this weekend, I could had seen him doing really well or not well. Overall, that is what I have gotten from him a lot this season. Plenty of speed in that #11 car, but having the car up front at end seems to be his main problem. If nothing happens to him during the race, such as a loose wheel, speed penalty or something like that, then he is normally lock for at least a top 10 finish! He has the speed to at least contend for a top 10 finish, as does rest of the JGR cars!
6. Aric Almirola - I am really high on the #10 car for Sunday's race. He qualfied on the front row and showed the most long run speed in practice. The draft most likely had an effect on that, but it will in the race, too. That #10 car has been so good on intermediate tracks in general over the last year and a half! I am not shocked that he has shown so much speed this weekend. He is long overdue for a trip to victory lane. Is Sunday his day?
7. Kurt Busch - Kurt has been looking solid this season in his new ride with CGR, but he hit a bump at Pocono. He was running in the top 10, when he spun and went multiple laps down. That's okay because he showed up with another really good car this weekend. He looked really good on the lap averages in both practices. On top of that, he also qualified inside the top 10 as well. I think Kurt should at least contend for a top 12 finish but I think it is somewhere between 6th and 9th, though.
8. Clint Bowyer - I love the Stewart Haas Racing cars this weekend. They all have looked very good overall and all have enough to at least contend for top 10 finishes. Clint won here not too long ago and he has ran very well on intermediate tracks. He has 5 top 5 finishes on the season and 3 of them has came on intermediate tracks. Something else that stands out? He has started in the top 10 eight times (excluding Daytona and Talladega) in 2019 and finished 6 of those races in the top 10. He will start from the 5th posiiton on Sunday's afternoon!
9. Chase Elliott - Chase Elliott has a great record here at Michigan and he should be able to contend for a top 10 finish. The HMS cars has been greatly improved since start of the season and we seen big imporvements on this type of track as well. He finished 11th at Cali (another 2-mile track), he has led in the last 3 races on intermediate tracks. He finished top 5 at both Kansas and Charlotte. He has been on a roll since Talladega (6 races ago). In those 6 races, he has finished in the top 5 in five races. Another thing to like about Chase? He has a 5.3 career average finish and that ranks number one in the series currently!
10. Martin Truex Jr - Truex Jr has won 3 of the last 6 races and if the trends stay the same, then he should go to victory lane this weekend. I don't think that will happen though. I am not very high on the #19 team. I thought that they were average last week at Pocono and I haven't overly impressed by the #19 car this weekend. He haven't exactly gotten stellar finishes at Michigan, either. One of the reasons why he wasn't on my fantasy radar, either. He has ran up front at times since switching over to Toyota and collected 3 stage wins in the last two seasons. Problem is? Over the last three seasons, he has finished 4 of 6 races outside of the top 10. And 4 of his last 8 races, he has finished outside of the top 10. It been hit or miss when the checkers waves for Martin Truex Jr!
Just missed -
Ryan Blaney
Erik Jones
Kyle Larson
Daniel Saruez
Austin Dillon
Have a question or want to chat?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Twitter - @Garryy12
Fantasy Nascar Update -
1. Kevin Harvick - I think Kevin will be tough to beat in Sunday's race! He was stupid fast at Kansas and should had won probably. He finished 1st and 2nd in last season's races at Michigan, too. He is really good at both tracks and they happen to be scary similar to each other. This weekend, he is looking stout once again! Lately, it does seem like the #4 team is getting closer to returning to victory. Is this Kevin's time to punch his ticket to the playoffs? I wouldn't be betting against him!
2. Kyle Busch - I wouldn't say that Michigan is one of Kyle's best tracks. It has always been a up and down place for him. He is a former winner here, but he haven't always been very consistent though. This season, he has rarely been off in a race (speed wise), so I would find it hard to bet against him. To top it off, he is coming off a strong finish at Pocono! I sit here and trying to find reasons to not like Kyle as a fantasy pick and frankly that list is very short.
3. Joey Logano - Logano will start from the pole and he will be tough to beat from the front, I think. All of the Fords are all very good. I thought the #22 Ford was solid in practice. I didn't think he had the best car, but he wasn't too far off, either. Michigan is one of Joey's best tracks, too. There are only a few drivers who can say that they are better than Joey Logano at Michigan over the last 5 seasons. It looking like this weekend will be no different!
4. Brad Keselowski - I feel like Michigan is a place where Keselowski should already have a cup win at, because we do see fuel mileage play out at a place like this. Will this be his weekend? It certainly could be! Like I said up above, we have seen a lot of speed out of the Ford camp this weekend and that will most likely be the case during the race, too. Will Ford be quite as domiant as we saw in qualifying? I don't think so, but I am willing to bet that they place at least 2 cars in the top 5 from the Penske and/or SHR camps!
5. Denny Hamlin - Hamlin was a dark horse to me this weekend, I could had seen him doing really well or not well. Overall, that is what I have gotten from him a lot this season. Plenty of speed in that #11 car, but having the car up front at end seems to be his main problem. If nothing happens to him during the race, such as a loose wheel, speed penalty or something like that, then he is normally lock for at least a top 10 finish! He has the speed to at least contend for a top 10 finish, as does rest of the JGR cars!
6. Aric Almirola - I am really high on the #10 car for Sunday's race. He qualfied on the front row and showed the most long run speed in practice. The draft most likely had an effect on that, but it will in the race, too. That #10 car has been so good on intermediate tracks in general over the last year and a half! I am not shocked that he has shown so much speed this weekend. He is long overdue for a trip to victory lane. Is Sunday his day?
7. Kurt Busch - Kurt has been looking solid this season in his new ride with CGR, but he hit a bump at Pocono. He was running in the top 10, when he spun and went multiple laps down. That's okay because he showed up with another really good car this weekend. He looked really good on the lap averages in both practices. On top of that, he also qualified inside the top 10 as well. I think Kurt should at least contend for a top 12 finish but I think it is somewhere between 6th and 9th, though.
8. Clint Bowyer - I love the Stewart Haas Racing cars this weekend. They all have looked very good overall and all have enough to at least contend for top 10 finishes. Clint won here not too long ago and he has ran very well on intermediate tracks. He has 5 top 5 finishes on the season and 3 of them has came on intermediate tracks. Something else that stands out? He has started in the top 10 eight times (excluding Daytona and Talladega) in 2019 and finished 6 of those races in the top 10. He will start from the 5th posiiton on Sunday's afternoon!
9. Chase Elliott - Chase Elliott has a great record here at Michigan and he should be able to contend for a top 10 finish. The HMS cars has been greatly improved since start of the season and we seen big imporvements on this type of track as well. He finished 11th at Cali (another 2-mile track), he has led in the last 3 races on intermediate tracks. He finished top 5 at both Kansas and Charlotte. He has been on a roll since Talladega (6 races ago). In those 6 races, he has finished in the top 5 in five races. Another thing to like about Chase? He has a 5.3 career average finish and that ranks number one in the series currently!
10. Martin Truex Jr - Truex Jr has won 3 of the last 6 races and if the trends stay the same, then he should go to victory lane this weekend. I don't think that will happen though. I am not very high on the #19 team. I thought that they were average last week at Pocono and I haven't overly impressed by the #19 car this weekend. He haven't exactly gotten stellar finishes at Michigan, either. One of the reasons why he wasn't on my fantasy radar, either. He has ran up front at times since switching over to Toyota and collected 3 stage wins in the last two seasons. Problem is? Over the last three seasons, he has finished 4 of 6 races outside of the top 10. And 4 of his last 8 races, he has finished outside of the top 10. It been hit or miss when the checkers waves for Martin Truex Jr!
Just missed -
Ryan Blaney
Erik Jones
Kyle Larson
Daniel Saruez
Austin Dillon
Have a question or want to chat?
Email - briggs_garry48@yahoo.com
Twitter - @Garryy12