Sunday, February 23, 2020

2020 Fantasy Nascar Sleepers & Dark Horses (Las Vegas)

Welcome to Timerssports

It would be rude, if I didn't welcome Jeff Nathans back to this site. He has been such a big part of this place for a long time and it was great to see the Fantasy Nascar Preview back as well. Which got over 100 pageviews this past week! Last week, it was kinda a laid back week as it was Daytona. I didn't really get into posting a lot of things as the race usually ends up being a crapshoot. This week, we had all kinds of articles being posted. So I really hope everyone enjoyed all of the things that myself and Jeff posted. Hopefully these posts has been helpful!

Sleepers -

William Byron: I really like William Byron this weekend! He showed some good speed in practice on Friday and his team's twitter account at end of final practice said that he was happy with his car. If that's true, then I am even more thrilled with him than I already was! Byron had some mixed results in 2019 on these 1.5 mile tracks, but he's one of drivers that I think will be very under the radar. If he runs really well, I think he can open people eyes. And if he is good as I think he will be in 2020, I hope people keep sleeping on him! Because I see a lot of value with him right now.

88-Alex Bowman: I guess I am going with the Hendrick cars this weekend as my sleepers. There was a few guys that I actually liked as sleepers for this last spot, but Bowman caught my eye the most! He was someone who really super underrated on the 1.5 mile tracks in 2019. In his final 7 of 8 races on this type of track, he finished in the top 11. He also knocked off multiple top 5 finishes. Including a win at Chicago. He also displayed some nice speed on Friday's afternoon!

Dark Horses -

Aric Almirola: Aric stoodout to me at start of the week when I was doing my research and I like him even more after watching practice! In 3 of his last 5 races at Las Vegas, he has finished in the top 10 and 5 straight races in the top 15! I think he has a good enough car to challenge for a top 10 and probably even more! I wouldn't set my hopes higher than between 7th and 12th with Aric, though. I am still very high on the #10 car. And I am not the only one whom has spoken highly of the #10 car this weekend! A lot of people within the Fantasy Nascar has pointed out the #10 car!

Ryan Blaney: This last spot was rough because I liked several dark horses, but Blaney I think is getting the most disrespect! He has been really good here in his career and I think it is easily one of his best tracks. However, I don't believe enough people are talking about him. Jeff said it in his preview that he really at some tracks extremely well and I agree with him. Las Vegas is among his top 5 tracks right now, in my opinion. And you could make a strong case for a top 3 track, too. This weekend, he has displayed some good speed and should he back it in the race, then you can expect at least a top 10 finish and likely more. In 2 of his last 3 Las Vegas races, he has finished in the top 5. With that said, he was very inconsistent in 2019 on these 1.5 mile tracks. That is my biggest worry! This dude is loaded with talent, he just need to get the finishes in the end!

****All stats are from DriverAverages.com

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