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I gotta say that it was a rough stay for your buddy, Garry at Darlington overall! I hate that stupid track, as luck never seem to be on my side there. Even though, my picks faired a lot better during Wednesday's race. I am looking forward to some racing outside of the state of South Carolina! And that's exactly what we are doing this Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. We will see two cup races at Charlotte, one on Sunday and another one on Wednesday. Shall we get started? Let's roll!
Sleepers -
Michael McDowell - I like Michael a lot better than probably most do and I think most people will be shocked at his decent numbers. For his equipment, I am kinda impressed. In 2020, he has not finished worse than 23rd (outside of Las Vegas). At Darlington, he had a pair of finishes of 17th and 23rd. Not great, but not too shabby, either. How has he done at Charlotte recently? Well in his last two races, he has finishes of 22nd and 18th. Again, not great but he will be a nice underrated option if he can repeat these kind of numbers at the 600.
Matt DiBenedetto - The driver of the No.21 car has been pretty impressive early on in the 2020 season and honestly it has gone unnoticed for the most part. In 6 races this season, his worst result has been in the season's opener at Daytona. He finished 19th in that event. Since then? He has no finishes worse than 14th place and has two top 10 finishes in his last five races. I know that we like to look at past season's data a lot, but we cannot ignore what happening this season and DiBenedetto has done a lot good for us! I bet he can score another top 15 finish on Sunday and maybe even a top 10 finish!
Dark Horses -
Alex Bowman - Looking back at other intermeidate tracks, I think a lot about the Hendrick cars and the speed they showed. I thought that they had speed at Darlington, but more so on Sunday than Wednesday. We never saw Johnson or Byron drive into the top 5, I think where they finished were their highest positions of the event on Wednesday. Bowman has been the best HMS as a whole in 2020 though and he's someone who could go to victory lane again and it will likely be on an intermediate track. Charlotte could be a track that happens on, too. He has performed well lately at Charlotte! He has finished 7th and 9th in his only two starts, since joining the 88 team full-time in 2018. I personally think he could make it 3 for 3 on Sunday's night!
Jimmie Johnson - I know it looks like I am favoriting the Hendrick bunch in my posts this season (especially as dark horses), but they just been really good! And when drivers are performing really well, it makes it so much easier to write about them! For example, through 6 races: Jimmie Johnson has the 7th-best driver in the series and Alex Bowman has the 3rd-best driver rating in the series! On top of being strong here in 2020, Jimmie Johnson has been coming on strong at Charlotte, too. In 5 of his last 6 races at Charlotte, he has finished in the top 8. He has clearly fallen off from his prime at Charlotte, but those are some pretty damn good numbers, though. Currently, he's riding a 3-race top 10 streak at the track. Based on his history at the track and current seasonal's data, I think he's good for a top 10 finish with some obvious upside as well.
**All stats from DriverAverages.com
Email - Garrybriggs265@gmail.com
Twitter - @Garryy12
I gotta say that it was a rough stay for your buddy, Garry at Darlington overall! I hate that stupid track, as luck never seem to be on my side there. Even though, my picks faired a lot better during Wednesday's race. I am looking forward to some racing outside of the state of South Carolina! And that's exactly what we are doing this Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. We will see two cup races at Charlotte, one on Sunday and another one on Wednesday. Shall we get started? Let's roll!
Sleepers -
Michael McDowell - I like Michael a lot better than probably most do and I think most people will be shocked at his decent numbers. For his equipment, I am kinda impressed. In 2020, he has not finished worse than 23rd (outside of Las Vegas). At Darlington, he had a pair of finishes of 17th and 23rd. Not great, but not too shabby, either. How has he done at Charlotte recently? Well in his last two races, he has finishes of 22nd and 18th. Again, not great but he will be a nice underrated option if he can repeat these kind of numbers at the 600.
Matt DiBenedetto - The driver of the No.21 car has been pretty impressive early on in the 2020 season and honestly it has gone unnoticed for the most part. In 6 races this season, his worst result has been in the season's opener at Daytona. He finished 19th in that event. Since then? He has no finishes worse than 14th place and has two top 10 finishes in his last five races. I know that we like to look at past season's data a lot, but we cannot ignore what happening this season and DiBenedetto has done a lot good for us! I bet he can score another top 15 finish on Sunday and maybe even a top 10 finish!
Dark Horses -
Alex Bowman - Looking back at other intermeidate tracks, I think a lot about the Hendrick cars and the speed they showed. I thought that they had speed at Darlington, but more so on Sunday than Wednesday. We never saw Johnson or Byron drive into the top 5, I think where they finished were their highest positions of the event on Wednesday. Bowman has been the best HMS as a whole in 2020 though and he's someone who could go to victory lane again and it will likely be on an intermediate track. Charlotte could be a track that happens on, too. He has performed well lately at Charlotte! He has finished 7th and 9th in his only two starts, since joining the 88 team full-time in 2018. I personally think he could make it 3 for 3 on Sunday's night!
Jimmie Johnson - I know it looks like I am favoriting the Hendrick bunch in my posts this season (especially as dark horses), but they just been really good! And when drivers are performing really well, it makes it so much easier to write about them! For example, through 6 races: Jimmie Johnson has the 7th-best driver in the series and Alex Bowman has the 3rd-best driver rating in the series! On top of being strong here in 2020, Jimmie Johnson has been coming on strong at Charlotte, too. In 5 of his last 6 races at Charlotte, he has finished in the top 8. He has clearly fallen off from his prime at Charlotte, but those are some pretty damn good numbers, though. Currently, he's riding a 3-race top 10 streak at the track. Based on his history at the track and current seasonal's data, I think he's good for a top 10 finish with some obvious upside as well.
**All stats from DriverAverages.com
Email - Garrybriggs265@gmail.com
Twitter - @Garryy12
