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Well guys, here we are the last 1.5 mile track of the season at Texas Motor Speedway! Honestly, this is the trend we are headed towards in the Nascar world. Less 1.5 mile tracks and more of everything else. Which from a fan point of view, I am huge fan of it. From a fantasy nascar analyist (and player), I am not a big fan because they are so easy to figure out on who to pick. Road course and short tracks? Not so much. However, the direction we are going will seperate the good and great in the Fantasy Nascar and that's fine by me!
I would probably lean a lot of what happen in last weekend's race at Kansas and other races here in 2020, even though you never can discredit history of a driver at a track. I think this week is a pretty straightforward week of picks. I believe Martinsville and Phoenix will be the two races which are a bit more challenging for a lot of players.
Sleepers -
Alex Bowman - Last week, I mentioned a few times that he would be one of the bigger surprises because he simply was in the round of 8. Not to mention, him and the 88 team found a lot of success earlier in the seaosn on this same kind of track. Bowman will need to finish even better this week to have a shot at the championship 4. I personally don't think he will get it done, but heck of a season by him. There aren't many drivers for more to race for this weekend at Texas than Bowman! If he doesn't win this weekend, I think it is a wrap on his season.
Chrisopher Bell - I really debated a few drivers for this spot, including Austin Dillon. And honestly, I am giving the spot to Bell because I don't mention him that often on him. He finished top 10 in last week's race at Kansas and has gotten much better as the season has gone on. I think Texas is one of the places to expect him to be at least a mid-teen driver with upside to flirt with a top 10 finish. This kid has the talent and the 95 car is good enough to finish between 10th and 14th at Texas this weekend.
Dark Horses -
Ryan Blaney - Blaney has been strong on the intermeidate tracks all season and that trend has remained the same in the playoffs. Ran in the top 5 at both Las Vegas and Kanas, but finished around 7th. This kid is such a stud on this type of track and I love what he bringss to the table. I think less 1.5 mile tracks in the future is gonna hurt him more than any other driver because he is just super good on them. If a non-round of 8 driver gonna win this weekend at Texas, then you should be putting your money on Blaney!
Erik Jones - Much like last week at Kansas, I am going with Blaney and Jones as my dark horse picks. And for very good reason as both ran great! This week, I am expecting more of the same and Jones was a major letdown at the end. Even though, I blame the damage to his car for why he finished poorly. Jones has ran great during the playoffs and has ran well on these 1.5 mile tracks here in second half of the season. Everything is pointing to another strong run by Jones and this motivated 20 team.
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