Friday, February 8, 2008

Fantasy NASCAR preview

Online News Editor Brandon Wynn (that's me) and Web Producer Erik Lyda will be participating in the Yahoo Sports Fantasy NASCAR this year. I tried it for the first time last year and came in fourth in my league and planned to not do it this year. I changed my mind and asked Erik to join me in hopes that it will make this blog more interesting.

We will be giving our weekly picks each Thursday and sharing our results the next week with any observations and complaints we may have.

This year should be interesting in terms of uncertainties. Obviously nothing will slow down the likes of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, but with Joe Gibbs Racing going to Toyota and a slew of new open-wheel drivers this could be a season for surprises. Not to mention the first season that will use the Car of Tomorrow full time.

The Budweiser Shootout is Feb. 9 and while it doesn't count in the point standings and there isn't a full field of drivers we will give our predictions to test out our abilities for picking winners. When the season starts we will be picking 2 A-drivers, 4 B-drivers and 2 C-drivers but for the Shootout we'll only pick 4 drivers in total.

Brandon's picks (Bill Brasky Racing): Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle and Michael Waltrip

Erik's picks (Team Clorox Disinfecting Wipes): Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip

Budweiser Shootout race lineup


If you have signed for Fantasy we encourage you to share your picks, rumors and tips with us throughout this season.

3 comments:

P Papa Diddy Pop said...

Already running into problems due to #48 using his secondary car. Good thing this isn't for points.

P Papa Diddy Pop said...

Check that, Johnson came back some. Looks like Erik is off to a good start. Me, not so much.

Erik Lyda said...

Lets see how I do with points on the line...