Showing posts with label Dover International Speedway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dover International Speedway. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Fantasy Report: Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA

This week NASCAR rolls into Dover for the second race of the Chase. The Monster Mile is a tricky track for most but some drivers are historically good and bad here and that's advantageous to Fantasy team owners. Our picks for this week:

Brandon’s picks:
Carl Edwards✔, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin✔, Greg Biffle✔, David Ragan, Martin Truex Jr., Travis Kvapil✔ and David Reutimann.

Erik’s picks:
Jimmie Johnson✔, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman✔, Jamie McMurray✔, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., David Reutimann✔ and Travis Kvapil.

Safe bets: Two names come to mind this week: Concrete Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. After a dismal finish at Louden you can bet that Busch will be coming to Dover with something to prove. Busch won the Dover race earlier this year. Also, Edwards didn't get the nickname Concrete Carl from being bad on concrete tracks. I think he'll cruise into victory lane this weekend if he can stay out of trouble.

Worth a shot: Truex is also very good at Dover. He has an avg. finish of 9.6 for the last 5 years there and this weekend should be no different. Kvapil finished 11th there earlier this year and he's about as good of a C pick as you can get this weekend. Also, Martin steps back into the #8 this weekend and has been strong here in the past with 4 wins.

Battle of the bloggers: Things are heating up in the battle between your two humble narrators. After a great weekend at Louden I've pulled ahead of Team Clorox Disinfecting Wipes by 6 points. Since the first place team in our league is 355 points ahead of me, and we've all but come to the conclusion that he can't lose, it's turned into more of a fight between everyone else in the top 10. I'm currently in 4th and Erik is in 5th. One thing's for sure: regardless of the fact that neither Erik or I most likely won't win the league there are still bragging rights up for grabs as to who finishes best. Break a leg Erik!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Fantasy Report: Best Buy 400

Sprint Cup drivers roll into the Dover International Speedway for the Best Buy 400. "The Monster Mile" is tough on the drivers and should an exciting, caution-filled race.

Here are our picks:

Brandon's picks: Carl Edwards✔, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch✔, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr.✔, Brian Vickers✔ and David Reutimann.

Erik's picks: Carl Edwards✔, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle✔, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman✔, Martin Truex Jr., Brian Vickers and Travis Kvapil✔.

Hints: This is a tough race to pick for because the checkered flag could fall to virtually any race team out there — which could be said for almost any race on the circuit. However, two organizations to watch this weekend would be Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, which have 10 and 7 wins there respectively. You probably can't go wrong picking someone from Roush because for the most part they've been on a tear and are pretty reliable for a good finish each week.

Sidenote: It seems as though Erik and I are thinking increasingly simliar. Last week, all of our picks were the same and this week there are only 2 different drivers. Hopefully we can do better this week that we did last week — and so can you!