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High Banks High Anxiety - Fantasy Insight Bristol
3/13/08: SOZ Studios, MI -By Dennis Michelsen "DMIC" (RaceTalkRadio.com)
Brian Vickers has to be very pleased that several teams have dropped out heading to Bristol Motor Speedway. This is the final race with the Top 35 set by last year's points and despite being ninth in points Vickers is on the hot seat. He is not exactly known for his qualifying efforts and went home last August. Also full of high anxiety going to Bristol is the entire rookie class, which are all on the outside looking in for this year's Top 35. Guys like Hornish, Franchitti, and Smith get one more free start before having to qualify in on time starting at Martinsville. Everything happens fast at Bristol and some of these open wheel guys are in for a rude awakening at the world's fastest half miler! Last season the good folks at BMS gave us new pavement in the August race to go with the new car design. If crew chiefs figured out how to make these cars turn a little better this year look out for one of the best races in Bristol history! The high-banks of Bristol join with the high anxiety of NASCAR racing this week! Good luck with your fantasy picks.
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Pace Laps
Jeff Gordon as the best average starting spot at 5.5
Despite being winless, Greg Biffle has the best average finish of active drivers (10.3)
Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch share the lead for most wins by an active driver (5)
Darrell Waltrip has the most wins ever at 12
Seven of DW's wins came in a row from 1981-84
Mark Martin has more top fives and top tens of any active driver
Martin once said driving Bristol was like driving a jet fighter in a gymnasium
22% of all races have been won from the pole
82% of all races have been won from a top ten starting position
Only 5 of the 94 Cup races have been won from outside a top 20 starting position
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Every week the raw data is analyzed to separate the pretenders from the contenders! Anyone earning 240 points or more in the Power Ratings total has a great chance. 100 points is a perfect score for each category with 300 a perfect Power Rating. The top ten drivers will be shown in each category but only Power Ratings over 240 will be shown.
Consistency is King
Ky Busch 92
G Biffle 91
J Burton 90
K Harvick 90
C Edwards 89
R Newman 89
Ku Busch 88
M Kenseth 87
M Truex 86
T Stewart 86
Horses for Courses
D Earnhardt Jr 93
G Biffle 91
M Kenseth 91
C Edwards 90
Ky Busch 90
J Gordon 89
J Burton 89
K Harvick 87
K Kahne 85
T Stewart 85
Track Type Casting
C Edwards 96
G Biffle 94
J Burton 93
C Bowyer 92
J Gordon 91
D Earnhardt Jr 88
M Truex 88
Ky Busch 88
C Mears 85
J Johnson 84
Professor DMIC's Power Rating Qualifiers
G Biffle 277
C Edwards 275
J Burton 273
Ky Busch 270
D Earnhardt Jr 267
J Gordon 266
M Kenseth 261
K Harvick 259
C Bowyer 255
M Truex 254
R Newman 254
K Kahne 252
Ku Busch 252
D Hamlin 251
B Labonte 250
T Stewart 250
J Johnson 247
M Martin 244
C Mears 243
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Last Week's Results: Kobalt Tools 500 (3rd, 4th, 5th)
So much for my almost guarantee of Junior winning but I will take three top five finishes any time! Jimmie Johnson continued to struggle and we might see that trend even worse this summer when the tracks get hot and slick. The Outsider and Long Shot picks grabbed top ten finishes and my Struggling Star was outside the top 20 once again.
Win: Tony Stewart
Tony says, "Thank you Goodyear!
Place: Carl Edwards
Won here last August…team is on a roll
Show: Jeff Gordon
Four of his five career wins came in the Spring race
Outsider: Casey Mears
(Outside of Top 20 in Points)
(6th Last Week)
Tenth place here last March
Long Shot Special: Jeff Burton (25-1)
(20-1 or Greater in Vegas)
(10th Last Week)
Always in the hunt, runner up last March
Rookie of the Race: Regan Smith
(35th Last Week)
Don't expect much from weak rookie class
Struggling Star: Brian Vickers
(Inside Top 12 in Points)
21st Last Week)
Six of seven finishes 15th or worse
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