Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ Kentucky
Recap
and Results
Coke Zero Sugar 400
Daytona
Weather
forced the Saturday night race to Sunday afternoon, only to find wrecks,
weather and strategy produced another first-time winner for the season as Kurt
Busch gave up the lead under caution and pitted with one to go before going
back to green when a lightning strike forced NASCAR to not restart, handing the
win to Justin Haley. Hardly the way fans
like to see a race end, but congratulations all around to Haley and his
team. A win is a win. Now let’s see if the #77 can back it up with
some good finishes here on out and climb into the Top 30 to become eligible for
the Chase/Playoff/Whatever.
Our
Daytona Fantasy Race mirrored the on-track misfortunes as Will Dossett had the
40 points and the win only to hand the lead over to J. L. Steele with his Matt
DiBenedetto pick which was this week’s top finisher. Congratulations J. L.... sorry Will. Unfortunately, that’s Fantasy Racing!
The
combination of weather and wrecks proved hard on our Racers this week as we
only saw none finish in the top five and only three finish in the top ten. Just goes to show how unpredictable things
can be at a Restrictor Plate, I mean Tapered Spacer track.
The
wild finish did affect our points standing though. Kelly Meiste remains atop of the leader
board, a position he has held by his lonesome all season. After Daytona, he has company as PattyKay
Lilley used her Joey Logano pick to pull into a tie for first place heading
into Kentucky. Should make for an
interesting race at the Bluegrass cookie-cutter. Here are the race results and points
standings for last week’s Chicagoland race.
This
Week’s Picks
Quaker State 400
Kentucky
The
Bluegrass State welcomes the Traveling Circus to Bruton Smith’s 1.5-miler this
week. The Traction Compound has been
applied to the upper grooves so hopefully the field, in their 550HP/Aero Duct
equipped cars will put on an entertaining event (I would have said good race,
but it’s all about entertainment, isn’t it?).
Since
Cup came to Kentucky in 2011, only three active drivers have found Victory
Lane-Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr, who each have two wins and Brad Keselowski
who has three. Brad has the distinction
of winning in two different makes.
Overall, Kentucky, which is TRD’s home track has proven to be a Toyota
track, taking five of the eight races.
Ryan
Blaney ran a strong second in the race last year. Other strong drivers at Kentucky include the
usual cast of characters-Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano and Jimmie
Johnson... so there is a lot to choose from.
That’s
what the record say, let’s see what our Fantasy Racers say about Kentucky-
PattyKay
Lilley
Alright
then... Daytona is in the rear view, finally, and it was a disaster as usual
for many, including me. However, Kelly's guy got wrecked a bit earlier than
mine, and I made up an astounding 11 points. On to Kentucky, home of the
traffic jam to end all traffic jams. There are several worthy candidates here,
but there is one standout, that I'm sure everyone will pick. I'm no fool, so
I'll be riding with #18, Kyle Busch along with everyone else. He doesn't crash
here! In 8 years, worst finish is 12th. Kelly, take someone else!
Frank
Buhrman
So
the new rules were supposed to change things, right? Would somebody please tell
me what changed at Daytona? My "let-my-money-ride-with-Martin" pick
meant nothing in that pig circus, so let's try it again at a real race track -
Truex in #19 at Kentucky.
Vivian
Simons
Not
too many races so far at Kentucky yet and 3 drivers have taken most of the wins
there. Would be hard to choose anyone other than those three. I thought about
Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, but I am going to pick Martin Truex, Jr to be in
Victory Lane as he has won the last two.
Berra
Nordin
Last
week showed us a little reminder that in NASCAR anything can happen and once in
a while it sometimes does just that.
Last time we had an upset like this was when Chris Buescher drove out of
the fog at Pocono and into the Winner Circle for Front Row Motorsports!! Let’s
hope Spire take most of their winnings and reinvest in some much needed better
equipment!!!
Kentucky
this week and no feeling at all on who's going to win so my hope this week
would be that good luck and bad evens out in the end and with that #1 Kurt
Busch gets the win this time!!!
Vicq
Ruiz
In
the blue grass state
I'll take the double sawbuck
with Jones at the wheel
Kelly
Meiste
It
looks like my really-really-really crappy past two weeks has now come back to
bite me. I've got PK pulling up alongside and ready to slingshot on past
me for the first time this season so it's time for the block (just hope she
lifts).
It's
an all Kyle and Martin show this week so who's going to win the rubber
match? My bet is on the 19 of Martin Truex Jr.
Hal
Ashburn
I
guess Kyle sounds like a safe pick. KB in the #18 for a top 5.
Will
Dossett
Going
to Kentucky. That means good weather! Maybe lightning won't strike
twice! I think the bowties are finally coming back. Therefore I
think the 24 should perform well this week
J.
L. Steele
Kevin
Harvick, because he has to win sometime this season...doesn't he?!
David
Nance
I
really want to go with Joey Logano this week but I think the #2 has something
to prove after last week’s mess. This
is the track to do it. So put me down
for “I’m Not Lifting”
Keselowski
in the #2.
So
there you have it! Agree? Disagree?
Pick your winner and post it in the comments below.
Good luck and hoping for a safe, good race!