Fantasy Picks 2019 ~ New Hampshire
Recap
and Results
Quaker State 400
Kentucky
The
Bluegrass Cookie-Cutter finally had a finish folks are still talking about as
the Busch Brothers put this beating, banging and side-drafting GWC finish onto
the season highlight reels. Joey Logano had the race in the bag until Bubba
Wallace had a tire go down. The
resulting spin set up the final restart which saw Joey not being able to block
anyone in the swarm of cars starting behind him. When the dust settled he found himself
shuffled back to seventh and watching Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Eric Jones and
Kyle Larson scrambling for the top four positions. It was sweet redemption for Kurt Busch after
his disappointing loss the previous week at Daytona.
Berra
Nordin had stuck with Kurt this week and was rewarded with the 40 points for
picking the race winner. We saw only
four of our Racers finish in the Top 10, but they all finished at the top with
Berra taking the win, PattyKay Lilley and Hal Ashburn finishing second with
Kyle Busch and Vicq Ruiz coming in third with his Eric Jones pick. It was a ways back to our remaining racers.
Kelly
Meiste and PattyKay entered the race tied for the lead but a disappointing
finish by Kelly’s Martin Truex Jr. allowed PattyKay to complete the pass to
become our new points leader. Hal
continues to draft with PattyKay and is closing the gap on second place and
Berra used his win to move into fourth place.
Here
are the race results and points standings after the Quaker State 400.
This
Week’s Picks
Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
Loudon
It’s
time for the annual Chase for the Crustacean as the Traveling Circus takes
their weekly road show to Loudon New Hampshire.
The field of Charters plus one will take their Sonoma setup of maximum
horsepower/minimum aero to Bruton Smith’s flat one-miler in hopes of being the
first one to the Checkered Flag.
New
Hampshire has had their fair share of winners as Jimmie Johnson (3), Kurt Busch
(3), Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch (3), Kevin Harvick (2), Denny Hamlin (3), Clint
Bowyer (2), Joey Logano (2) and Brad Keselowski have all visited Victory
Lane. Martin Truex, Jr. and Kyle Larson
have also raced well here but the win has eluded them. Then you have some fresh faces just waiting
to break through. Could this be their
week?
Repeat
winner-experienced new winner or newbies... who will lift the Loudon Lobster
this week? Let’s see who our Fantasy
Racers think will come across the line first.
PattyKay
Lilley
It
took me hours to come up with this pick, which should have taken about 2
minutes. I WANT to take Kevin Harvick, but it's looking more and more as though
he's the new Jimmie Johnson. I don't always get what I want. If Kevin wins,
I'll be happy anyway, but my pick this week isn't changing. Kyle got me to the
top and I'm sticking with him through Loudon. #18 is where I'm riding this
week.
Frank
Buhrman
Well,
I picked Kyle Busch for a series of races, and his luck went into the toilet.
Then I picked Martin Truex at some of his best tracks . . . bombs away! Busch
almost won at Kentucky, so maybe it's time to put the Buhrman hex on him again
- Kyle's my choice for Loudon.
Vivian
Simons
I
think I have jinxed the last 3 drivers I have picked to win, so seems I am on a
roll there! To keep on track, I think I will pick a Toyota driver this week as
they have been on a winning roll the past 7 seven races by winning 5 of those.
Therefore, since I do not want a Toyota to win and I feel I can jinx a driver
now, I am picking Kyle Busch in the #18 Toyota to be in victory lane. ZAP!
Berra
Nordin
Last
week Kurt Busch got his lucky break with the caution coming out, and with his
driving skills and some good hard racing took us to winner circle!! That leave
us with one big question, can he go back to back? Or can last year’s winner
Kevin Harvick go back to back! I'll go again with the Sunday feeling that this
is a good chance for SHR and #4 Kevin Harvick to get the win!!
Vicq
Ruiz
It's
True! Add an "X"
and you'll get my pick this week
the nineteen that is...
Kelly
Meiste
Well
my pick last week (Truex) really sucked. So if I did the logical thing
this week I'd pick Kyle B to win... BUT if I did that Truex would win and that would
really piss me off.
So
I'm sticking with Truex again this week, he better not suck two weeks in a row!
Hal
Ashburn
Since
I saddled up Kyle in KY guess I'll just keep on riding him. KB in the #18
for the win.
Will
Dossett
Well,
should have stayed with CGR! So, this week I will go with the 42 for the
home track.
J.
L. Steele
Same
song, different verse. Kevin Harvick
David
Nance
Last
week I really wanted to go with Joey Logano but went with “I’m Not Lifting
(Cause I’m Not Running Fast Enough To Have To)
#2. This week I really want to go with
the #2 but going with the #22. He
definitely has something to prove after Kentucky.
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!