Fantasy Preview: Lowe’s
May 22, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
Recent Winners:
2007 – Jeff Gordon, Casey Mears
2006 – Kasey Kahne (x2)
2005 – Jimmie Johnson (x2)
Recent Polesitters:
2007 – Ryan Newman (x2)
2006 – Scott Riggs (x2)
2005 – Elliott Sadler, Ryan Newman
Best Driver Ratings (from racingone.com):
1. Jimmie Johnson – 120.2
2. Kyle Busch – 94.3
3. Mark Martin – 93.2
4. Kasey Kahne – 92.9
5. Carl Edwards – 88.6
Best Driver Averages (from racingone.com):
1. Jimmie Johnson – 6.8
2. Carl Edwards – 7.3
3. Bobby LaBonte – 9.3
4. Mark Martin – 12.1
5. Tony Stewart – 12.9
Most Wins – Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip (6)
Most Poles – David Pearson (12)
Most Top 5’s – Bobby Allison, Richard Petty (23)
Most Top 10’s – Richard Petty (31)
Most Manufacturer Wins – Chevrolet (353)
Qualifying Record – Elliott Sadler (27.948 seconds / 2005)
Race Notes:
- LMS President, Humpy Wheeler, will step down following the Coca Cola 600
- Ken Schrader will debut Richard Childress Racing’s no. 33 car this weekend
- Sterling Marlin will reunite with Chip Ganassi Racing this weekend to fill in for the injured Dario Franchitti
- Brian Pattie will make his Sprint Cup Series Crew Chief debut at the helm of Juan Pablo Montoya
TZ’s Six-Pack Challenge:
Winner – Carl Edwards
2nd Place – Jimmie Johnson
3rd Place – Kyle Busch
4th Place – Kasey Kahne
5th Place – Mark Martin
6th Place – Tony Stewart
Lock of the Week – Carl Edwards
Sleeper Pick – Mark Martin
Steer Clear of – Ryan Newman
C-MON RYAN NEWMAN….LET’S WIN THAT POLE POSITION!!!!! TRACK POSITION IS IMPORTANT FOR SUNDAY’S RACE!
1.88
2.48
3.18
4.24
5.99
6.20
lock=48
steer clear=12
sleeper=8
Yeah, Newman’s track position isn’t exactly looking good for the start of this one.
What do we got here … Martin & Kahne against Junior & Gordon, with a few extra bonus points for our locks of the week.
Looking at qualifying, this should be a pretty interesting week between us.
I’ve been busy this week at work and had no clue that they were Qualifying on thursday so i didn’t get to change my fanasty leauge looks like you missed the deadline also
Yeah Newman qualified 38th, but he’ll get up there!
I hope so … I’ve got him on my fantasy team because I forgot to change my lineup this week!
Yeah, Roc … I actually hadn’t realized qualifying was Thursday, either. My team’s still pretty solid – especially considering the format of the league – but, Newman’s looking like he could be my straggler this week in the league.
with one zero your team is about the same as mine it looked like you used a driver more than four times.
Damn. You’re right. I went back and checked, and I’m not getting the points for Biffle because last week was the fourth time I’d used him. That sucks, cause I’d have had a fairly stout team otherwise.