Best Predictor
Success predicts success. That’s true in business and it’s even more accurate in auto racing, so this week’s top choices for your fantasy roster need to come from those drivers and teams who finish with the leaders on a consistent basis.
The biggest issue with that is, however, that the new body style has elevated parity to an extreme level and has made it difficult for drivers to string together long runs of top-10s together. It’s true that last year, five drivers swept the top 10 in both Lowe’s races—including the spring winner Kasey Kahne and fall’s Jeff Burton—but no one has managed to run four or more solid results.
Four drivers have managed to earn three consecutive solid finishes, however, and they should become your starting spot for the Coca-Cola 600.
Kyle Busch leads the league with three straight top-fives. Add in a pair of victories and a second-place finish in the Nationwide Series during that same span, and he is certainly the hottest driver at Lowe’s for the moment.
Kasey Kahne backed up last year’s Coke 600 victory with a second last fall and he preceded it with an eighth in fall 2007. That gives him nearly as much momentum as Busch. In fact, when one factors in his victory in fall 2006, he has the best average finish during the last five Lowe’s races. Click Here for a complete list of drivers’ results during that span.
Jeff Burton (with a worst finish of sixth in the last three races) and Jeff Gordon (with a worst of eighth) round out this list and gives you a variety of marquee and mid-cap drivers from which to choose.
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