This week, the driver rating formula seems to match up with average finish quite well, which means that the guys who stick in our minds as being strong at Pocono – Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards – can be validated as good picks.
Pocono: No Surprise Who Might Deliver For Your Fantasy Team
In fact, those five might make up a pretty powerful fantasy team at the “Tricky Triangle.”
Of course, Pocono is capable of a fuel-mileage race that could mess everything up. But since that can’t be predicted, here’s NASCAR’s pre-race driver rating stat to help you out:
Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500For point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Pocono RacewaySunday, June 6, 2010Driver RatingFormula combining the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.Number of Races: 10
Rank Car Driver Avg Finish High AVG DRIVER RATING1 11 Denny Hamlin 9.5 149.0 115.92 2 Kurt Busch 13.6 150.0 105.93 48 Jimmie Johnson 11.0 125.3 103.14 14 Tony Stewart 10.5 123.8 101.75 99 Carl Edwards 13.4 138.5 100.36 5 Mark Martin 10.6 123.7 98.87 24 Jeff Gordon 10.0 117.7 97.38 39 Ryan Newman 12.8 124.9 96.39 83 Brian Vickers 14.5 142.1 93.910 9 Kasey Kahne 16.9 145.2 92.011 17 Matt Kenseth 15.5 106.1 91.012 29 Kevin Harvick 11.3 113.2 87.813 31 Jeff Burton 15.4 113.4 87.214 16 Greg Biffle 18.4 117.3 86.115 1 M Truex Jr. 16.0 121.0 83.516 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 20.7 112.9 80.017 18 Kyle Busch 21.4 106.8 78.918 47 Marcos Ambrose 20.0 85.4 73.919 33 Clint Bowyer 17.5 94.1 73.020 42 Juan Montoya 20.7 104.3 71.421 26 Jamie McMurray 19.0 97.5 70.822 96 Bobby Labonte 21.1 92.5 67.023 44 AJ Allmendinger 23.4 95.2 65.724 20 Joey Logano 25.0 69.1 64.525 07 Casey Mears 20.6 105.4 64.226 00 David Reutimann 26.7 99.6 64.127 66 Scott Riggs 24.0 79.2 63.928 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 20.5 79.6 63.529 96 J.J. Yeley 23.4 83.5 62.530 19 Elliott Sadler 25.2 78.7 60.631 6 David Ragan 22.7 92.5 58.832 87 Joe Nemechek 26.2 96.1 58.733 0 Mike Bliss 22.0 61.7 55.534 37 Tony Raines 24.7 80.1 54.335 12 David Stremme 28.2 63.1 53.036 45 Chad McCumbee 21.0 54.3 52.937 66 Dave Blaney 28.3 73.1 52.138 43 Reed Sorenson 29.6 66.4 51.339 28 Travis Kvapil 23.3 65.1 51.040 55 Michael Waltrip 29.4 114.6 50.741 78 Regan Smith 28.7 67.6 50.342 71 David Gilliland 34.3 81.6 50.243 7 Robby Gordon 33.9 74.2 49.244 82 Scott Speed 27.5 53.1 48.545 98 Paul Menard 29.3 60.7 47.846 21 Bill Elliott 26.5 66.6 45.847 00 M McDowell 25.5 42.2 40.248 34 John Andretti 32.5 38.3 36.549 64 Mike Wallace 34.3 40.4 34.350 70 Johnny Sauter 38.0 32.9 28.951 27 K Shelmerdine 42.0 25.9 25.9
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