Typically, NASCAR’s prerace driver rating can help provide some insight into your fantasy picks that you may not have realized otherwise.
Pocono: You Don’t Need Driver Rating To Know Who To Pick This Week
At Pocono, though, it’s pretty obvious.
Denny Hamlin is by far the best choice. Kurt Busch isn’t bad either. And you probably can’t go wrong with Jimmie Johnson.
Here’s the driver rating anyway, in case you have a deeper fantasy league or driver pool at home.
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Pocono RacewaySunday, August 1, 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: 11
Rank Car Driver Avg Finish High AVG DRIVER RATING1 11 Denny Hamlin 8.6 149.0 119.12 2 Kurt Busch 12.9 150.0 103.72 48 Jimmie Johnson 10.5 125.3 103.74 14 Tony Stewart 9.8 123.8 101.45 99 Carl Edwards 13.3 138.5 98.56 24 Jeff Gordon 12.0 117.7 96.17 5 Mark Martin 12.3 123.7 95.88 39 Ryan Newman 12.9 124.9 94.59 83 Brian Vickers 14.5 142.1 93.910 9 Kasey Kahne 17.8 145.2 92.011 29 Kevin Harvick 10.6 113.2 90.112 17 Matt Kenseth 15.6 106.1 89.613 31 Jeff Burton 14.6 113.4 89.114 16 Greg Biffle 19.3 117.3 85.315 18 Kyle Busch 19.6 124.7 83.116 56 M Truex Jr. 17.0 121.0 82.617 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 20.5 112.9 80.118 33 Clint Bowyer 16.6 119.7 78.119 42 Juan Montoya 18.9 104.3 74.620 20 Joey Logano 21.0 94.0 74.321 47 Marcos Ambrose 23.3 85.4 71.622 43 AJ Allmendinger 21.2 95.2 70.323 1 Jamie McMurray 20.5 97.5 69.624 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 18.6 84.2 67.725 00 David Reutimann 25.0 99.6 64.726 66 Scott Riggs 24.0 79.2 63.927 71 Bobby Labonte 22.6 92.5 63.828 83 Casey Mears 20.8 105.4 63.329 12 Brad Keselowski 21.0 61.7 61.730 19 Elliott Sadler 25.7 78.7 59.931 6 David Ragan 23.1 92.5 58.232 46 J.J. Yeley 25.7 83.5 57.833 87 Joe Nemechek 27.9 96.1 55.634 0 Mike Bliss 22.0 61.7 55.535 37 Tony Raines 24.7 80.1 54.336 78 Regan Smith 26.0 67.6 53.937 26 David Stremme 27.6 63.1 52.938 82 Scott Speed 25.0 61.2 52.739 43 Reed Sorenson 29.6 66.4 51.340 55 Michael Waltrip 29.4 114.6 50.741 66 Dave Blaney 29.4 73.1 50.542 38 Travis Kvapil 23.1 65.1 50.443 7 Robby Gordon 33.9 74.2 49.244 98 Paul Menard 27.4 60.7 49.045 37 David Gilliland 34.1 81.6 48.646 21 Bill Elliott 26.5 66.6 45.847 64 Chad McCumbee 28.0 54.3 44.348 55 M McDowell 30.0 42.2 37.949 13 Max Papis 34.0 36.7 36.750 34 John Andretti 32.5 38.3 36.551 34 Kevin Conway 35.0 34.4 34.452 64 Mike Wallace 34.3 40.4 34.353 36 Geoff Bodine 41.0 31.5 31.554 7 P.J. Jones 39.0 30.4 29.455 70 Johnny Sauter 38.0 32.9 28.956 27 K Shelmerdine 42.0 25.9 25.9
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