Fantasy NASCAR rankings: Samsung Mobile 500

April 8, 2011 @ 10:45:21

By Brian Polking

An all Roush Fenway Racing front row will lead the field to the green in Saturday's Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. In fact, all four RFR drivers will roll off inside the top 10. Success at the 1.5-mile track is nothing new for the organization. Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle are both former winners, and Carl Edwards has three victories. Texas has been one of the few bright spots for David Ragan, as well, and he just happens to be this weekend's pole-sitter.

While fantasy owners will definitely want to consider loading up on the "Roushcateers," a top-10 starting spot is by no means a necessity for winning at Texas. Ask Denny Hamlin. He swept both races at the track last season despite starting 29th and 30th. Texas has enough racing grooves and a wide enough surface to allow fast cars to get to the front.

Whether or not he can pull off the three-peat this weekend remains to be seen, but he will have to come from the 23rd starting spot to do so. Former winners Mark Martin and Tony Stewart are starting near the back as well, and the same goes for Kevin Harvick, who rides a two-race winning streak entering this weekend's race. With plenty of big names in the back, the action should get going early when the race goes green.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	2
2	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	4
3	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	26
4	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	29
5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	6
6	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	23
7	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	9
8	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	21
9	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	11
10	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	19
11	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	32
12	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	12
13	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	13
14	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	3
15	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	28
16	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	10
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	14
18	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	25
19	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	16
20	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	1
21	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	7
22	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	17
23	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	15
24	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	31
25	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	30
26	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	27
27	Trevor Bayne	21	Ford	Motorcraft	Wood Brothers Racing	18
28	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	5
29	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	8
30	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	34
31	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	22
32	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	40
33	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	SPEED Energy	Robby Gordon Motorsports	39
34	Ken Schrader	32	Ford	Unsponsored	FAS Lane Racing	41
35	Landon Cassill	09	Chevrolet	Security Benefit	Phoenix Racing	24
36	Andy Lally	71	Chevrolet	Eco-Fuel Saver	TRG Motorsports	43
37	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	38
38	Tony Raines	37	Ford	Unsponsored	Front Row Motorsports	42
39	J.J. Yeley	46	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil	Whitney Motorsports	35
40	David Starr	95	Ford	WRL Contractors	Leavine Fenton Racing	33
41	Mike Skinner	60	Toyota	Big Red	Gunselman Motorsports	36
42	Michael McDowell	66	Toyota	HP Racing	HP Racing	20
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	AM FM Energy	NEMCO Motorsports	37

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Brian Polking

Racing has been part of Brian's life ever since he can remember, and he spent his childhood at dirt tracks throughout Ohio and Kentucky watching his father race. NASCAR naturally became his favorite sport, and he has been following the Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series for most of his life. Brian majored in journalism and economics at Ohio State University and becoming a sports writer has always been his dream. Although he has covered everything from minor league baseball to the NCAA tournament, his passion has always been NASCAR. Brian has served as a NASCAR writer for a variety of sites, eventually becoming head editor of the NASCAR section for Fanball.com. His knowledge of NASCAR comes from his life-long love of racing, and he tries to add a personal touch to every article he writes. Brian is always up for talking NASCAR with anyone that wants to. Brian joined KFFL's team in 2011.

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