Fantasy NASCAR rankings: Aaron's 499

April 16, 2011 @ 16:14:11

By Brian Polking

Last weekend, Roush Fenway Racing dominated the action at Texas Motor Speedway from start to finish. After qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, it appears Hendrick Motorsports is looking to do the same this weekend. The four-car organization swept the top four spots during qualifying with Jeff Gordon grabbing the pole. However, backing up those results in Sunday's race won't be easy.

Qualifying up front doesn't have much correlation on success at Talladega. It is one of the few tracks where drivers can get from the back to the front in a handful of laps. As impressive as the sweep during qualifying was, fantasy owners shouldn't be swayed into loading up on HMS drivers. Talladega is still a roll of the dice, and if you play in a league that limits the number of starts per driver, saving Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon for another race is still the smarter option.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	38
2	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	8
3	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	10
4	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	4
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	13
6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	2
7	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	30
8	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	36
9	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	5
10	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	7
11	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	1
12	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	34
13	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	19
14	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	29
15	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	23
16	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	27
17	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	21
18	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	14
19	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	20
20	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	18
21	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	25
22	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	9
23	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	17
24	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	31
25	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	3
26	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	26
27	Trevor Bayne	21	Ford	Motorcraft	Wood Brothers Racing	11
28	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	16
29	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	15
30	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	24
31	Michael Waltrip	15	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	12
32	Steve Park	35	Chevrolet	Unsponsored	Tommy Baldwin Racing	33
33	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	40
34	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	39
35	Terry Labonte	32	Ford	C&J Energy	FAS Lane Racing	41
36	Landon Cassill	09	Chevrolet	Security Benefit	Phoenix Racing	6
37	Andy Lally	71	Chevrolet	Eco-Fuel Saver	TRG Motorsports	37
38	Sam Hornish Jr.	7	Dodge	Fast Five	Robby Gordon Motorsports	42
39	Travis Kvapil	38	Ford	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	28
40	Bill Elliott	46	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil	Whitney Motorsports	43
41	Kevin Conway	97	Toyota	Extenze	NEMCO Motorsports	32
42	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	Tommy Baldwin Racing	35
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	AM FM Energy	NEMCO Motorsports	22

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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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