Fantasy NASCAR rankings: FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks

May 14, 2011 @ 12:32:26

By Brian Polking

Thanks to Mother Nature's lack of cooperation, NASCAR got a chance to try out its new qualifying procedure this weekend at Dover. In past years, drivers would be lined up based on owner points in the event qualifying was rained out. This year, the lineup is set by practice times with the fastest lap turned by each driver being used to determine their starting position.

The big winner with the rule change was Jimmie Johnson. The six-time Dover winner was awarded the pole, and with victories in three of his past four starts at the track, he has to be considered the favorite to win this weekend. If he does, he will be tied for the most all-time wins at Dover.

Unfortunately for fantasy owners, there is a downside to the rain as well. For one, all the rubber will be washed off the track, making the surface a bit more slippery and causing setups that worked well on Friday to suddenly become useless. Not to mention the fact that rain could be a factor Sunday. A rain-shortened race brings pit strategy and fuel mileage into play, which means drivers with the fastest cars might not be the ones running up front if and when Mother Nature decides to get involved.

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

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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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