Fantasy NASCAR rankings: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400

June 18, 2011 @ 14:39:34

By Brian Polking

Saturday’s qualifying session at Michigan was kind to former winners, and fantasy owners have to like the chances of seeing a familiar face in Victory Lane. Two-time MIS winner Kurt Busch grabbed the pole, and seven of the top-10 starters have won at the track, including fellow two-time winners Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle. Defending race winner Denny Hamlin is among the top-10 qualifiers as well.

Fantasy owners have to like seeing Red Bull Racing teammates Kasey Kahne and Brian Vickers starting inside the top 10, especially Vickers. Both drivers have won at the track, and Kahne finished second in last year’s June race, but Vickers makes an intriguing sleeper pick. He missed both races at MIS last year with a medical issue, but he won the August race in 2009 and has a five-race top-10 streak entering Sunday’s race.

While the top qualifiers offer plenty of fantasy punch on their own, owners shouldn’t be too worried about the big names starting further back. With three-wide racing a common sight and plenty of room to pass, drivers with fast cars will be able to get to the front during the course of 400 miles. Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick may be starting outside the top 20, but don’t expect them to finish there.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	3
2	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	10
3	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	23
4	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	31
5	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	1
6	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	22
7	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	7
8	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	6
9	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	15
10	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	8
11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	21
12	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	27
13	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	24
14	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	4
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	25
16	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	30
17	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	20
18	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	2
19	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	9
20	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	13
21	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	19
22	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	11
23	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	41
24	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	26
25	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	33
26	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	14
27	Trevor Bayne	21	Ford	Motorcraft	Wood Brothers Racing	17
28	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	5
29	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	18
30	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	16
31	Travis Kvapil	38	Chevrolet	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	28
32	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	39
33	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	SPEED Energy	Robby Gordon Motorsports	37
34	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	Tommy Baldwin Racing	42
35	Mike Bliss	32	Ford	C&J Energy	FAS Lane Racing	35
36	Landon Cassill	51	Chevrolet	Security Benefit	Phoenix Racing	12
37	David Stremme	30	Chevrolet	Inception Motorsports	Inception Motorsports	32
38	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	40
39	Andy Lally	71	Ford	TRG Motorsports	TRG Motorsports	36
40	Michael McDowell	66	Toyota	RaceHP.com	HP Racing	38
41	Scott Riggs	81	Chevrolet	WhitneysCollision.com	Whitney Motorsports	43
42	J.J. Yeley	46	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil	Whitney Motorsports	34
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	NEMCO Motorsports	29

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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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