Fantasy NASCAR rankings: AdvoCare 500

September 4, 2011 @ 13:49:51

By Brian Polking

There will be plenty of different agendas at work when the field takes the green flag Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, starting with pole-sitter Kasey Kahne. The former AMS winner has underwhelmed for the most part in his first and only year with Red Bull Racing, but he still sits 15th in points and trails Denny Hamlin by 16 points. Hamlin currently holds the final wildcard spot, but if Kahne can win at Atlanta, he could move ahead of Hamlin and sneak into the Chase.

Along with Kahne, fantasy owners will have plenty excellent options starting inside the top 10. Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon are two of the hottest drivers in the series, and they will roll off third and fifth, respectively. Meanwhile, Roush Fenway Racing teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards have been two of the most consistent performers at AMS in recent years, and they will start sixth and seventh Sunday. Kurt Busch rounds out the top 10 starters, and with three wins at Atlanta, he makes a strong addition to fantasy rosters as well.

Owners looking for a sleeper pick may want to consider Brian Vickers. He is starting fourth Sunday, and he has a solid record at AMS. He has five top-10 finishes in his last six starts at the track, including three straight. Vickers has been useless for the most part this year, but he could come up huge at one of his best tracks.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	17
2	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	28
3	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	14
4	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	34
5	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	37
6	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	7
7	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	3
8	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	20
9	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	21
10	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	10
11	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	9
12	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	1
13	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	15
14	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	2
15	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	22
16	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	32
17	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	11
18	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	31
19	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	29
20	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	6
21	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	27
22	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	4
23	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	8
24	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	16
25	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	5
26	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	19
27	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	12
28	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	26
29	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	23
30	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	36
31	Travis Kvapil	38	Ford	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	41
32	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	Tommy Baldwin Racing	35
33	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	38
34	Mike Bliss	32	Ford	U.S. Chrome	FAS Lane Racing	39
35	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	SPEED Energy	Robby Gordon Motorsports	33
36	Scott Speed	46	Ford	RetakeOurGov.com	Whitney Motorsports	30
37	Landon Cassill	51	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction	Phoenix Racing	18
38	Andy Lally	71	Ford	TRG Motorsports	TRG Motorsports	42
39	David Starr	95	Ford	AdvoCare	Leavine Fenton Racing	43
40	Mike Skinner	60	Toyota	Big Red	Germain Racing	13
41	J.J. Yeley	38	Ford	Vampt	Front Row Motorsports	25
42	Michael McDowell	66	Toyota	RaceHP.com	HP Racing	40
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	NEMCO Motorsports	24

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j, at 01:56 on 09/04/11, says: brian, you keep messing up starting positions in your rankings.

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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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