Fantasy NASCAR rankings: AAA 400

October 1, 2011 @ 13:51:12

By Brian Polking

If Jimmie Johnson is going to make a charge and win his seventh straight Sprint Cup title, it could start this weekend at Dover. He has won six times at the “Monster Mile” in his career, and he qualified sixth for Sunday’s race. Johnson has also won two consecutive Chase events at the track. Fantasy owners should keep in mind that whenever people start to doubt Johnson, he seems to make a major statement.

Johnson wasn’t the only big name to qualify near the front. Former Dover winners Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch will roll off inside the top five. Edwards is among the most consistent options at the track, while Busch has reeled off three straight finishes of sixth or better.

There are also plenty of sleeper options starting up front, including pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr. He has won just a single race in his Cup career, but that victory came in dominating fashion at Dover. Seventh-place qualifier A.J. Allmendinger nearly won his first race at the track in this race one year ago. He led 143 laps before cutting a tire and falling two laps off the pace. Incredibly, Allmendinger rallied to finish 10th that afternoon.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	6
2	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	4
3	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	18
4	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	5
5	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	22
6	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	15
7	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	34
8	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	20
9	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	2
10	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	28
11	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	1
12	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	10
13	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	13
14	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	27
15	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	17
16	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	7
17	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	11
18	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	14
19	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	3
20	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	9
21	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	33
22	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	21
23	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	12
24	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	24
25	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	8
26	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	23
27	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	19
28	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	30
29	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	38
30	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	39
31	Mike Bliss	32	Ford	U.S. Chrome	FAS Lane Racing	40
32	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	Tommy Baldwin Racing	41
33	Landon Cassill	51	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction	Phoenix Racing	25
34	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	36
35	David Stremme	30	Chevrolet	Inception Motorsports	Inception Motorsports	31
36	J.J. Yeley	38	Ford	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	43
37	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	SPEED Energy	Robby Gordon Motorsports	16
38	Travis Kvapil	55	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	Front Row Motorsports	32
39	Andy Lally	71	Ford	TRG Motorsports	TRG Motorsports	37
40	Josh Wise	37	Ford	Bradley University	Front Row Motorsports	26
41	Scott Speed	46	Ford	RetakeOurGov.com	Whitney Motorsports	29
42	Michael McDowell	66	Toyota	James Fund	HP Racing	35
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	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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