Fantasy NASCAR rankings: AAA Texas 500

November 5, 2011 @ 18:27:25

By Brian Polking
Edited by KFFL Staff

Although he isn't even in the championship picture, Kyle Busch managed to draw attention to himself this weekend. His retaliatory act against Ron Hornaday Jr. in Friday's Truck Series event resulted in NASCAR parking Busch for the remainder of the weekend. As a result, Michael McDowell will pilot Busch's No. 18 Toyota. For fantasy owners, the news obviously means that Busch has become a non-factor this weekend. However, McDowell suddenly becomes a possible sleeper option. After all, his performance should see a huge boost in performance thanks to the Joe Gibbs Racing equipment.

As for the title fight, both Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards will roll off inside the top 10 Sunday. The strong qualifying effort probably means a little more to Stewart than Edwards given Stewart's typical abysmal performance in time trials. That being said, Stewart won't find it easy to gain any spots. Edwards' Roush Fenway Racing teammates grabbed the top three spots in qualifying, and none of them are likely to give an inch to Stewart.

For fantasy owners, loading up on the Roush drivers could be the smart move. After all, pole-sitter Greg Biffle has six straight top-10 finishes at Texas, including back-to-back top-five efforts. Matt Kenseth will start third and is gunning for a season sweep at the track, and second-place qualifier David Ragan has back-to-back top-10 finishes at Texas. Edwards himself is a three-time track winner. With all four starting seventh or better, it could be a big Sunday for Jack Roush.

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

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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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