Gutowski's Fantasy NASCAR Preview

Each week fantasy NASCAR expert Jeff Gutowski shares his top drivers for the race, his Yahoo! Fantasy Auto Racing driver group picks, which driver is a potential darkhorse pick and his driver to avoid.

About Jeff Gutowski

Jeff Gutowski is a proud resident of Wisconsin, the home of Matt Kenseth, Dave Marcis, Dick Trickle, Travis Kvapil and Johnny Sauter. Jeff has written fantasy NASCAR articles for over 7 years and plays in many different types of NASCAR fantasy leagues. The main focus of his articles is the Yahoo Fantasy Auto Racing league because that is what he gets most of his questions about. Jeff enjoy the outdoors, hunting, fishing and golfing and is an avid Texas Hold'em player.

2013 Sonoma Raceway, Toyota/Save Mart 350

Congratulations to Greg Biffle, who picked up Ford’s 1,000th win at Michigan last weekend. Jimmie Johnson lost some of his points lead after a late race tire issue cost him a shot at the win. Carl Edwards gained twenty points on Jimmie to pull … [Read more...]

2013 Michigan International Speedway, Quicken Loans 400

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Manufacturer Homecoming Jimmie Johnson dominated the race at Pocono last weekend, and in the process, extended his points lead to 51 over Carl Edwards. This was Jimmie’s third win of the season, tying him with Matt Kenseth in that category at this … [Read more...]

2013 Pocono Raceway, Party in the Poconos 400

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Did Johnson Get Snookered? There is nothing like a little controversy to end another NASCAR race. Jimmie Johnson was penalized on a late race restart for jumping the start, which caused him to go a lap down and set up a great finish between Tony … [Read more...]

2013 Dover International Speedway, FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks

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High Banks. High Speed. The Monster Mile! First off our prayers go out to the fans and their families who were hurt in the freak accident at Charlotte this weekend. The latest news is that all were treated and released from the hospital with no … [Read more...]

2013 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coca-Cola 600

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Should The All-Star Race Be Moved? Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on winning his fourth All-Star race on Saturday night in Charlotte. I think that all of the teams were happy to be back home in Charlotte for a couple of weeks with the All-Star … [Read more...]

2013 Darlington, Bojangles’ Southern 500

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A Different Kind Of Superspeedway The broadcasters on FOX hit the nail on the head when they said, if you can stay in the lead draft, you can win the race. David Ragan and David Gilliland proved them to be correct when they finished in the top-2 … [Read more...]

2013 Talladega, Aaron’s 499

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This Is Talladega! After a rough and tumble weekend at Richmond this past Saturday night, Jimmie Johnson has taken a commanding lead in the points race, while Kevin Harvick got his first victory of the season, coming from seventh place to win the … [Read more...]

2013 Richmond, Toyota Owners 400

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Saturday Night Under The Lights Matt Kenseth won his second race of the season on Sunday in Kansas and moved up to eighth place in the standings by holding off a hard charging Kasey Kahne at the finish line. Kahne moved up five spots to second, … [Read more...]

2013 Kansas, STP 400

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Gen-6 Car Engines Holding Up Well Kyle Busch earned his second win of the season Saturday night in Texas, while Jimmie Johnson held on to his point lead. The major surprise for me was that there weren't a lot of engine troubles. There were other … [Read more...]

2013 Texas, NRA 500

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Fast Saturday Night Racing Jimmie Johnson got his second win of he season on Sunday and dominated most of the race at Martinsville. Now the series heads to Texas for a Saturday night race on a mile and a half oval. This is going to be a 500-mile … [Read more...]

2013 Martinsville, STP Gas Booster 500

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Something For Everyone Right Now In NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes over the points lead, Kyle Busch gets his first victory of the season, and Joey Logano is running out of friends. Those are just a few of the things that happened last week in … [Read more...]

2013 California, Auto Club 400

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I Think This Week We Repeat So far this season we have had four races, on four different types of tracks, with four different winners. Now in week five the series heads back to the west coast for the fifth different type of track to start the … [Read more...]

2013 Bristol, Food City 500

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Congratulations to Matt Kenseth, who held off Kasey Kahne to get his first career win with Joe Gibbs Racing on his 41st birthday. This week the series heads back east for the running of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Now we will see … [Read more...]

2013 Las Vegas, Kobalt Tools 400

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Resurgance For Carl Edwards Carl Edwards broke a 70-race winless streak, and Jimmie Johnson had another strong showing and retained his points lead after the second race of the season in Phoenix this past weekend. Brad Keselowski looked good once … [Read more...]

2013 Phoenix, Subway Fresh Fit 500

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Just One Way To Go From Here. Up! Not the way I wanted to start out my fantasy NASCAR season. Another restrictor plate race and every driver that I had on my team ran into some kind of trouble. Hopefully I can start making my comeback this week as … [Read more...]