Gutowski's Fantasy NASCAR Preview
Jeff Gutowski's Fantasy NASCAR Preview
Every race week Jeff Gutowski shares his list of fantasy NASCAR drivers to watch as well as his Yahoo! Fantasy Auto Racing Picks for your A, B and C groups in his Fantasy NASCAR Preview articles. View Jeff's contact information.
2012 Charlotte, Coca-Cola 600
All-Star Race Ideas? Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet, celebrates by grabbing the checkered flag while doing a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday in Concord, N.C.Credit: Brian Lawdermilk/HHP – Pool/Getty Images After another lack luster All-Star race put on by NASCAR the fans are not happy once again. I, for one, would like to see a little more excitement on the track the whole evening. Maybe they should just put 10 cars out on the track for a 30-lap race and the top-2 finishers make it to the finals? I think that would make it a lot more interesting. Let me know what ideas you have to improve the All-Star race. This … Read more
2012 Darlington, Bojangles’ Southern 500
Restrictor Plate Racing Mayhem Brad Keselowski celebrates his second win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron’s 499 on Sunday in Talladega, Ala.Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR Another restrictor plate race and another horrible weekend for yours truly. I think that the last nine out of 10 races at these tracks I have been doing very well until the last twenty laps of the race and then all heck breaks loose on my team. I hate these races almost as much as most of the drivers that have to race in them. Other than that… Congratulations to Brad Keselowski on winning another restrictor plate race. Brad stayed out of major trouble all day and was in position at the end to take the lead … Read more
2012 Talladega, Aaron’s 499
Did NASCAR Screw Carl Edwards And Tony Stewart? Kyle Busch salutes the fans after winning Joe Gibbs Racing’s sixth Richmond International Raceway NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in the last seven races at the track on Saturday.Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR Congratulations to Kyle Busch on getting his first win of the year at Richmond this past Saturday night. I know that there are a lot of people who are questioning NASCAR on the Carl Edwards penalty and the late race caution that took away Tony Stewart’s huge lead and gave Kyle the chance at the victory. NASCAR needs to come up with a better way of communicating with teams which can be hard to do in the short amount of time that they … Read more
2012 Richmond, Richmond 400
Next Up: Saturday Night Short Track Racing at Richmond Denny Hamlin celebrates his 19th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in Kansas Speedway’s Victory Lane on Sunday in Kansas City, Kan.Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR Congratulations to Denny Hamlin on winning the race at Kansas this past weekend. Once again the majority of the participants in the Yahoo leagues we are running did very well themselves. Kudos to all of you. This week the series heads to Richmond, VA for the running of the Richmond 400. Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile track without a lot of banking. This is the first race run here this season and the second one will be the final race before the Chase. No matter what happens to … Read more
2012 Kansas, STP 400
One Down. Two To Go FORT WORTH, TX – APRIL 14: Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Filtrete Ford, celebrates with the trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas.(Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR) I predicted that Greg Biffle would have an outstanding year and win at least three races this season. Congratulations to Greg on his first win of the year and on leading the points race. I would also like to congratulate everyone who is in my Yahoo fantasy racing leagues. I am currently sitting in 15th place out of 50 people and still in the 91st percentile overall. Excellent job by everyone. … Read more
2012 Texas, Samsung Mobile 500
Saturday Night Racing At Texas Motor Speedway Martinsville was a very good week for most fantasy teams in Jeff Gutowski’s Yahoo Fantasy Racing Challenge league. 17 teams within 100-points of 1st after six races into the 2012 NASCAR season. Jeff plays as FantasyRacingCheatSheet.com A very good week for the majority of the people in my Yahoo fantasy league. Now we can all take a week off before we have to figure out who we want to start in the next Sprint Cup race. The series is taking a week off for the Easter holiday. After that it is off to Texas Motor Speedway and the running of the Samsung Mobile 500. Samsung Mobile 500 Matt Kenseth: Matt is my pick to win the race at … Read more
2012 Martinsville, Goody’s Fast Relief 500
What Do You Think About Rain Shortened Races? Denny Hamlin tweets about rain shortened Auto Club 400 race at Auto Club Speedway on March 25, 2012 Tony Stewart got his second win of the season at Auto Club Speedway in California in a rain shortened race that some drivers weren’t very happy about. Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) voiced his displeasure via twitter. “Boy it (sic) that suck or what.. Unless you a Tony fan that is. Never seen a race called at 2pm before. 1st time for everything. Strong weekend” I think the teams knew that there was weather coming and that the race could be shortened. Do any of you have ideas about what NASCAR could do? The rules state that after half of the … Read more
2012 California, Auto Club 400
Blue Deuce Does Two In A Row At Bristol Brad Keselowski celebrates in Victory Lane after getting the win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR Brad Keselowski won his second straight race at Bristol Motor Speedway this past weekend and is going to win a lot more before his career is over. An early race accident took out quite a few contenders, including Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch. An accident later in the race took out Jeff Gordon who had a car capable of winning. This week the series heads back out west to California and the Auto Club Speedway for the running of the Auto … Read more
2012 Bristol, Food City 500
Tony Stewart Mastered the Restart and Won the Race Tony Stewart captures his first checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after taking the win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 400 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev.Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images Congratulations to Tony Stewart who got his first ever win at Las Vegas by beating everyone on every restart at the end of the race. No one else was even close keeping up with Tony on those restarts and that cost me big on my fantasy team. My pick to win last week, Matt Kenseth, had a terrible restart and as a result got stuck three wide and run into the wall taking the rest of my … Read more
2012 Las Vegas, Kobalt Tools 400
Third Week and Another Different Style of Track Denny Hamlin celebrates his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 14 races on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. He is the seventh consecutive different winner at the Avondale, Ariz. facility.Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR Denny Hamlin got his first win of the year, Jimmie Johnson started to dig himself out of a huge hole and Greg Biffle continues to make my prediction look good so far this season. Now, for the third consecutive week the NASCAR Sprint Cup series heads to a different type of track as the drivers head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the running of the Kobalt Tools 400. This is your basic 1.5-mile track with gradual banking. Kobalt Tools 400 … Read more
2012 Phoenix, Subway Fresh Fit 500
Congratulations to Matt Kenseth on winning his second Daytona 500! Matt Kenseth raises the Harley J. Earl Trophy for the second time after winning the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR The culmination of NASCAR’s first weekend wasn’t as exciting as earlier parts of the race and came on the heels of a washout on Sunday. An early wreck on lap 2 took out five-time champion Jimmie Johnson along with newcomer Danica Patrick. The most excitement of the race came when something broke under Juan Pablo Montoya’s car and he careened into a jet dryer that was blowing debris off the track. When Montoya’s car hit the safety vehicle there was an immediate explosion and it took awhile for … Read more
2012 Daytona, Daytona 500
Now Comes Points Racing The No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet of Danica Patrick is towed back to the garage after a last lap accident in the Gatorade Duel at Daytona International Speedway. (Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR) The Gatorade Duels are in the book and the two races couldn’t have been more night and day. In the first race, everyone was going all out and didn’t seem to care if they wrecked their primary car or not. In the second race, all of the drivers just stayed in line until the end of the race. About halfway through the first race Carl Edwards did back off and didn’t really try to win at all, saving his car for Sunday’s big race. Greg Biffle led the … Read more
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Preview
This is the precursor to what will be the most exciting race finish of the 2012 NASCAR season.DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 18: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Brown Toyota, crashes during the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) I would like to start out by welcoming everyone back from last year. Thank you all once again for reading my articles and voicing your opinions to me. I know we had some trouble with your responses to me in the second half of last year but, Darren thinks he should have the bug worked out for this season. 2012 Gutowski Yahoo Fantasy Racing League Once again this season I … Read more
2011 Homestead/Miami, Ford 400
One race, two drivers. One race, two drivers. That is what the 2011 season has come down to. Carl Edwards leads Tony Stewart by a mere 3-points heading into the season finale at Homestead/Miami Speedway. Hard to believe that after 35 races it is going to come down to the last one of the season but it is. Who do you like? Ford 400 Carl Edwards: Advantage goes to Edwards as he has won two of the past three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway and has finished in the top-10 the last six races there. He has led a lot of laps in his two wins also. Tony Stewart: Don’t count him out just yet. Tony won the first two Sprint Cup races ever run at … Read more
2011 Phoenix, Kobalt Tools 500
Two Races Left. Two Drivers Left. There are two races left in this years Sprint Cup Series and there are two drivers who have a shot at winning the championship. Carl Edwards leads Tony Stewart by a mere three points in the standings after Stewart won his fourth race of the Chase. This week the drivers head to Phoenix, Arizona for the second time this season for the running of the Kobalt Tools 500. This is shaping up to be one of the better championship battles since the inception of the Chase. Kobalt Tools 500 Carl Edwards: Carl won this race in last years Chase and has sat on the pole for the last two races here. Bonus points are really going to come into … Read more
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