Dale Earnhardt Jr. Race Preview

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet

Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is driving the #88 Retro Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Chevrolet in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday Nov 13, 2011. Earnhardt Jr. enters the race ranked 7th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 2237 points for the 2011 season. He is 24 points behind Jimmie Johnson for 6th. Dale gained 2 positions in the standings after the last race.

Dale is coming off a nice 7th place finish in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 24 driver points to be earned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. this race at Phoenix as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Career at Phoenix International Raceway

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has raced at Phoenix International Raceway 18 times in his career. Earnhardt Jr. has led a total of 460 laps at Phoenix in his career. That total coming from 5 races.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s best start at Phoenix International Raceway is 3rd and his best finish here is 1st

Earnhardt Jr. has a career average start position of 17th and a career average finish position of 18th at Phoenix. His career race result numbers at Phoenix are:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Short Track's

Phoenix International Raceway is a 1.00-mile tri-oval and considered a short track by NASCAR.

Earnhardt Jr. has started 115 short track races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his short track races.

His best start on a short track is 2nd and his best finish is 1st.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Phoenix

Dale has a mid-pack average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway of 73.20. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 127.30 and his lowest is 54.30

During the last five Phoenix International Raceway races Earnhardt Jr. has an average Average Running Position of 19.6. He has spent 27.4% of the races running in the top-15.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Phoenix

Earnhardt Jr. has an average start position of 20.8 over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway. His average finish position is 20.4.