Jeff Gordon Race Preview

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

Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

Jeff Gordon is driving the #24 DuPont Chevrolet in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday Nov 13, 2011. Gordon enters the race ranked 8th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 2235 points for the 2011 season. He is 2 points behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 7th. Jeff gained 2 positions in the standings after the last race.

Jeff is coming off a great 6th place finish in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Jeff Gordon

For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 36 driver points to be earned by Jeff Gordon this race at Phoenix as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.

Jeff Gordon Career at Phoenix International Raceway

Jeff Gordon has raced at Phoenix International Raceway 25 times in his career. Gordon has led a total of 388 laps at Phoenix in his career. That total coming from 10 races.

Jeff Gordon's best start at Phoenix International Raceway is 1st and his best finish here is 1st

Gordon has a career average start position of 10th and a career average finish position of 10th at Phoenix. His career race result numbers at Phoenix are:

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
3 (12%)2 (8%)10 (40%)18 (72%)21 (84%)22 (88%)

Jeff Gordon on Short Track's

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

Gordon has started 185 short track races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his short track races.

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
27 (15%)21 (11%)83 (45%)120 (65%)141 (76%)150 (81%)

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

Jeff Gordon NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Phoenix

Jeff has a very good average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway of 108.04. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 144.90 and his lowest is 74.30

During the last five Phoenix International Raceway races Gordon has an average Average Running Position of 9.6. He has spent 81.8% of the races running in the top-15.

Jeff Gordon Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Phoenix

Gordon has an average start position of 14.0 over the last five races at Phoenix International Raceway. His average finish position is 9.6.

PolesWinsTop-5Top-10Top-15Top-20
0 (0%)1 (20%)2 (40%)3 (60%)4 (80%)4 (80%)