There are only five races before the start of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Just to make things interesting, NASCAR has a road course scheduled this week to test the driver’s skills. Pit strategy always comes into play on the road courses so we will likely see some teams short-pitting to set them up […]
Month: July 2019

Driver Group Game Picks for Watkins Glen
There are only five races left in the MENCS regular season. The action on the track always heats up at the series heads into the month of August. Drivers who are on the playoff bubble will likely continue to play it safe and score as many Stage points and finishing points as possible. Drivers on […]

Early Week Driver Rankings for Watkins Glen
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will compete on its second road course of the season. This is a good opportunity for a driver who is not locked into the playoffs to sneak into Victory Lane. Fuel mileage always plays a big role in this race so some teams will gamble to make this race […]

Update Fantasy Live / Driver Group Game Picks
NASCAR had one of those crazy schedules where they have all practices and qualifying on Saturday and inspection on Sunday. Since the field is not set until the inspection process is complete, any car that fails will start from the back and be scored from the rear in Fantasy NASCAR. Track position is huge at […]

Fantasy Live Picks for Pocono
The MENCS competed at Pocono in June and it was not a very good race. Most of the drivers said after the race that passing was nearly impossible. To improve the racing Sunday, NASCAR decided to turn the Tricky Triangle into the Sticky Triangle. The PJ1 traction compound will be added to the tracks to […]

Driver Group Game Picks for Pocono
The MENCS competed at Pocono in June and it was not a very good race. Most of the drivers said after the race that passing was nearly impossible. To improve the racing Sunday, NASCAR decided to turn the Tricky Triangle into the Sticky Triangle. The PJ1 traction compound will be added to the tracks to […]

NASCAR One & Done Picks for Pocono
The Monster Energy Cup Series heads back to Pocono Raceway for the Gander RV 400. NASCAR knew the 2019 aero package would not work well at every track, but the rules package is not going to change before the race Sunday. NASCAR decided to add PJ1 traction compound to Tricky Triangle to help promote passing […]

Driver Rankings for Pocono
Each week I post my Driver Rankings for the race. This is not necessarily my prediction of how each driver will finish the race, but each driver’s fantasy value in the race. I use the past stats, practice speeds, starting position, information from the garage and momentum to determine who has the best cars for […]

MENCS: Garage Talk Notes Pocono
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be back at the Tricky Triangle this week. It will be the second race at the track in the last 8 weeks. I guess that is better than having two races at Pocono in two days, like we will have next year. The first race was a snooze […]

Fantasy Live Pole Pick for Pocono
Fantasy Live allows each team to try and predict the driver who will win the pole each week. You do not have to make a pick, but if you do and you are correct; your fantasy team will earn 5 bonus points. These points can add up and be the difference in a few positions […]