NASCAR will travel to No Limits, Texas this week to compete at Texas Speedway. If you like speed, this is the race for you. The track has a lot of banking in the corners and a lot of grip. This allows the drivers to run wide-open around the 1.5-mile quad-oval. This also means tighter racing and a lot of cautions. The last race at Texas had a record 11 cautions. It will likely be another crazy race at Texas Sunday.
I used a lot of data for my rankings this week. This week I focused on the speed from Kentucky. Although the tracks are different in shape and banking, I still think some of that data will transfer to the race at Texas. The track that is most similar to Texas is Charlotte. Both tracks are quad-ovals with almost the same banking. I put a lot of emphasis on the last two races at Charlotte for the picks this week. I also factored in the two races at Texas in 2019.
Here are the driver rankings for Texas…
|
Driver |
| 1. Kevin Harvick |
| 2. Ryan Blaney |
| 3. Chase Elliott |
| 4. Martin Truex Jr |
| 5. Joey Logano |
| 6.Denny Hamlin |
| 7. Aric Almirola |
| 8. Brad Keselowski |
| 9. Kurt Busch |
| 10. Alex Bowman |
| 11. Matt DiBenedetto |
| 12. Kyle Busch |
| 13. Jimmie Johnson |
| 14. Clint Bowyer |
| 15. William Byron |
| 16. Austin Dillon |
| 17. Erik Jones |
| 18. Cole Custer |
| 19. Tyler Reddick |
| 20. Matt Kenseth |
| 21. Christopher Bell |
| 22. Ryan Newman |
| 23. Chris Buescher |
| 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr |
| 25. Bubba Wallace |
| 26. Michael McDowell |
| 27. John H. Nemechek |
| 28. Ty Dillon |
| 29. Ryan Preece |
| 30. Corey Lajoie |
| 31. Daniel Suarez |
| 32. Brennan Poole |
| 33. JJ Yeley |
| 34. Quin Houff |
| 35. Josh Bilicki |
| 36. Garrett Smithley |
| 37. Timmy Hill |
| 38. Joey Gase |
| 39. BJ McLeod |
*Stats from Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet Pro
** Photos from NASCAR Media
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