Early Week Driver Rankings for Watkins Glen

The MENCS heads back to Watkins Glen International Speedway this week for the Go Bowling at the Glen. This will be the second race of the season on a road course. This track usually provides great racing and some horrific crashes. The race can be seen Sunday at 2:30 PM ET on NBC.

The MENCS will have the same schedule which was used last week at Pocono. There will be two practices Saturday (10AM ET NBC Sports Net and 1PM ET NBC Sports Net), followed by qualifying at 6:35PM ET NBC Sports Net). Once again the condensed schedule will not give me time to write up a DraftKings Xfinity Series article. I will post my picks in the DFS Forum on the FantasyRacingTips website Saturday morning.

Each week I use different stats in my model to create the best rankings possible to give you an edge on the completion. This week I used the results from Sonoma, average finishing position on Watkins Glen, Driver Ranking at Watkins Glen, Road Course Average Running Position,  Green Flag Pass % at Watkins Glen (We want drivers who can pass other cars) and average finishing position in the last 6 races (We want drivers who have momentum).

My early week pick for the pole is Kyle Larson. The No. 42 car won the pole for the race at Sonoma and it should be a serious threat to start from the No. 1 spot Sunday. Larson has qualified 1^st, 2^nd, 1^st and 2^nd in his last 4 races on the road courses. He may not be the best pick in the race but he should start up front Sunday.

Here are the early week driver rankings for Watkins Glen…

* I will post my final driver rankings after qualifying Saturday evening.

*Stats from Driveraverages.com and career stats from Racing-Reference.Info…

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