The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will compete in Loudon, New Hampshire Sunday. The series will compete twice at the track in the next two months.
One of the secrets to Fantasy NASCAR is to know which stats to use for each track. New Hampshire is a 1-mile oval with 12 degrees of banking. There are two tracks similar to New Hampshire on the circuit. Phoenix is 1-mile D-shaped oval with 11 degrees of banking and Richmond is a .75-mile D-shaped oval with 14 degrees of banking. I like to use these two tracks to see which drivers are the best picks for the race Sunday.
In the chart below I used the driver ratings from the last four races at New Hampshire and the races at Phoenix and Richmond to determine the driver’s value. Fantasy teams should look at the practice speeds this weekend and this chart to find the drivers who are most likely to run up front Sunday.
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Driver Rating for Flat Ovals |
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| Driver | N.H. Rating | Phoenix | Richmond |
AVG. Rating |
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Brad Keselowski |
109.4 | 119.1 | 130.7 | 119.7 |
| Kevin Harvick | 119.7 | 99.9 | 121.9 |
113.8 |
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Kyle Busch |
115.4 | 129.6 | 86.7 | 110.5 |
| Denny Hamlin | 100.4 | 83.8 | 117.7 |
100.6 |
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Matt Kenseth |
123.1 | 62.2 | 111.6 | 98.9 |
| Kyle Larson | 76.8 | 124.1 | 95.4 |
98.7 |
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Martin Truex Jr. |
109.6 | 81.7 | 102.8 | 98.1 |
| Joey Logano | 97.6 | 86.2 | 108.6 |
97.4 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
95.6 | 105.1 | 83.1 | 94.6 |
| Jamie McMurray | 85.1 | 97.4 | 101.1 |
94.5 |
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Chase Elliott |
93.4 | 115.9 | 74.2 | 94.5 |
| Ryan Newman | 80.9 | 102.2 | 94.7 |
92.6 |
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Kurt Busch |
97.5 | 77.7 | 78.1 | 84.4 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 99.9 | 85.9 | 58.6 |
81.4 |
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Clint Bowyer |
70.2 | 79.7 | 92.2 | 80.7 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 70.8 | 80.9 | 88.6 |
80.1 |
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Erik Jones |
*105.2 | 100.7 | 24.2 | 76.7 |
| Daniel Suarez | *88.6 | 73.5 | 61.6 |
74.5 |
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Kasey Kahne |
85.9 | 77.1 | 58.5 | 73.8 |
| Ryan Blaney | 78.4 | 81.3 | 60.2 |
73.3 |
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Austin Dillon |
70.7 | 68.4 | 65.7 | 68.1 |
| Ty Dillon | 66.7 | 63.8 | 68.7 |
66.4 |
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Trevor Bayne |
52.8 | 60.3 | 67.7 | 60.2 |
| Paul Menard | 64.5 | 62.2 | 47.1 |
57.9 |
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Danica Patrick |
63.2 | 52.8 | 56.9 | 57.6 |
| AJ Allmendinger | 69.2 | 54.1 | 47.2 |
56.8 |
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Chris Buescher |
46.9 | 46.4 | 63.7 | 52.3 |
| Landon Cassill | 44.9 | 43.2 | 60.7 |
49.6 |
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David Ragan |
53.2 | 40.8 | 52.2 | 48.7 |
| Michael McDowell | 46.1 | 51.1 | 40.3 |
45.8 |
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Cole Whitt |
43.9 | 34.7 | 44.6 | 41.1 |
| Matt Dibendetto | 41.2 | 39.9 | 39.4 |
40.1 |
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Reed Sorenson |
29.8 | 37.6 | 31.4 | 32.9 |
| Jeffrey Earnhardt | 27.3 | 23.2 | 27.7 |
26.2 |
* Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez have not competed in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire. I used their Xfinity Series driver rating at New Hampshire and subtracted 20 points for the difference in competition for the two series.
Good luck this week!
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