GoBowling.com 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
Kansas City, Kansas | Saturday, May 7th, 2016
LIVE: FS1 | TIME: 7:30 EST, 4:30 PST
Was that a race or a demolition derby? The cars looked like the local BOMBER class or the County Fair DEMO Derby at the end of this race. The one bright spot if you remember back to last weeks edition, I did say this about Brad Keselowski, "Now stats don't really matter here, but you have to go with the guy that's going to stay clean and clear of the BIG ONE." BUT, I followed that up with this, "There is not one chance I pick him (Keselowski) to start, but I guess you have to have 2 guys on your roster." So I was dead wrong, who really would of thought this is the day JR will wreck a million times (2 times actually)? As you can tell it wasn't a very good week for the Dick Trickle fantasy team, or Dale Jr, or Chris Buescher, or Matt Kenseth.
Talladega Shiny Star Award: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
He finished the highest of my 4 starters, he crossed the finish line backwards coming to the checkered flag.
Talladega SURPRISE! Award: Trevor Bayne
After leading a season high 22 laps, Bayne was up at the front all day challenging for the win. He finally put together a complete race to finish 10th.
Talladega Wreck of the day Award: Chris Buescher
"ROLL OUT THE BARREL, WE'LL HAVE A BARREL OF FUN!" 4 Barrel rolls and landing on his wheels, (I haven't seen that many rolls since Tony Stewart went through his midlife crisis) [SEE PICTURE BELOW]
NOW on to my picks this week for the GoBowling.com 400 from the Sunflower State.
Group A-
Matt Kenseth-
Kenseth is still looking to shrug off the slow start and get back to victory lane, as he is the lone JGR car without a win this season. After last weeks flip at Talladega, I am sure he can't wait to get to Kansas where last fall he dominated leading 153 laps and looked like he was punching his ticket to move on to the next round of the chase. We all know what happened as he was spun out by Joey Logano in the battle for the lead. By the way if you didn't watch the interviews after Talladega, you guessed it Joey VS Matt ACT III could begin this Saturday night under the lights.
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| Could we see ACT III? |
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| It's possible. STAY TUNED |
Jimmie Johnson-
As the media likes to call him 'Mile and a Half' Jimmie, JJ leads all current drivers at 1.5 mile tracks. An outstanding 28 wins, 76 Top5s, 115 Top10s and more than 5,000 laps led. He is Mile and a half Jimmie for sure. He's also not to shabby at Kansas, with 3 wins 8 Top5s and 16 Top10s. The guy is a lock to start on any ones team this week.
WhoElse2Watch4- Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick
Group B-
Carl Edwards-
On 1.5 Mile tracks like Kansas, #2 to Jimmie Johnson is this guy. They call him 'Concrete' Carl, 12 wins, 50 Top5s, 78 Top10s and more than 2,200 laps led its safe to say he likes these tracks. Though has no wins at Kansas he does have 6 Top5 finishes there. Look for Carl to get back into victory lane and be the first driver to 3 wins (and 3 back flips) in 2016.
Greg Biffle-
The Biff is 5th on the list of active drivers averages at Kansas. He also has 2 wins, which came back in 2007 and 2010. Biffle has scored 7 Top5s and 9 Top10s. On 1.5 mile speedway's he has 9 wins, 34 Top5s 59 and Top10s. The Roush camp has been running well as of late, look for the Biff to score his first Top10 of the year this weekend.
Kasey Kahne-
Kahne has never won at Kansas Speedway, but is another one of those guys that runs well on 1.5 mile tracks. 8 of his 17 career wins have come at these type of tracks, also another one of those guys that are running well as of late. He was running well at Dega until he got caught up in a wreck with teammate Dale Jr. Look for Kahne to continue his rise of good finishes this weekend.
Tony Stewart-
After 2 races this season, he has an average finish of 13th. Now I know Ty Dillon really helps that stat, but it would have been interesting to see how well Tony would have performed if 100% healthy last week at Dega. The car looked fast with Dillon behind the wheel. Tony runs well at these types of tracks and even has 2 wins to show for at Kansas. If Stewart shows what he did at Richmond, I would feel safe with Stewart on my team. Look for Stewart to run well, cause remember he needs a win and finish in the top 30 in points to make the chase in his final year of competition.
WE2W4- Truex Jr, Ry. Newman, Ky. Larson, P. Menard
Group C-
Chase Elliot-
I'm going to jump back on the Rookie train this weekend, as this group has been my Achilles heal so far this season. This will be Elliot's first ever start at Kansas Speedway (Xfinity doesn't race here.) So far so good this year for the 20 year old from Dawsonville, GA, he recorded an 8th place finish at Atlanta and a 5th at Texas (both 1.5 mile tracks.) I'm giving the slight edge to Elliot this week just for that reason.
Ryan Blaney-
Unlike Elliot, Ryan Blaney has raced here before. May of 2014 and last October where he started 8th and finished one spot better in 7th. On 1.5 tracks this season he has struggled, finishing 29th at Texas and 25th at Atlanta. His only bright spot coming at Las Vegas where he finished 6th. That's basically what is making me lean on Elliot more here. Unless the trend continues whereas Elliot ran well at Atlanta (Blaney didn't), Blaney ran well in Vegas (Elliot didn't) and Elliot ran well in Texas (Blaney didn't). SO that must mean Blaney will run well this weekend (Elliot won't).... we shall find out.
That wraps up another week of Booger's Fantasy picks. So as always, please feel free to leave any comments on what you think I can do to make this a better read. And Thank You all who do read this and who support me, as I enjoy writing about the sport I love. NASCAR!
GOD SPEED
BOOGER
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