NASCAR Fantasy Fusion: Kwik Trip 250 at Road America
It's time for making some rights and lefts. Yup, we're road racing this weekend as we pull into Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Road America, the third of six road courses on the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule – Circuit of The Americas, Sonoma Raceway, Road America, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Watkins Glen International and Charlotte ROVAL. Trackhouse Racing teammates Ross Chastain (Circuit of The Americas) and Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) have already won the first two road course races of the year. Will the 14-turn, 4.048-mile track produce a new race winner or will it be a familiar road racing elite driver like last year's Road America Cup race winner Chase Elliott or AJ Allmendinger? Stay tuned.
Drivers with Most Top 10s on Road Courses (12 races)
Chase Elliott - 10
All with 7 - Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, and Alex Bowman
Chase Elliott - 10
All with 7 - Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, and Alex Bowman
All with 6 - Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Tyler Reddick, and Kyle Busch
Includes
last two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Circuit of the Americas, Daytona
Road Course, Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International plus Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course (2021) and Road America (2021).
SOURCE: NASCAR Media
Active Road Course Winners in the NASCAR Cup Series | ||||||||
Active Road Course Winners |
Total Wins |
Sonoma |
WGI |
Charlotte |
Daytona |
Indy |
COTA |
Road America |
Chase Elliott |
7 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Kyle Busch |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Martin Truex Jr |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kyle Larson |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kevin Harvick |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AJ Allmendinger |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Joey Logano |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kurt Busch |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ryan Blaney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Christopher Bell |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denny Hamlin |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ross Chastain |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Daniel Suárez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SOURCE: NASCAR Media
The Likely Suspects: My road course elites include: Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Kyle
Larson, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr., AJ Allmendinger, and Kyle Busch.
My 2 Cents:
My no-brainer
pick is Chase Elliott. My next choices are Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Tyler Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Christopher Bell. I will complete my team with AJ
Allmendinger and Cole Custer.
My Final Four: Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell, and AJ Allmendinger.
Second-Look Driver: This week's second-look driver is the driver of the No. 8 car, Tyler Reddick, who finished eighth last year at Road America. Reddick has the fifth-best average running position of 8.129 and the third-best driver rating of 106.2. Although his performance has been a bit inconsistent this year, Reddick has been knocking on the door to his first Cup Series win. Maybe this week we'll see him in Victory Lane.
Enjoy the race!
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Carol D'Agostino has been playing Fantasy NASCAR for 16
years. She launched NASCAR
Fantasy Fusion for Skirts & Scuffs in October 2011. Each week, Carol
pores through statistics and combs through her personal notebooks to
arm fans with analysis
and picking strategies that will leave their friends wondering how they
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NASCAR Fantasy Fusion: Kwik Trip 250 at Road America
Reviewed by Carol D'Agostino
on
Friday, July 01, 2022
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