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NASCAR Fantasy Fifty

by Gerrit Ritt, FOXSports.com

Updated: June 30, 2008, 7:14 PM EST 49 comments

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Review my Top 50 fantasy drivers in NASCAR. These rankings are updated weekly during the NASCAR season.

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NASCAR Fantasy Fifty
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
1			Kyle Busch	Intentionally knocked out by Montoya, expect retaliation, still No. 1 though
2			Jeff Burton	Still managed 12th-place despite all the carnage amongst the big names
3			D. Earnhardt, Jr.	Led 29 laps, but fell back to 24th at the end, still comfortbale in top three
4			Carl Edwards	Finally finishes outside the top 10 for the first time in 8 races, ended 17th
5			Matt Kenseth	Had been in the top eight for six straight weeks, but fell to 18th at Loudon
6			Jimmie Johnson	9th place was his 5th straight run in the top 15, making his move right now
7			Jeff Gordon	Has now gone 3rd and 11th the last two weeks, as good as anybody lately
8	9		Denny Hamlin	The biggest name to stay in the top 10 this week, placing 8th at Loudon
9	11		Tony Stewart	Led almost half the 284 laps, but couldn't finish it, ending the day in 13th
10	8		Greg Biffle	20th, 11th and 21st the last 3 weeks definitely won't get him a leg up
11	12		Brian Vickers	16th was actually his worst finish in the last 5 weeks, which isn't all bad
12	10		Kasey Kahne	Just when you thought he was rolling, he goes 33rd and 30th in last 2
13	14		Kevin Harvick	Started 3rd, led the second-most laps (54), but still finished just 14th
14	16		Martin Truex, Jr.	17th, 17th and 16th the last 3 weeks before breaking out for 4th at Loudon
15	13		David Ragan	Busted out with 12 laps to go, ended his day in 40th, worst race of the year
16	22		Kurt Busch	Just when you think he's sliding down, he pulls out a huge win at Loudon
17	15		Clint Bowyer	22nd at Loudon gives his 5 finishes of 22nd or worse in last 6 races
18	19		Ryan Newman	7th and 15th in back-to-back weeks, is on his game right now
19	17		Travis Kvapil	Had 5 top 16s in 7 weeks, but now has just 2 in the last 4, 36th this week
20	18		J. McMurray	Had an unfortunate bad week, wrecking out in 41st, was running well too
21	25		Bobby Labonte	Finally got his first top 10 of the season (10th) after 3 11ths and 2 12ths
23	20		Mark Martin	Sat out for the 2nd week in a row, will he be able to come back in top form?
23	21		Dave Blaney	20th, 38th and 33rd the last 3 weeks is showing he isn't ready to contend
24	28		Elliott Sadler	One flat tire away from 3 straight top 10s now, comes in 5th at Loudon
25	23		Sam Hornish	Several other lower-tier guys came through this week, but not Sam (39th)
26	24		D. Reutimann	Hey hey, he finally breaks the top 20 - barely - coming in 19th in Loudon
27	29		Casey Mears	As soon as he's let go by Hendrick, puts together a beautiful 6th place run
28	30		Michael Waltrip	Second-place run was his best finish since winning 2 races back in 2003
29	26		Juan P. Montoya	Spun out Kyle Busch, then went on to place in 32nd, not a strong day
30	27		David Gilliland	Was 2nd last week, but fell all the way back to 28th, his worst in a month
31	38		Reed Sorenson	About time the 41 did something, the 6th-place run was best since Daytona
32	41		J.J. Yeley	Two missed races and a 41st in last 3 weeks, yet finishes 3rd at Loudon!
33	31		Paul Menard	Qualified an ugly 42nd, but ran up to 29th, not impressive, but not terrible
34	32		Allmendinger	Engine problems ended his day early, putting him in dead last this week
35	33		Joe Nemechek	The last man in the field actually led a lap, but ended his day in 20th
36	37		Regan Smith	Has now finished between 21st and 35th in 10 straight races (27th)
37	34		Scott Riggs	Sat last week out, comes back to qualify 4th, yet still finishes in 34th
38	44		Aric Almirola	Finished 8th, 42nd, 33rd, 28th and 23rd in his 5 runs this season
39	35		P. Carpentier	Surprising pole winner led four laps right off the bat, but fell back to 31st
40	36		M. McDowell	A week after a personal-best 21st-place run, McDowell crumbled to 42nd
41	39		Robby Gordon	Actually led a lap on Sunday, but still could do no better than 26th
42			Dario Franchitti	Had a terrific 7th-place qualifying run, but is just not ready to compete yet
43	40		Bill Elliott	He's now sat out 2 straight races and hasn't been contending when he's in
44	NR		Terry Labonte	Former Cup champ's run 4 June races, placing as high as 17th at Infineon
45			Johnny Sauter	Qualified 37th and finished 37th, seems about right to me
46	43		Kyle Petty	Is officially back to being on the sidelines, has missed the last 4 weeks
47	46		Jeremy Mayfield	25th at Dover a month ago was bestsince 16th at Vegas, sat out Loudon
48	47		Tony Raines	Qualified for 1st race of the year 5 weeks ago, ended 40th, sat out last 4
49	48		Ken Schrader	Has run in just 5 races all season, and has missed the last 5 of them
50			David Stremme	No Sprint races the last few weeks, remains 9th in Nationwide points race

Just missed
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
51	48		Mike Skinner	The Truck Series regular has now missed more weeks than he's run
52	53		Marcos Ambrose	Australian rookie made first Cup race last week, but ended 42nd
53	51		Jason Leffler	Made 1st Sprint Cup race a few weeks ago, but ended in 40th
54	52		John Andretti	Has made just 3 races all year, has gone 40th, 35th and 40th
55			Jon Wood	Made his 1st race of the season a month ago, placing 36th at Talladega

The fallen
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
56			Scott Wimmer	Missed the Cup race again this week, 19th in Nationwide pts, though

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