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NASCAR Fantasy Fifty rankings: Richmond

by Gerrit Ritt

Gerrit Ritt is an editor for the FOXSports.com fantasy group. Read his blog for more analysis.

Updated: May 6, 2008, 2:26 AM EST 2 comments

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NASCAR Fantasy Fifty
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
1			Kyle Busch	Will be ripped for wrecking Earnhardt, but 2nd place is still 2nd place
2			D. Earnhardt, Jr.	Was well on his way to victory, but spun out by Busch - finished 15th
3			Jeff Burton	11th-place run continues his streak of top 13 finishes to 10 this season
4	6		Clint Bowyer	The fortunate benefactor of the Earnhardt/Busch tangle, wins 1st of '08
5	4		Denny Hamlin	Dominated entire race, led 381 of 410 laps, late blown tire crushed hopes
6	7		Carl Edwards	7th place was his 6th top 10 of the season and 4th in last 5 weeks
7	8		Tony Stewart	One of 6 races he hasn't led a lap in, 4 of those 6 have ended in top 10s
8	5		Jimmie Johnson	30th was his worst finish of the year, now has 3 runs outside the top 25
9	13		Ryan Newman	Now has 3 top 10s in his last 4 races and 5 on the year, including a win
10			Kevin Harvick	Eighth-place finish ends streak of 4 straight outside the top 10
11			Jeff Gordon	His run at Richmond (9th) was surprisingly just his 4th top 10 all season
12	18		Martin Truex, Jr.	Running well again, 5th place at Richmond gives him 2 top 10s in 3 weeks
13	9		Greg Biffle	After 3 straight top 4 finishes, has now placed 14th or worse in 4 of last 5
14			Kasey Kahne	Had 4 top 10s in season's first 5 races, Richmond was 1st one since then
15	12		Juan P. Montoya	After 2nd-place run at Talladega, could only manage a 32nd at Richmond
16	19		Bobby Labonte	The vet still gets it done, 13th-place run was the 4th time in the top 13
17	15		Matt Kenseth	Last 3 weeks: 38th, 41st, 38th - this is not the way a contender finishes
18	16		Brian Vickers	28th was his second-worst run of the season, 5 of last 6 outside the top 10
19	22		David Ragan	Placing 17th at Richmond was his 6th top 20 of the season, climbing now
20	17		Paul Menard	31st was one of his worst runs of the year, still averaging a finish of 22nd
21	26		Mark Martin	The last 3 races he's run have now come in at 8th, 5th and 3rd, still going
22	20		Casey Mears	An accident ended yet another day under 35th (36th), 4 of those already
23	27		Scott Riggs	16th and 19th the last 2 weeks has him moving up the ranks slowly
24	25		Travis Kvapil	6th and 16th last 2 weeks, hasn't finished worse than 22nd in last 5
25	21		Kurt Busch	Was the 2nd car out of the race Saturday, due to a wreck, ended 42nd
26	28		D. Reutimann	18th, 20th and 22nd in last 3 races, 7 of 10 races have been in the top 23
27	23		David Gilliland	Accident ruined his streak of 3 straight 15th-place runs, ended the day 41st
28	29		Elliott Sadler	Put up 5th top 20 of the season with his 20th at Richmond, standing still
29	24		J. McMurray	Right when you think he's turning the corner, he gets stuck in 35th again
30	33		Reed Sorenson	12th was by far his best finish since his 5th at Daytona, boosts his stock
31	35		Regan Smith	Two straight 21sts were preceeded by two straight 35ths, still just 1 top 20
32	30		Robby Gordon	26th is right about where you expect Gordon to finish these days
33	37		Dave Blaney	17th was his 2nd-best qualifying, and 18th was his best overall finish
34			Sam Hornish	Starting to get a little more consistent now, placed 23rd at Richmond
35	45		Kyle Petty	27th at Richmond was his best of 7 races thus far in '08
36	31		M. McDowell	Has run 5 of the 10 races this year, yet still hasn't placed better than 26th
37	49		Allmendinger	27-year-old has made 2 straight runs this season, placing in 30th and 39th
38	32		Michael Waltrip	Still hasn't finished anywhere outside the 23rd-37th ballpark all season
39	36		Joe Nemechek	Has run 8 of the 10 races this year, but still hasn't placed better than 25th
40	51		Johnny Sauter	Has now run in 2 of the last 3 races, running in the 30s in both
41	39		P. Carpentier	Forced to leave the race early on Saturday, ending the day in dead last
42	40		J.J. Yeley	Still unable to turn the corner and start contending this season, ended 34th
43	41		Bill Elliott	Missed his 6th race of the year, hasn't done much in the other 4 either
44	38		Dario Franchitti	Has now missed a couple races in a row after injuring himself last month
45	42		Mike Skinner	Missed his 4th race of the year, still trying to break into the top 20
46	43		Aric Almirola	Has finished 8th, 42nd and 33rd in his 3 runs this season, missed Richmond
47	44		Jeremy Mayfield	Finished in the 30s 4 straight times before sitting the last 3 races out
48	46		Ken Schrader	Ended in 42nd last week, then failed to qualify for Richmond
49	47		John Andretti	Has made just 3 races all year, and has gone 40th, 35th and 40th
50	48		David Stremme	Filled in for Franchitti last week, finishing 28th, back on sidelines this week

Just missed
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
51	50		Jon Wood	Made his 1st race of the season last week, placing 36th at Talladega
52			Kenny Wallace	Dead last at Daytona, then hasn't run in any of the 9 races since
53			J. Villeneuve	Still hasn't had a start this year, no idea when that'll change at this point
54			Scott Wimmer	Placed 10th in the Nationwide Series race, but failed to make the Sprint
55			Marcos Ambrose	Australian rookie now has 4 top 25s in the Nationwide Series this year

Rankings and player comments are compiled by Gerrit Ritt. He welcomes your comments and questions. For more of Ritt's analysis, please check out his articles and blog.

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