This Daily Fantasy NASCAR Draft Kit is your cheat sheet to winning the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Powered by Kroger at Martinsville Speedway. This week's top Fantasy NASCAR pick is Jimmie Johnson.
Fantasy NASCAR Podcast - Martinsville Race
In the south side of Virginia rests an old, weathered track. It’s simple, small, and southern. It represents a forlorn period of NASCAR and Virginia’s heritage. As the NASCAR landscape has seen a proliferation of intermediate cookie cutter tracks, Martinsville has become a Mecca of sorts. To NASCAR blue bloods, this is Fenway or Wrigley. This is what racing should be.
Martinsville Speedway is short, flat, and a track for experts. Last week at Talladega, every driver pick in Fantasy NASCAR had a chance. The cars had identical setups and the high banking allowed for three and sometimes four lines in the turns. At The Paperclip, there is only one line. If a driver misses it, they hit the wall or desperately fight to get back into the convoy. This is no place for the weary kind.
Most will attest that the Chase has been a snooze. The intermediate tracks have delivered the unwatchable racing that everyone expects with the Gen-6. No one should have been surprised when Talladega also turned out to be 3 hours of lap turning and cautious driving. Not even fantasy NASCAR could spice this up.
The excitement returns this week, Martinsville is a trough track. It rewards good drivers and good fantasy NASCAR picks. The cars do not travel at 200 mph, but what good is speed without contact? Martinsville is analogous to going Christmas shopping at Walmart days before Christmas. Just as shopping carts jostle for position and cling and clang against each other in the small aisles of the toy department, 43 two ton steel boxes bang around a narrow half-mile oval. It’s a miracle that 43 cars can even fit on the track.
Fantasy NASCAR PICKS
| Drivers |
| High-Level |
| Jimmie Johnson |
| Jeff Gordon |
| Mid-Level |
| Ryan Newman |
| Brad Keselowski |
| Low-Level |
| Marcos Ambrose |
| Denny Hamlin |
Sleepers
Martinsville is a mean track. It is not kind to true sleepers. Long shots have no shot. That's not good in fantasy NASCAR. In Yahoo Auto Racing leagues you can survive, but in fantasy NASCAR leagues that feature salary caps, you need bargains.Danica Patrick - She raced well here in the spring. I am writing this before qualifying. If Danica runs well in practice and qualifying, then definitely put her on your fantasy NASCAR team. If she qualifies 30th or beyond, then do not put her on your fantasy NASCAR team.
Casey Mears - Dust him off, and put him back on your fantasy NASCAR team. The summer and fall have not been kind to the Geico driver. Mears is not on your Fantasy NASCAR team because he's a star or is on a hot streak. Pick him because he's cheap and has had success at Martinsville in the past.
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