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Number Crunching: 2015 Food City 500 at Bristol NASCAR Fantasy Forecast

2015 Bristol I Cup Matt Kenseth Car Credit Amy Henderson

Photo Credit: Amy Henderson, Frontstretch

Back to Bristol this week, a place where the Joe Gibbs guys can flex some muscle. This could be the week that Carl Edwards becomes a big factor in the Chase. To get there Edwards is going to have to go through his teammate Matt Kenseth, who put it on the pole, and the Stewart-Haas …

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Number Crunching: 2015 Duck Commander 500 at Texas NASCAR Fantasy Forecast

2015 Martinsville I Cup Casey Mears Face Vertical Credit Amy Henderson

(Photo: Amy Henderson, Frontstretch)

The guys and gals of NASCAR took a week off but now, we’re back on track at Texas. The week off didn’t seem to change the status quo much as it appears the Hendrick, Stewart-Haas, and Penske boys are fast once again. Jimmie Johnson was fast in practice and has been one of the best …

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Number Crunching Fantasy Forecast: Can’t Go Wrong with Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

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Brad Keselowski was a surprise winner last week, but what wasn’t a surprise was the performance of the two Stewart-Haas Racing cars that nearly dominated the entire race. I will admit that I undervalued Matt Kenseth and he could have snake-bit our picks had he not broken an axle. Several of the single-car teams have …

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Number Crunching Fantasy Forecast: 2015 Auto Club 400 at Fontana

2015 Phoenix I Cup Kevin Harvick Face Credit Nascar Via Getty Images

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We were on track to have a pretty good team last week but Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s bad luck spelled doom for us. We are going to have bad weeks from time to time, so this week, it’s time to dust ourselves off and get back to work. The drivers didn’t run too many laps in …

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Number Crunching Fantasy Forecast: Is Kurt Busch Worth Picking Up For Phoenix?

2014 Atlanta Cup Kurt Busch Car Front Cia

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It’s that time of the week again, just after qualifying and my highlighter has come out to look at NASCAR Fantasy Live! picks. I would like to take a minute to tell you a little about how I play and the theory behind my selections before we talk about this week’s interesting news. If you have been following …

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Number Crunching: Kobalt 400 Fantasy Forecast

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Let’s talk a little NASCAR Fantasy Live, shall we? The main rules of the game involve picking five drivers while staying within a $100 salary cap. You also get two bonus picks of a winning driver and a winning manufacturer for 30 and 10 points, respectively. How do you collect points? Well, you get .5 points …

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Number Crunching: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Fantasy Forecast

2014 Bristol Ii Cup Kevin Harvick Jimie Johnson Cia

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Let’s talk a little NASCAR Fantasy Live, shall we? The main rules of the game involve picking five drivers while staying within a $100 salary cap. You also get two bonus picks of a winning driver and a winning manufacturer for 30 and 10 points, respectively. How do you collect points? Well, you get .5 points …

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