NASCAR Weekly Preview: FireKeepers Casino 400
This weekend we head to Brooklyn, Michigan for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The race is Sunday at 3pm EST on FS1. I decided to move the weekly preview article from my fantasy NASCAR package this season. I hope it helps everyone get started on their fantasy NASCAR research.
Track Preview
Michigan International Speedway
- 2-mile D-Shaped Oval
- 400 Miles
- 200 Laps
- Surface: Asphalt
- Banks:
Turns: 18°
Start/Finish: 12°
Backstretch: 5°
Comparable Tracks
Fontana
Comparable Large Oval Tracks
Atlanta
Fontana
Charlotte
Chicago
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Texas
Important Note:
Michigan was repaved prior to the 2012 season.
Stats from 2005-Present
Top 5 Driver Rating
Chase Elliott – 125.1
Matt Kenseth – 102.2
Jimmie Johnson – 100.0
Joey Logano – 97.0
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 96.0
Top 5 Average Running Position
Chase Elliott – 4.3
Matt Kenseth – 11.22
Jimmie Johnson – 12.116
Brad Keselowski – 12.632
Joey Logano – 12.633
Top 5 Average Finish
Chase Elliott – 2
Matt Kenseth – 11
Kevin Harvick – 11.3
Brad Keselowski – 12.3
Joey Logano – 12.6
Top 5 Fastest on Restarts
- Average speed of first two laps under green.
Chase Elliott – 178.750
Clint Bowyer – 177.621
Jimmie Johnson – 176.711
Joey Logano – 176.404
Kyle Larson – 176.240
August 2016 Race Results
Driver | Starting Spot | Finishing Spot | Diff | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kyle Larson | 12 | 1 | 11 | #42 |
Chase Elliott | 5 | 2 | 3 | #24 |
Brad Keselowski | 18 | 3 | 15 | #2 |
Ryan Blaney | 7 | 4 | 3 | #21 |
Kevin Harvick | 4 | 5 | -1 | #4 |
Jimmie Johnson | 2 | 6 | -4 | #48 |
Carl Edwards | 9 | 7 | 2 | #19 |
Jamie McMurray | 8 | 8 | 0 | #1 |
Denny Hamlin | 3 | 9 | -6 | #11 |
Joey Logano | 1 | 10 | -9 | #22 |
Greg Biffle | 22 | 11 | 11 | #16 |
Kurt Busch | 19 | 12 | 7 | #41 |
Matt Kenseth | 13 | 13 | 0 | #20 |
Kasey Kahne | 11 | 14 | -3 | #5 |
A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 15 | 10 | #47 |
Austin Dillon | 17 | 16 | 1 | #3 |
Ryan Newman | 10 | 17 | -7 | #31 |
Paul Menard | 20 | 18 | 2 | #27 |
Kyle Busch | 16 | 19 | -3 | #18 |
Martin Truex Jr. | 14 | 20 | -6 | #78 |
Tony Stewart | 15 | 21 | -6 | #14 |
Casey Mears | 28 | 22 | 6 | #13 |
Danica Patrick | 23 | 23 | 0 | #10 |
Trevor Bayne | 24 | 24 | 0 | #6 |
Aric Almirola | 26 | 25 | 1 | #43 |
Regan Smith | 31 | 26 | 5 | #7 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 29 | 27 | 2 | #17 |
Brian Scott | 30 | 28 | 2 | #44 |
David Ragan | 32 | 29 | 3 | #23 |
Alex Bowman | 6 | 30 | -24 | #88 |
Michael McDowell | 35 | 31 | 4 | #95 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 34 | 32 | 2 | #83 |
Michael Annett | 36 | 33 | 3 | #46 |
Cole Whitt | 37 | 34 | 3 | #98 |
Chris Buescher | 21 | 35 | -14 | #34 |
Reed Sorenson | 39 | 36 | 3 | #55 |
Jeffrey Earnhardt | 40 | 37 | 3 | #32 |
Josh Wise | 38 | 38 | 0 | #30 |
Landon Cassill | 33 | 39 | -6 | #38 |
Clint Bowyer | 27 | 40 | -13 | #15 |
Top 5 Lap Leaders
Kyle Larson – 41
Jimmie Johnson – 37
Kevin Harvick – 33
Chase Elliott – 31
Joey Logano – 24
Top 5 Positive Place Differential
Brad Keselowski +15
Kyle Larson +11
Greg Biffle +11
A.J. Allmendinger +10
Kurt Busch +7
Top 5 Negative Place Differential
Alex Bowman -24
Chris Buescher -14
Clint Bowyer -13
Joey Logano -9
Ryan Newman -7
Top 5 Average Running Position
1 4 Kevin Harvick – 3.56
2 24 Chase Elliott – 3.69
3 48 Jimmie Johnson – 5.04
4 42 Kyle Larson – 6.26
5 11 Denny Hamlin – 6.74
Top 5 Fastest Laps Run
Driver – Percentage – Laps
1 24 Chase Elliott – 21.1% – 37
2 42 Kyle Larson – 18.9% – 33
3 4 Kevin Harvick – 12.6% – 22
4 48 Jimmie Johnson – 9.7% – 17
5 2 Brad Keselowski – 8.6% – 15
Top 5 Quality Passes
1 20 Matt Kenseth – 60
2 42 Kyle Larson – 49
3 1 Jamie McMurray – 46
4 19 Carl Edwards – 44
5 5 Kasey Kahne – 43
June 2016 Race Results
Driver | Starting Spot | Finishing Spot | Diff | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joey Logano | 1 | 1 | 0 | #22 |
Chase Elliott | 10 | 2 | 8 | #24 |
Kyle Larson | 7 | 3 | 4 | #42 |
Brad Keselowski | 15 | 4 | 11 | #2 |
Kevin Harvick | 29 | 5 | 24 | #4 |
Carl Edwards | 11 | 6 | 5 | #19 |
Tony Stewart | 3 | 7 | -4 | #14 |
Austin Dillon | 8 | 8 | 0 | #3 |
Jamie McMurray | 14 | 9 | 5 | #1 |
Kurt Busch | 17 | 10 | 7 | #41 |
Ryan Newman | 6 | 11 | -5 | #31 |
Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 12 | -10 | #78 |
Kasey Kahne | 23 | 13 | 10 | #5 |
Matt Kenseth | 19 | 14 | 5 | #20 |
Trevor Bayne | 13 | 15 | -2 | #6 |
Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 16 | 0 | #48 |
Ryan Blaney | 5 | 17 | -12 | #21 |
Paul Menard | 32 | 18 | 14 | #27 |
Greg Biffle | 18 | 19 | -1 | #16 |
Chris Buescher | 22 | 20 | 2 | #34 |
Danica Patrick | 25 | 21 | 4 | #10 |
David Ragan | 35 | 22 | 13 | #23 |
Clint Bowyer | 34 | 23 | 11 | #15 |
Ty Dillon | 21 | 24 | -3 | #95 |
Landon Cassill | 28 | 25 | 3 | #38 |
Aric Almirola | 30 | 26 | 4 | #43 |
Cole Whitt | 36 | 27 | 9 | #55 |
Michael Annett | 39 | 28 | 11 | #46 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 12 | 29 | -17 | #17 |
Josh Wise | 37 | 30 | 7 | #30 |
Reed Sorenson | 40 | 31 | 9 | #98 |
Casey Mears | 24 | 32 | -8 | #13 |
Denny Hamlin | 4 | 33 | -29 | #11 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 31 | 34 | -3 | #83 |
Regan Smith | 33 | 35 | -2 | #7 |
Brian Scott | 26 | 36 | -10 | #44 |
Jeffrey Earnhardt | 38 | 37 | 1 | #32 |
A.J. Allmendinger | 20 | 38 | -18 | #47 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 27 | 39 | -12 | #88 |
Kyle Busch | 9 | 40 | -31 | #18 |
Top 5 Lap Leaders
Joey Logano – 138
Chase Elliott – 35
Brad Keselowski – 10
Martin Truex Jr. – 10
Jimmie Johnson – 4
Top 5 Positive Place Differential
Kevin Harvick +24
Paul Menard +14
David Ragan +13
Brad Keselowski +11
Clint Bowyer +11
Michael Annett +11
Top 5 Negative Place Differential
Kyle Busch -31
Denny Hamlin -29
A.J. Allmendinger -18
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -17
Ryan Blaney -12
Dale Earnhardt Jr. -12
Top 5 Average Running Position
1 22 Joey Logano – 1.91
2 42 Kyle Larson – 4.38
3 24 Chase Elliott – 4.91
4 14 Tony Stewart – 5.20
5 2 Brad Keselowski – 7.42
Top 5 Fastest Laps Run
Driver – Percentage – Laps
1 22 Joey Logano – 37.8% – 51
2 24 Chase Elliott – 23.0% – 31
3 78 Martin Truex Jr – 8.9% – 12
4 48 Jimmie Johnson – 8.2% – 11
5 42 Kyle Larson – 5.2% – 7
Top 5 Quality Passes
1 48 Jimmie Johnson – 49
2 2 Brad Keselowski – 46
3 31 Ryan Newman – 38
4 21 Ryan Blaney – 35
5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 34
August 2015 Race Results
Driver | Starting Spot | Finishing Spot | Diff | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Kenseth | 1 | 1 | 0 | #20 |
Kevin Harvick | 7 | 2 | 5 | #4 |
Martin Truex Jr. | 22 | 3 | 19 | #78 |
Austin Dillon | 4 | 4 | 0 | #3 |
Denny Hamlin | 2 | 5 | -3 | #11 |
Carl Edwards | 3 | 6 | -3 | #19 |
Joey Logano | 10 | 7 | 3 | #22 |
Ryan Newman | 17 | 8 | 9 | #31 |
Brad Keselowski | 14 | 9 | 5 | #2 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 9 | 10 | -1 | #88 |
Kyle Busch | 6 | 11 | -5 | #18 |
Paul Menard | 24 | 12 | 12 | #27 |
Kyle Larson | 34 | 13 | 21 | #42 |
Aric Almirola | 30 | 14 | 16 | #43 |
Kasey Kahne | 11 | 15 | -4 | #5 |
Jamie McMurray | 18 | 16 | 2 | #1 |
Jeff Gordon | 21 | 17 | 4 | #24 |
David Ragan | 13 | 18 | -5 | #55 |
Sam Hornish Jr. | 15 | 19 | -4 | #9 |
Kurt Busch | 16 | 20 | -4 | #41 |
Tony Stewart | 5 | 21 | -16 | #14 |
Trevor Bayne | 25 | 22 | 3 | #6 |
Greg Biffle | 20 | 23 | -3 | #16 |
Ryan Blaney | 19 | 24 | -5 | #21 |
Danica Patrick | 23 | 25 | -2 | #10 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27 | 26 | 1 | #17 |
Cole Whitt | 35 | 27 | 8 | #35 |
A.J. Allmendinger | 26 | 28 | -2 | #47 |
Justin Allgaier | 28 | 29 | -1 | #51 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 32 | 30 | 2 | #83 |
Alex Bowman | 33 | 31 | 2 | #7 |
David Gilliland | 36 | 32 | 4 | #38 |
Jeb Burton | 29 | 33 | -4 | #26 |
Brett Moffitt | 38 | 34 | 4 | #34 |
Michael Annett | 39 | 35 | 4 | #46 |
Landon Cassill | 31 | 36 | -5 | #40 |
Josh Wise | 41 | 37 | 4 | #32 |
J.J. Yeley | 37 | 38 | -1 | #23 |
Jimmie Johnson | 8 | 39 | -31 | #48 |
Travis Kvapil | 42 | 40 | 2 | #33 |
Clint Bowyer | 12 | 41 | -29 | #15 |
Casey Mears | 40 | 42 | -2 | #13 |
Timmy Hill | 43 | 43 | 0 | #98 |
Top 5 Lap Leaders
Matt Kenseth – 146
Austin Dillon – 19
Kevin Harvick – 15
Kyle Busch – 10
Carl Edwards – 5
Top 5 Positive Place Differential
Kyle Larson +21
Martin Truex Jr. +19
Aric Almirola +16
Paul Menard +12
Ryan Newman +9
Top 5 Negative Place Differential
Jimmie Johnson -31
Clint Bowyer -29
Tony Stewart -16
Kyle Busch -5
David Ragan -5
Ryan Blaney -5
Landon Cassill -5
Top 5 Average Running Position
1 20 Matt Kenseth – 2.19
2 4 Kevin Harvick – 6.49
3 78 Martin Truex Jr – 7.10
4 19 Carl Edwards – 7.14
5 22 Joey Logano – 7.67
Top 5 Fastest Laps Run
Driver – Percentage – Laps
1 20 Matt Kenseth – 48.4% – 75
2 78 Martin Truex Jr – 15.5% – 24
3 3 Austin Dillon – 11.6% – 18
4 4 Kevin Harvick – 11.0% – 17
5 48 Jimmie Johnson – 3.9% – 6
Top 5 Quality Passes
1 2 Brad Keselowski – 85
2 78 Martin Truex Jr – 73
3 27 Paul Menard – 66
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr – 65
5 19 Carl Edwards – 64