NASCAR Weekly Preview: Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500

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This weekend we head to Atlanta for the Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500. The race is Sunday at 2:30pm EST on FOX. 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

Atlanta Motor Speedway

1.54 mile Quad Oval

- 500.5 miles

- 325 laps

- Surface – Asphalt

- Banking:

Turns: 24°
Straights: 5°

Compared Intermediate Tracks

Charlotte
Chicagoland
Darlington
Homestead
Kansas
Kentucky
Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Texas

Comparable Large Oval Tracks

Fontana
Charlotte
Chicago
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Texas

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Stats from 2005-Present

Top 5 Driver Rating

Jimmie Johnson – 107.1
Matt Kenseth – 98.3
Denny Hamlin – 95.5
Chase Elliott – 95.5
Kurt Busch – 95.4

Top 5 Average Running Position

Jimmie Johnson – 8.718
Chase Elliott – 9.785
Martin Truex Jr – 11.321
Brad Keselowski – 12.078
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 12.177

Top 5 Average Finish

Chase Elliott – 8
Matt Kenseth – 9.2
Jimmie Johnson – 9.6
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 11.2
Kyle Busch – 13.6

Top 5 Fastest on Restarts

- Average speed of first two laps under green.

Chase Elliott – 176.097
Landon Cassill – 175.659
David Ragan – 173.200
Kyle Busch – 173.056
Jimmie Johnson – 172.911

February 2016 Race Results

Driver Starting Spot Finishing Spot Diff Car
Jimmie Johnson 19 1 18 #48
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 16 2 14 #88
Kyle Busch 39 3 36 #18
Kurt Busch 1 4 -3 #41
Carl Edwards 7 5 2 #19
Kevin Harvick 6 6 0 #4
Martin Truex Jr. 9 7 2 #78
Chase Elliott 24 8 16 #24
Brad Keselowski 17 9 8 #2
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5 10 -5 #17
Austin Dillon 8 11 -3 #3
Joey Logano 26 12 14 #22
Greg Biffle 14 13 1 #16
Casey Mears 15 14 1 #13
Aric Almirola 27 15 12 #43
Denny Hamlin 12 16 -4 #11
Ty Dillon 18 17 1 #14
Paul Menard 21 18 3 #27
Matt Kenseth 13 19 -6 #20
Danica Patrick 25 20 5 #10
Jamie McMurray 2 21 -19 #1
Trevor Bayne 3 22 -19 #6
Kasey Kahne 11 23 -12 #5
Ryan Newman 4 24 -20 #31
Ryan Blaney 23 25 -2 #21
Kyle Larson 20 26 -6 #42
A.J. Allmendinger 22 27 -5 #47
Chris Buescher 31 28 3 #34
Matt DiBenedetto 35 29 6 #83
Michael Annett 34 30 4 #46
Brian Scott 10 31 -21 #44
David Ragan 33 32 1 #23
Michael McDowell 32 33 -1 #95
Regan Smith 30 34 -4 #7
Clint Bowyer 28 35 -7 #15
Landon Cassill 29 36 -7 #38
Cole Whitt 36 37 -1 #98
Jeffrey Earnhardt 38 38 0 #32
Josh Wise 37 39 -2 #30

Top 5 Lap Leaders

Kevin Harvick – 131
Kurt Busch – 62
Jimmie Johnson – 52
Matt Kenseth – 47
Martin Truex Jr. – 34

Top 5 Positive Place Differential

Kyle Busch +36
Jimmie Johnson +18
Chase Elliott +16
Dale Earnhardt Jr. +14
Joey Logano +14

Top 5 Negative Place Differential

Brian Scott -21
Ryan Newman -20
Jamie McMurray -19
Trevor Bayne -19
Kasey Kahne -12

Top 5 Average Running Position

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 3.04
2 78 Martin Truex Jr – 3.67
3 48 Jimmie Johnson – 4.42
4 41 Kurt Busch – 5.11
5 19Carl Edwards – 5.60

Top 5 Fastest Laps Run

Driver – Percentage – Laps

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 13.1% – 41
2 78 Martin Truex Jr – 10.9% – 34
3 44 Brian Scott – 10.9% – 34
4 15 Clint Bowyer – 6.1% – 19
5 48 Jimmie Johnson – 5.8% – 18

Top 5 Quality Passes

1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr – 65
2 19Carl Edwards – 62
3 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 57
4 22 Joey Logano – 57
5 48 Jimmie Johnson – 56

March 2015 Race Results

Driver Starting Spot Finishing Spot Diff Car
Jimmie Johnson 37 1 36 #48
Kevin Harvick 2 2 0 #4
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9 3 6 #88
Joey Logano 1 4 -3 #22
Matt Kenseth 36 5 31 #20
Martin Truex Jr. 14 6 8 #78
A.J. Allmendinger 11 7 4 #47
Brett Moffitt 22 8 14 #55
Brad Keselowski 12 9 3 #2
Ryan Newman 7 10 -3 #31
Aric Almirola 23 11 12 #43
Carl Edwards 5 12 -7 #19
Paul Menard 13 13 0 #27
Kasey Kahne 10 14 -4 #5
Casey Mears 21 15 6 #13
Danica Patrick 18 16 2 #10
Regan Smith 38 17 21 #41
David Ragan 17 18 -1 #18
Trevor Bayne 29 19 10 #6
Justin Allgaier 16 20 -4 #51
Sam Hornish Jr. 8 21 -13 #9
David Gilliland 26 22 4 #38
Alex Bowman 42 23 19 #7
Clint Bowyer 25 24 1 #15
Greg Biffle 19 25 -6 #16
Kyle Larson 6 26 -20 #42
Michael McDowell 24 27 -3 #95
Brendan Gaughan 31 28 3 #62
Michael Annett 32 29 3 #33
Tony Stewart 39 30 9 #14
Mike Bliss 27 31 -4 #32
Josh Wise 33 32 1 #98
Joe Nemechek 28 33 -5 #34
J.J. Yeley 30 34 -4 #23
Jeb Burton 40 35 5 #26
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 20 36 -16 #17
Cole Whitt 41 37 4 #35
Denny Hamlin 4 38 -34 #11
Austin Dillon 15 39 -24 #3
Jamie McMurray 3 40 -37 #1
Jeff Gordon 35 41 -6 #24
Ron Hornaday Jr. 34 42 -8 #30
Landon Cassill 43 43 0 #40

Top 5 Lap Leaders

Kevin Harvick – 116
Jimmie Johnson – 92
Joey Logano – 84
Denny Hamlin – 14
Matt Kenseth – 10

Top 5 Positive Place Differential

Jimmie Johnson +36
Matt Kenseth +31
Regan Smith +21
Alex Bowman +19
Brett Moffitt +14

Top 5 Negative Place Differential

Jamie McMurray -37
Denny Hamlin -34
Austin Dillon -24
Kyle Larson -20
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -16

Top 5 Average Running Position

1 22 Joey Logano – 3.606
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 3.975
3 4 Kevin Harvick – 4.102
4 48 Jimmie Johnson – 6.471
5 19Carl Edwards – 7.200

Top 5 Fastest Laps Run

Driver – Percentage – Laps

1 48 Jimmie Johnson – 23.0% – 60
2 4 Kevin Harvick – 22.6% – 59
3 22 Joey Logano – 11.9% – 31
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 10.0% – 26
5 19Carl Edwards – 6.5% – 17

Top 5 Quality Passes

1 78 Martin Truex Jr. – 72
2 48 Jimmie Johnson – 68
3 2 Brad Keselowski – 67
4 4 Kevin Harvick – 54
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 50

August 2014 Race Results

Driver Starting Spot Finishing Spot Diff Car
Kasey Kahne 10 1 9 #5
Matt Kenseth 5 2 3 #20
Denny Hamlin 17 3 14 #11
Jimmie Johnson 16 4 12 #48
Carl Edwards 11 5 6 #99
Danica Patrick 27 6 21 #10
Ryan Newman 4 7 -3 #31
Kyle Larson 3 8 -5 #42
Aric Almirola 7 9 -2 #43
Greg Biffle 18 10 8 #16
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20 11 9 #88
Jamie McMurray 15 12 3 #1
Kurt Busch 22 13 9 #41
Joey Logano 14 14 0 #22
Brian Vickers 19 15 4 #55
Kyle Busch 8 16 -8 #18
Jeff Gordon 9 17 -8 #24
Paul Menard 33 18 15 #27
Kevin Harvick 1 19 -18 #4
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26 20 6 #17
Michael Annett 25 21 4 #7
Casey Mears 24 22 2 #13
Martin Truex Jr. 6 23 -17 #78
Austin Dillon 13 24 -11 #3
Ty Dillon 29 25 4 #33
Justin Allgaier 31 26 5 #51
David Ragan 38 27 11 #34
David Gilliland 37 28 9 #38
Reed Sorenson 43 29 14 #36
Cole Whitt 40 30 10 #26
Landon Cassill 42 31 11 #40
J.J. Yeley 41 32 9 #32
Josh Wise 36 33 3 #98
Brett Moffitt 35 34 1 #66
Alex Bowman 30 35 -5 #23
Ryan Truex 39 36 3 #83
Joe Nemechek 34 37 -3 #77
Clint Bowyer 21 38 -17 #15
Brad Keselowski 2 39 -37 #2
A.J. Allmendinger 23 40 -17 #47
Tony Stewart 12 41 -29 #14
Marcos Ambrose 32 42 -10 #9
Mike Bliss 28 43 -15 #37

Top 5 Lap Leaders

Kevin Harvick – 195
Matt Kenseth – 53
Denny Hamlin – 37
Kasey Kahne – 25
Kurt Busch – 22

Top 5 Positive Place Differential

Danica Patrick +21
Paul Menard +15
Denny Hamlin +14
Reed Sorenson +14
Jimmie Johnson +12

Top 5 Negative Place Differential

Brad Keselowski -37
Tony Stewart -29
Kevin Harvick -18
Martin Truex Jr. -17
Clint Bowyer -17
A.J. Allmendinger -17

Top 5 Average Running Position

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 2.099
2 20 Matt Kenseth – 3.746
3 11 Denny Hamlin – 4.561
4 22 Joey Logano – 5.821
5 48 Jimmie Johnson – 8.221

Top 5 Fastest Laps Run

Driver – Percentage – Laps

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 33.5% – 90
2 24 Jeff Gordon – 12.3% – 33
3 47 AJ Allmendinger – 6.7% – 18
4 5 Kasey Kahne – 5.9% – 16
5 11 Denny Hamlin – 5.2% – 14

Top 5 Quality Passes

1 55 Brian Vickers – 61
2 42 Kyle Larson – 54
3 5 Kasey Kahne – 51
3 1 Jamie McMurray – 51
5 99Carl Edwards – 49

About the Author

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