NASCAR Weekly Preview: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

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This weekend we head to Atlanta for the Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500. The race is Sunday at 2pm 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°

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Stats from 2005-Present

Top 5 Driver Rating

Jimmie Johnson – 105.4
Chase Elliott – 105.2
Kevin Harvick – 97
Kurt Busch – 95.2
Denny Hamlin – 93.9

Top 5 Average Running Position

Chase Elliott – 7.093
Jimmie Johnson – 9.059
Martin Truex Jr. – 11.132
Brad Keselowski – 11.28
Erik Jones – 11.898

Top 5 Average Finish

Chase Elliott – 6.5
Jimmie Johnson – 10.1
Kurt Busch – 13.7
Kyle Busch – 13.7
Erik Jones – 14

March 2017 Race Results

Driver Starting Spot Finishing Spot Diff Car
Brad Keselowski 5 1 4 #2
Kyle Larson 8 2 6 #42
Matt Kenseth 16 3 13 #20
Kasey Kahne 29 4 25 #5
Chase Elliott 11 5 6 #24
Joey Logano 6 6 0 #22
Kurt Busch 13 7 6 #41
Martin Truex Jr. 9 8 1 #78
Kevin Harvick 1 9 -8 #4
Jamie McMurray 7 10 -3 #1
Clint Bowyer 25 11 14 #14
Trevor Bayne 15 12 3 #6
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4 13 -9 #17
Erik Jones 23 14 9 #77
Ty Dillon 26 15 11 #13
Kyle Busch 3 16 -13 #18
Danica Patrick 24 17 7 #10
Ryan Blaney 14 18 -4 #21
Jimmie Johnson 18 19 -1 #48
Cole Whitt 37 20 17 #72
Daniel Suarez 21 21 0 #19
Landon Cassill 27 22 5 #34
David Ragan 34 23 11 #38
Chris Buescher 28 24 4 #37
Paul Menard 17 25 -8 #27
A.J. Allmendinger 20 26 -6 #47
Aric Almirola 30 27 3 #43
Matt DiBenedetto 22 28 -6 #32
Michael McDowell 36 29 7 #95
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12 30 -18 #88
Reed Sorenson 33 31 2 #15
Austin Dillon 19 32 -13 #3
Jeffrey Earnhardt 35 33 2 #33
Corey LaJoie 32 34 -2 #83
Ryan Newman 2 35 -33 #31
Derrike Cope 38 36 2 #55
Gray Gaulding 31 37 -6 #23
Denny Hamlin 10 38 -28 #11
Cody Ware 39 39 0 #51

Top 5 Lap Leaders

Kevin Harvick – 292
Brad Keselowski – 21
2Kyle Larson – 7
Ryan Newman – 3
Jimmie Johnson – 2

Top 5 Positive Place Differential

Kasey Kahne +25
Cole Whitt +17
Clint Bowyer +14
Matt Kenseth +13
Ty Dillon +11
David Ragan +11

Top 5 Negative Place Differential

Ryan Newman -33
Denny Hamlin -28
Dale Earnhardt Jr. -18
Kyle Busch -13
Austin Dillon -13

Top 5 Average Running Position

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 1.53
2 24 Chase Elliott – 4.40
3 2 Brad Keselowski – 4.89
4 42 Kyle Larson – 6.13
5 78 Martin Truex Jr. – 7.92

Top 5 Fastest Laps Run

Driver – Percentage – Laps

1 4 Kevin Harvick – 21.1% – 59
2 2 Brad Keselowski – 14.3% – 40
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 11.4% – 32
4 21 Ryan Blaney – 7.5% – 21
5 22 Joey Logano – 7.1% – 20

Top 5 Quality Passes

1 1 Jamie McMurray – 83
2 41 Kurt Busch – 68
3 6 Trevor Bayne – 66
4 77 Erik Jones – 66
5 78 Martin Truex Jr. – 62

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

About the Author

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Stephen Young (stevietpfl)

The Head of Motorsports at RotoGrinders and the long-time host of the popular Morning Grind podcast, Stephen Young (aka stevietpfl) has been one of the top NASCAR, NFL, NBA, and MLB analysts in the industry since its inception. He has accumulated numerous Live Final seats and is a multiple-time finalist for the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Racing Writer of the Year. Follow Stevie on Twitter – @stevietpfl