Pit Picks Review – Lowes (Bank of America 500)
Over the past few days I’ve been crazy busy, and was unable to post this week’s picks prior to the race, so I’ll cover my picks and review them in one post. Thanks to the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, and all that goes with it, I was only able to catch about 30 laps of the race, so I’m not quite sure what bonehead move Carl Edwards pulled this week (he is on a roll after all) to cause him to finish so far back in the pack.
The team was much improved over last week’s debacle at Talladega, picking up a couple thousand spots in the overall standings, but unfortunately dropped a few points to the second place team in my pool.
The numbers beside the drivers names are how many races I have them available for (9 starts per driver)
Group 1 – Jimmie Johnson(3) & Jeff Gordon(3)
I went with Jeff Gordon ahead of Jimmie Johnson this week, as I want to start Jimmie this coming week at Martinsville, and in two of the remaining 4 races after that. Jimmie ended up 6th, two spots ahead of Gordon, and led the most laps giving him a 14 point edge on his owner/teammate. A consistant top 10 finish out of this category is all you can ask for.
Group 2 – Mark Martin(2), Kasey Kahne(1), Kyle Busch(2), David Ragan(5)
Kasey Kahne and David Ragan got the nod in Group 2 this week. Kahne on the strength of back to back wins at Charlotte earlier in the season, and Ragan, because I didn’t wanna burn up a Busch start when he’s on a rough streak. Kahne didn’t disappoint, finishing second to Jeff Burton, which surprised the hell out of me, after seeing him a lap or two down during the stretch that I watched. It was a welcome surprise when I saw the results Sunday morning. The rest of the crew I had selected for this week all finished in the top 10 as well.
Group 3 – David Reutimann(5), Travis Kvapil(3)
Neither driver that I tabbed in this group fared very well during this weeks race. Reutimann got the start and finished 32nd, and led one lap for the much needed 10 point bonus. Kvapil limped home in 42nd, having completed only 194 of 334 laps. Another rough week out of the 3rd group for me.
Recap
- Points for this race: 294 (Gordon, Ragan, Kahne, Reutimann)
- Most Possible Points: 348 (Burton/Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kahne, Vickers)
- Season Points : 8387
- Current Place : 1st
- Lead over 2nd : 48
- Overall Percentile : 95th
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