Yahoo! Fantasy NASCAR: Talladega Superspeedway

Taking a look at this weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, there’s a lot of good story lines happening this week.

Is this the week that Dale Earnhardt Jr. rolls into victory lane? Was the weeks worth of “are you leaving JGR to start your own team?” enough of a distraction that Tony Stewart won’t find his way into victory lane? Jeff Gordon is looking for his third straight Talladega win, but has an average finish of 18.9 in the first eight races this season.

My early picks for this weekend,

Group A

Jeff Gordon
Tony Stewart
Jimmie Johnson

Group B

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kyle Busch
David Gilliand
Bobby Labonte

Group C

Travis Kvapil
Brian Vickers
Sam Hornish Jr.

Here’s a look at the user picks from earlier today at Yahoo! racing.

This table shows the top ten drivers by average finish at Talladega Superspeedway.

Rank	Name	Starts	Best	Worst	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Yahoo Group
1	Busch, Kurt	14	3rd	36th	22.3	10.0	A
2	Stewart, Tony	18	2nd	34th	16.7	12.6	A
3	Harvick, Kevin	14	2nd	32nd	21.4	13.6	A
4	Gordon, Jeff	22	1st	42nd	10.5	13.9	A
5	Earnhardt Jr, Dale	16	1st	42nd	18.3	14.3	B
6	Gilliland, David	3	4th	27th	10.0	15.3	B
7	Kenseth, Matt	16	3rd	42nd	24.8	16.1	A
8	Labonte, Bobby	22	1st	41st	17.5	16.6	B
9	Hamlin, Denny	4	4th	22nd	15.8	17.0	A
10	Kvapil, Travis	3	16th	19th	16.7	17.7	C

This table shows top ten drivers by average finish at tracks similar to Talladega (Superspeedways)

Rank	Name	Starts	Best	Worst	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Yahoo Group
1	Earnhardt Jr, Dale	33	1st	42nd	14.8	14.1	B
2	Busch, Kurt	29	2nd	41st	22.7	14.8	A
3	Harvick, Kevin	28	1st	36th	18.6	14.9	A
4	Gordon, Jeff	45	1st	42nd	11.2	14.9	A
5	Hornish Jr, Sam	1	15th	15th	19.0	15.0	C
6	Stewart, Tony	37	1st	43rd	13.4	15.2	A
7	Johnson, Jimmie	25	1st	39th	8.4	15.4	A
8	Gilliland, David	6	4th	28th	15.8	15.5	B
9	Burton, Jeff	45	1st	43rd	22.4	17.6	A
10	Kenseth, Matt	33	3rd	42nd	23.8	18.3	A