With eight career wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson will be hard for fantasy players to ignore this week, says C.J. Radune, who has Johnson leading his lower-risk lineup.
C.J. Radune notes that Kansas Speedway is one of the more challenging 1.5-mile tri-ovals on the schedule it favors momentum and handling. Past winner Kevin Harvick leads Radune’s lower-risk lineup.
C.J. Radune notes that raw power and sleekness in the draft, and not necessarily qualifying position, make the difference at this track. With that in mind, Brad Keselowski leads his higher-risk lineup.
C.J. Radune believes that this week Kyle Busch is poised to have a big breakthrough and therefore Busch leads his lower-risk lineup.
Joey Logano leads C.J. Radune’s higher-risk lineup. Logano has yet to find victory lane this year but he does have two wins at Bristol.
C.J. Radune has Kevin Harvick at the top of his lower-risk lineup based on how well he ran at Atlanta earlier this year.
C.J. Radune predicts that nine-time Martinsville winner and current champion Jimmie Johnson will be tough to beat this weekend.
Could Dale Earnhardt Jr. be getting back into the groove after last season’s lengthy absence? C.J. Radune thinks it’s possible and has Earnhardt in his higher-risk lineup.
C.J. Radune advises fantasy owners that they’ll have to sacrifice roster depth to give Kevin Harvick a spot in lineups, but with his eight wins at the track, Harvick is a must-have driver this week.
For Sunday’s Kobalt 400, Jimmie Johnson’s four wins at the track put him at the top of C.J. Radune’s lower-risk lineup.
C.J. Radune says that Jimmie Johnson is the obvious choice for this week’s lineup. Johnson has dominated this race in the past, with five total wins including victories in 2015 and 2016.
C.J. Radune’s weekly column is back, as are some familiar faces competing in this year’s 2017 Daytona 500, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., who missed much of the 2016 season with a concussion.
For the final race of the season, C.J. Radune chooses Carl Edwards to lead his lower-risk lineup based on the fact that Edwards has the best statistics at Homestead among his championship competitors.
In C.J. Radune’s final higher-risk lineup of the season he’s giving Kurt Busch a chance, as the former Homestead winner Busch has been threatening to win as the season has progressed.
Tony Stewart, who is saying farewell to full-time racing in just two weeks, would love to go out at the top of his game with a win at Phoenix says C.J. Radune.
C.J. Radune says that with six wins out of the last eight races at Phoenix, Kevin Harvick will be the man to beat this weekend.
C.J. Radune adds Kyle Busch to his lower-risk lineup because Busch at Texas earlier this year and remains on a run of top-10 finishes, excluding Talladega, that stretches back to Darlington.
C.J. Radune says that Tony Stewart is still aiming for wins as his full-time career winds down, and Texas is a place where he has seen plenty of success, including two wins.