Fantasy Auto Racing: Quaker State 400

What: Quaker State 400
When: July 9th
Where: Kentucky Speedway
2016 Winner: Brad Keslowski

Track: Kentucky Speedway. Opened in 2000, this 1.5 mile asphalt tri-oval speedway hosts the Quaker State 400 each year for the Monster Energy Cup Series. It has 4 turns with the first two at a 17 degree banking and the last two at a 14 degree banking. Side note -€” I don't feel like this race gets a ton of notoriety but I really enjoy the optics of the course and racing on it, tends to be a competitive consumer oriented race.

A Driver.
Brad Keslowski. Winner here last year and was having a strong push of 3 top 20 finishes before falling among the many accidents at Daytona last week and finishing 31^st. I think a bounce back is coming this week at Kentucky

B Drivers: - A good race to avoid Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, they don't have a good track record here.
Jamie McMurray. Solid outings this season with top 15 finishes in 10 of his last 11 races. Furthermore, he has a good history here with a 7^th place finish last year and 14^th place in 2015.

Trevor Bayne. 11^th last year and 13^th in 2015. A few rough starts with back to back starts above 20 but this is a good rebound race for him.

C Driver.
Daniel Suarez. Again -€” pacing out my Erik Jones / Daniel Suarez starts, I have more starts left with Daniel and they seem to go back and forth each race (last 3 -€” Erik topped Daniel at Michigan, Daniel topped Erik at Sonoma and then they flipped again at Daytona).

Dark Horse.
David Ragan. 22^nd place last year, 18^th place in 2015 and 22^nd in 2014. In addition to all of this he had a 6^th place finish in the accident rampant Daytona race last week.

Year to date stats:
A Drivers: Avg Finish 12th (35th percentile)
B Drivers: Avg Finish 13th (38th percentile)
C Drivers: Avg Finish 17th (47th percentile)
Dark Horse Drivers: Avg Finish 20th (56th percentile)