Auto Club 400 Discussion (Week 5)

Man this season is off to an amazing start! We are 1 month into this new package season and each race has been so damn close and exciting it's hard to make it through Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday waiting for FAST FRIDAY. So, that's what this thread is for! DISCUSSION for FONTANA! Are you ready to go 3 and 4 wide?! I AM!

YTD record
Wins: 3-1 (lost Daytona)
Matchups: 2-0

Below are the results from last years Auto Club 400 - have a great week and post your thoughts below if you so desire!

1	Brad Keselowski	Ford	8	209	Running	47	4	163	$357,781	10-1
2	Kevin Harvick	Chev	2	209	Running	43	1	225	$265,530	4-1
3	Kurt Busch	Chev	1	209	Running	43	2	82	$210,655	14-1
4	Paul Menard	Chev	11	209	Running	40	0	152	$158,505	100-1
5	Ryan Newman	Chev	9	209	Running	39	0	162	$156,305	33-1

Either a Gibbs car or Penske car will win this week. Probably will be zero value on any of them too.

I am hoping to get Logano at 8-1 or higher or Denny 12-1 or higher 

I still think Carl is going to get a win sooner rather than later.  One of the things I really liked about him last weekend was how quick his pit stops were.  That team got him out quicker than everyone else.  That's got a lot of value at the end of these races when Nascar throws those b*ullshit cautions...

@shooter I think every week JGR will need to be covered - all 4 drivers had multiple wins last season, a great accomplishment. However after Penske's rather uneventful weekend in Phoenix, we'll have to see how they unload on Friday

@stats wow those would be great odds my friend!

@alan I agree on the 19 team, they have come out of the gates swinging. I'm happy he didn't wreck Harvick coming out of turn 4, he's a true sportsman and has shown so far this season to preform at a very high level and contend for wins and top speed.

I just read an article comparing standings this year to standings last year at this time. Check it out, definitely some interesting trends.

HOT

1. Kurt Busch … gained 29 spots to fourth
2. Carl Edwards … gained 16 spots to fifth
3. Austin Dillon … gained 14 spots to eighth
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … gained nine spots to 18th
5. Denny Hamlin … gained seven spots to sixth.

NOT

1. Clint Bowyer … lost 19 spots to 34th
2. Ryan Newman … lost 17 spots to 25th
3. A.J. Allmendinger … lost 15 spots to 20th
4. Paul Menard … lost 15 spots to 26th
5. Casey Mears … lost 15 spots to 27th

SIMILAR

1. Kevin Harvick is the points leader – just as he was last year
2. Kyle Larson is 17th – just as he was last year
3. Aric Almirola is 13th – one spot better than last year
4. Danica Patrick is 24th – one spot worse than last year
5. Brad Keselowski is 11th – two spots worse than last year

I got those odds I wanted    now comes the hard part 1 of them actually winning       I have hit all 4 winners this year so I am due for a bad race 

FAST FRIDAY IS UPON US FOLKS! aaand I have no idea what I'm going to do for Fontana based on trends, so I'm probably just going to see how everybody unloads as usual.

stats denny is FAST bro! new track record @ 38.194 in round 2 quals! 

Happy Sunday boys and girls FONTANA is here!!! Hoping to get Denny at a good price when bovada posts... also looking for a 3 matchup because the kid is on FIRE this weekend! 

aaaaaaaaaaand my picks are in - obviously don't know who the heck is going to get the checkered here but I think Kyle is sure as hell "fired up" from that white flag lap yesterday - waiting for matchups to post!

3 units - Kyle Busch +500
1 unit - Austin Dillon +1100
1 unit - Denny Hamlin +1400
.5 unit - Kurt Busch +1800 (cover)
.5 unit - Jimmie Johnson  +600 (cover)
.5 unit - Kyle Larson +4500 (long shot)

2.5 units - 11vs2 -105

tailed stats a bit and posted .5 more on Jimmie when I saw his post haha  SUPERMAN  pulls it off!!! Good weekend of racing and another amazing finish!