HOTLANTA Discussion (WEEK 2)

Hello All,

First of all huge congrats to Denny and the 11 team, they have been really dominant at Daytona for the past few years and finally achieved a 500 victory. JGR finished 1, 3, 5, 14 and Truex with a 2nd place finish. These Toyota's are off to a hot hot start with that extra 30HP.

What a booty day for Hendrick. With the 24 and 88 out early, the 5 and 48 brought home 13th and 16th places respectively. A lot of torn up race cars for HMS over speedweeks, they will surely be grinding this week to replace all of those rides.

Daytona Rising was a huge success and every seat looked like it had an AMAZING view of the entire track. Shout out to Daytona for stepping up and starting the ripple effect of the many NASCAR Stadium renovations to come!


Now that the nerves are out of the way for these guys, it's time to get down and dirty in HOTLANTA. The New AERO Package will debut and there is a 100% chance of AMAZING racing this weekend! Last years' results may be able to help us determine a winner here..

1	Jimmie Johnson	Chev	37	325	Running	47	4	87	$335,901	7-1
2	Kevin Harvick	Chev	2	325	Running	44	2	86	$289,680	5-1
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chev	9	325	Running	42	1	84	$184,755	12-1
4	Joey Logano	Ford	1	325	Running	41	1	88	$209,238	8-1
5	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	36	325	Running	40	1	49	$170,891	8-1

Let's discuss strategy for this week folks! Who you likin?

With the new package I'm not worried about last years results to much. I think JGR and Penske will be tough to beat based on Darlington and Kentucky, where the same aero package ran last year.

As long as those Gibbs cars are still running strong, I think they're the favorites, and I'm not betting against them.  Logano probably will be strong, so will Harvick.  But I think there might be some value in supporting Truex in matches.  His car was great last week, and I think he continues the momentum.  I'm hoping the books are a little cautious with him, and I'm hoping to get him paired up against someone like Newman or Dale Jr.

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Atlanta:

· 14 of the 108 (12.9%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta have been won from the Coors Light pole; the most recent was Kasey Kahne in 2006.
· The fifth starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (15) than any other starting position at Atlanta Motor Speedway; the most recent was Jeff Gordon in 2011.
· 26 of the 108 (24.1%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta have been won from the front row: 14 from the pole and 12 from second-place.
· 60 of the 108 (55.5%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Atlanta have been won from a top-five starting position.
· 85 of the 108 (78.7%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Atlanta have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· Eight of the 108 (7.4%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Atlanta is 39th, by Bobby Labonte in the fall of 2001.
· Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway five times; most recently the fall of 2010.
(NASCAR)

Race day is here! Crazy finishes to yesterday's comps.. Saved my plays for today. Going to cover a lot of favorites

Called my book because I noticed some bonus money in there... So I increased everybody because...why not??

GL

How you like that call by Knaus! Hell yeah Jimmie!!! #covered