AAA Texas 500
Week 34
By Richard Tix
NASCAR heads to Texas for it's second race of the Eliminator round. This track might be a place for guys to make a move as it is a fast track. At the same time, if no teams have any bad luck this week they may all end up with quality finishes, leaving little wiggle room from last week to this week.
One thing is for sure, everyone on of the eight drivers left in the Chase will be pushing hard for that all important win to move them onto Miami. Only two automatic bids are up for grabs since Dale Jr stole a win from the Chasers last week at Martinsville.
(This is just a review of each drivers recent past performance, generally about 5-10 past races)
The Good
- Matt Kenseth- 24 career starts at Texas and Kenseth has 17 top 10's. 13 of those 17 are top 5's and he also has two career wins. In his last 18 starts he has 15 top 10's (two 12th's) and 12 top 5's. That's a pretty nice run for Kenseth.
- Jimmie Johnson- Just as impressive is JJ's 22 career starts. He has 16 top 10's, 10 top 5's, and 3 wins. Just in his last four races here he has 2 wins, not bad.
- Greg Biffle- In Biffles last 12 here he has 11 top 10's (the other was 12th). In that time 7 were top 5's and he also had a win in 2012.
The Middle
- Denny Hamlin- DH normally finishes very well at Texas, but in his last 6 starts he only has one top 10 here. However, just before that he had back to back wins at Texas.
The Bad
- Danica Partick- Sorry Danica, four starts and no top 20's do not help your chances of staying off this list. She hasn't finished outside 28th, but also hasn't finished better than 24th.
- Marcus Ambrose- 12 starts and one top 10. I hate to see Ambrose on these list's on his way out of NASCAR. His last five starts at Texas hasn't yielded a single top 15.
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr- Only 3 starts here, but he still makes the list with his girlfriend. That's because he only has one top 25 in those three starts and zero top 15's. This could just be a lack of power from his RFR cars, since it seems like the strong cars are always fast here, only time will tell as things even out in NASCAR over time.
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