400 miles on the 2 mile D Oval at Fontana this weekend.
Forecast: 30% chance of showers as a system moves in from the Pacific, with a high in the low 60s.
Here's what the past few years have looked like for race winners at Fontana:
Jimmie Johnson: 17 races, 5 wins, avg finish 5
Carl Edwards: 14 races, 1 win, avg finish 9
Matt Kenseth: 19 races, 3 wins, avg finish 10
Jeff Gordon: 22 races, 3 wins, avg finish 11
Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Smoke, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle have all won 1 race, and have avg finishes between 12 and 18.
Also an interesting note is that Clint Boyer, although he hasn't won a race in Fontana, has the 4th best avg finish of 10.64 in 11 starts.
As a Team, Richard Childress has led the pack the last 2 years with an average finish of 8.40 and having led 117 laps. Stewart-Haas has the second highest avg finish with 11.50 although having only led 46 laps. Hendrick has led 197 laps, Joe Gibbs 187 laps and the surprise on the list is that the Roush Fenway team has only led 29 laps with a pathetic avg finish of 19.42.
Who ya got boys? I think Carl will come in with a Top 10 finish, but I'll play the odds and pick a 1-2 finish with Harvick edging out Matt Kenseth, and Jimmie Johnson hitting the wall hard with a flat with 50 laps to go.
Forecast: 30% chance of showers as a system moves in from the Pacific, with a high in the low 60s.
Here's what the past few years have looked like for race winners at Fontana:
Jimmie Johnson: 17 races, 5 wins, avg finish 5
Carl Edwards: 14 races, 1 win, avg finish 9
Matt Kenseth: 19 races, 3 wins, avg finish 10
Jeff Gordon: 22 races, 3 wins, avg finish 11
Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Smoke, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle have all won 1 race, and have avg finishes between 12 and 18.
Also an interesting note is that Clint Boyer, although he hasn't won a race in Fontana, has the 4th best avg finish of 10.64 in 11 starts.
As a Team, Richard Childress has led the pack the last 2 years with an average finish of 8.40 and having led 117 laps. Stewart-Haas has the second highest avg finish with 11.50 although having only led 46 laps. Hendrick has led 197 laps, Joe Gibbs 187 laps and the surprise on the list is that the Roush Fenway team has only led 29 laps with a pathetic avg finish of 19.42.
Who ya got boys? I think Carl will come in with a Top 10 finish, but I'll play the odds and pick a 1-2 finish with Harvick edging out Matt Kenseth, and Jimmie Johnson hitting the wall hard with a flat with 50 laps to go.