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Fantasy 50: Ragan ready to make Chase run

by Gerrit Ritt, FOXSports.com

Updated: August 4, 2008, 8:00 PM EST Comment

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Review my Top 50 fantasy drivers in NASCAR. These rankings are updated weekly during the NASCAR season.

NASCAR Fantasy Fifty
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
1			Kyle Busch	Has now been 15th and 36th the last 2 weeks, conditions have contributed
2			D. Earnhardt, Jr.	Back-to-back 12th-place runs aren't what fantasy owners are hoping for
3			Jimmie Johnson	Backed up his win at Indy with a 3rd-place finish at Pocono, running well
4	5		Carl Edwards	Was 2nd last week, then wins this time, he's the hot guy on the circuit now
5	6		Jeff Gordon	Just snuck into top 10, now has 5 top 11s in last 6 weeks, no wins though
6	4		Jeff Burton	Not as consistent as he was early on, 21st at Pocono 2nd-worst run in '08
7			Matt Kenseth	11th place kept him out of top 10 2nd straight week and 3rd time in last 5
8			Greg Biffle	Had put up 4th and 8th-place finishes before coming in 13th at Pocono
9			Tony Stewart	Battling inconsistency, finished 2nd this week after a 28th at Brickyard
10	12		David Ragan	Has gone 5th, 8th, 14th and 5th the last 4 weeks, primed for a Chase run
11	13		Kasey Kahne	Interesting stat keeps getting more interesting: three 7th places in 4 weeks
12	10		Denny Hamlin	Has now finished outside the top 20 in 4 of last 6 weeks, 23rd at Pocono
13	14		Kevin Harvick	Now has a 3rd and a 4th place surround last week's 37th at the Brickyard
14	15		Martin Truex, Jr.	Averaging 14th place the last 9 weeks, so 15th at Pocono is right on pace
15	17		Ryan Newman	14th at Pocono gives him 5 top 15s in last 6 weeks
16	11		Brian Vickers	Had been running so well, then goes 42nd and 28th the last 2 weeks
17	19		Clint Bowyer	Needs a lot more 6th-place finishes to get himself in Chase contention
18	20		Mark Martin	Qualified 2nd for the 3rd time in 4 races, then goes out and places 8th
19	22		J. McMurray	Coming out of nowhere to post back-to-back top 10 runs (6th, 9th)
20	18		Elliott Sadler	He puts up 3 top 10s in 6 weeks, then drops again to 27th, tough to gauge
21	23		Allmendinger	Couldn't do anything early on, now has 3 straight top 20s (13th, 10th, 19th)
22	16		Bobby Labonte	33rd was his 6th run in the 30s, finishing one spot below brother Terry
23	21		Kurt Busch	Wreck ended his day in 38th, was 40th last week for same reason
24	26		Travis Kvapil	16th at Pocono was easily his best finish in more than a month
25	27		Casey Mears	5th and 7th in back to backs recently, been 34th, 33rd, 36th and 22nd since
26	24		D. Reutimann	Has had a decent season, but still just 1 top 10, at Charlotte in May
27	25		Dave Blaney	Had 4 straight top 20s in May, but only 1 in the 8 races since then (31st)
28	29		Reed Sorenson	17th at Indy was only his 2nd top 20 in the last 9 weeks, 35th at Pocono
29	28		Michael Waltrip	Things are getting ugly in Waltrip Land, finished dead last 2 straight weeks
30	33		Sam Hornish	Still hasn't had a top 20 in nearly 3 months, was 26th at Pocono this week
31	30		Juan P. Montoya	Had tire issues last week, then engine issues this time, ran 39th and 40th
32	31		Terry Labonte	Has now run in 8 straight races, with just 2 top 20s amongst them
33	34		David Gilliland	Despite qualifying 3rd at Pocono, couldn't get himself any better than 34th
34	32		J.J. Yeley	Finished 3rd just 3 races ago, now been 24th, 28th, 39th the last 3
35	39		M. McDowell	24th was actually his best non-road race finish of the '08 season
36	43		Bill Elliott	20th at Pocono is easily the best finish for the No. 21 team all year
37	35		P. Carpentier	Had 2 top 20s in last 3 races, then doesn't even race at Pocono, weird
38	36		Robby Gordon	Things have gone from bad to worse for Gordon, came in 37th this week
39	37		Paul Menard	Not gonna move up this list by finishing 42nd, that's for sure
40	38		Scott Riggs	Hasn't finished better than 20th in 3 months now, 29th at Pocono
41	40		Joe Nemechek	Still can't be considered a threat to anyone these days, not a fantasy factor
42	41		Jason Leffler	Run just 3 times this season, finishing 40th, 27th, then 32nd at Indy
43	42		Regan Smith	11 straight runs between 19th and 34th place, no top 20 in 8 weeks (25th)
44	51		Tony Raines	Ran just his 2nd race all season, came in an impressive 18th at Pocono
45	44		Johnny Sauter	Has now missed 3 straight races after a decent 28th a few weeks ago
46	45		Aric Almirola	Finished 8th, 42nd, 33rd, 28th and 23rd in his 5 runs this season
47	46		Dario Franchitti	Back to sitting on the sidelines this week, when will it click for him?
48	47		Kyle Petty	Is officially back to being on the sidelines, has missed the last 2 months
49	48		Jeremy Mayfield	25th at Dover a month ago was best since 16th at Vegas, sat out 5 straight
50	49		Marcos Ambrose	Made 1st Cup race a month ago but ended 42nd, fared better at Indy (22nd)

Just missed
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
51	50		Boris Said	Has run 2 of the last 6 weeks, but floundered in both (41st and 35th)
52			Ken Schrader	Has run in just 5 races all season, and has missed the last 8 of them
53			Jon Wood	Qualified for just 2 races this year, coming in 34th and 36th in those
54			Sterling Marlin	Finally got in his first run of the year 2 weeks ago, wasn't spectacular (41st)
55			Mike Skinner	The Truck Series regular has now missed more weeks than he's run

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