NASCAR Fantasy Fifty
by Gerrit Ritt, FOXSports.com
Review my Top 50 fantasy drivers in NASCAR. These rankings are updated weekly during the NASCAR season.
NASCAR | NBA | NFL | NHL | MLB | NASCAR Fantasy Fifty | ||||||
| Rk | P | A | Driver | Comment | ||
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | Isn't much arguing with this, he was dominant in the season's second half | ||||
| 2 | Carl Edwards | Had more wins than anyone, but not even he could keep up with the No. 48 | ||||
| 3 | Greg Biffle | Third overall in points and fourth in wins (2), Biffle was a pleasant surprise | ||||
| 4 | 7 | | Kyle Busch | Dominated first half of year, crumbled in Chase, however 2nd with 8 wins | ||
| 5 | 4 | | Kevin Harvick | He was incredibly consistent, but somehow didn't notch a single victory | ||
| 6 | 5 | | Matt Kenseth | One of only 4 Chase drivers with less than 10 top fives (9), no wins either | ||
| 7 | 10 | | Clint Bowyer | Just barely made the Chase, then moves up to 5th when all said and done | ||
| 8 | Jeff Burton | A Chase low 7 top fives, but managed 2 wins, was incredibly inconsistent | ||||
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | Ended well, moving up to 8th in the overall points, 12 top fives, 18 top 10s | ||||
| 10 | 13 | | J. McMurray | He was as good as anyone in the last 6 weeks, putting up 4 top fives! | ||
| 11 | David Ragan | Far and away the best of the non-Chase drivers this year, will be big in '09 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | | Jeff Gordon | First season with no wins since his rookie year, despite 19 top 10s | ||
| 13 | 15 | | Tony Stewart | Only reason he wasn't dead last in the Chase is his final week finish | ||
| 14 | 12 | | D. Earnhardt, Jr. | Amongst the Chase drivers, he finished dead last, by a wide margin, 1 win | ||
| 15 | 16 | | Casey Mears | An absolute bum almost the entire season, then came on huge at the end | ||
| 16 | 17 | | Kurt Busch | One win, 5 top fives and 10 top 10s, not too bad for someone in 18th place | ||
| 17 | 18 | | Mark Martin | Ran just 24 of the 36 races, but still had 4 top fives and 11 top 10s | ||
| 18 | 14 | | Martin Truex, Jr. | DEI team struggled much of the season, only putting up 3 top 10-finishes | ||
| 19 | 21 | | Brian Vickers | Had a handful of top fives, to go with 6 top 10s this year, will rebound well | ||
| 20 | 19 | | Kasey Kahne | Had 2 wins and 14 top 10s, but he had way too many poor runs thrown in | ||
| 21 | 22 | | Ryan Newman | Had a win and finished 17th in points, but really tanked it late in the season | ||
| 22 | 20 | | Allmendinger | Ran in just 27 of the 36 races, but had some really nice efforts in there | ||
| 23 | 24 | | Elliott Sadler | Aside from Mark Martin, had more top 10s (8) than anyone outside top 20 | ||
| 24 | 23 | | D. Reutimann | Ran in all 36 events, wth just 4 top 10s and no top fives, needs to do more | ||
| 25 | Travis Kvapil | Not an altogether bad season, but he should finish higher than 23rd in '09 | ||||
| 26 | 29 | | Bobby Labonte | By far and away the least top 10s of anyone in the top 25 (two) | ||
| 27 | 26 | | Scott Riggs | Surprised here and there, but 31st in the points won't get any fanatsy love | ||
| 28 | 27 | | Paul Menard | Had a terrific 2nd-place run in Charlotte, but that was his only top 10 in '08 | ||
| 29 | 28 | | Regan Smith | Missed a couple races, but still eeked out Hornish for Rookie of the Year | ||
| 30 | 33 | | David Gilliland | Had a top five and two top 10s, but an unfortunate 8 DNFs, finishing 30th | ||
| 31 | 34 | | Michael Waltrip | Never a threat and is now just getting in the way more than anything else | ||
| 32 | 30 | | Marcos Ambrose | Only ran 11 races, but the rookie had a top-five run and will race more in '09 | ||
| 33 | 31 | | Dave Blaney | Nobody wants somebody ranked 30th in the points, disappointing season | ||
| 34 | 32 | | Juan P. Montoya | People thought he would do some things this year, but it didn't happen | ||
| 35 | Sam Hornish | Not a single top 10 all season long, finished 2nd in ROY despite that | ||||
| 36 | 41 | | Aric Almirola | 12 spot starts in place of Mark Martin, ran pretty well when given a chance | ||
| 37 | 38 | | Robby Gordon | Ran every single race, but it was tough to watch all the finishes in the 30s | ||
| 38 | 36 | | Reed Sorenson | Just an abismal season for Sorenson, who had high hopes coming in | ||
| 39 | 37 | | Bill Elliott | Only 20 races for Elliott this season, and with none in the top 10 | ||
| 40 | 47 | | P. Carpentier | Finished lower in the standings (38th) than anyone with more than 20 starts | ||
| 41 | 42 | | Joe Nemechek | Front Row Joe never threatened to do anything, best finish was 11th | ||
| 42 | 39 | | Ken Schrader | Drove in just 15 races this year, and he didn't impress anyone in that time | ||
| 43 | 50 | | M. McDowell | Ran in 20 races, but was noticably absent down the stretch | ||
| 44 | 43 | | Tony Raines | Had only 11 starts and didn't even finish 3 of them, was a total non-factor | ||
| 45 | 44 | | Joey Logano | Only ran 3 races at the end of the season, will be a force next year, though | ||
| 46 | 45 | | Kyle Petty | No top 10s in 14 starts, a distant 44th place in points, shouldn't be driving | ||
| 47 | 46 | | Chad McCumbee | A 17th was the highlight of McCumbee's 6 races this season | ||
| 48 | 40 | | Scott Speed | Ran 5-race stretch to end the season, but didn't do much in that opportunity | ||
| 49 | 48 | | Johnny Sauter | Averaged only 43 points in 9 races this year, had no top 10s | ||
| 50 | 49 | | Sterling Marlin | 3 DNF's in 9 starts is not what the veteran was looking to accomplish | ||
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