June 11, 2009

Trucks: Michigan's last five races

As fields thin in the Truck series, finding consistent top-10 finishers is not that difficult, but it's also not that simple. Luck continues to play an important role in who will finish up front. Ron Hornaday Jr. has had one of the trucks to beat the last two weeks after starting on the front row each time, but mishaps sent him home 26th at Dover and 19th at Texas. Worse still, this has not been one of his favorite tracks with an average finish of 17.5 that puts him well down the grid.

On the other hand, Todd Bodine has a little momentum on his side after winning last week at Texas—and Michigan has been among his preferred tracks. He's yet to win there, but with a four-race streak of top-10s, he deserves a spot on the roster for consistency alone.

Mike Skinner has a slightly lower average finish of 6.2, but he's been nearly as consistent with four top-10s and a worst of 11th in his last five races on this two-mile track. He and Bodine should be the marquee regulars who anchor your roster.

"Rowdy" Kyle Busch is back on the lineup this week after taking Texas off and he's looking to improve on two runner-up finishes from 2005 and 2007. Last year he finished seventh, which gives him even more to prove.

Notably, only one winner from the last five years is on the lineup this week. Dennis Setzer found victory lane in 2005, but his results have been eroding ever since. He was eighth in 2006, 24th in 2007 and 16th last year, so fantasy owners can reasonably expect a different winner this year.

Average finish, last five races

DriverPwer Avg20082007200620052004
Travis Kvapil 1.00
1

1
Scott Speed3.003



Kyle Busch3.6772
2
Bobby Hamilton Sr4.00


35
Todd Bodine 6.004749
Colin Braun6.006



Kevin Harvick 6.00
8
4
Carl Edwards 6.00



6
Mike Skinner 6.20841153
Johnny Benson Jr8.00291244
Shane Hmiel 8.00



8
Brendan Gaughan8.75531611
Terry Cook 10.0010119137
Dennis Setzer 11.8016248110
Donny Lia12.0012



Rick Crawford 12.201166632
Erik Darnell13.0012612

Justin Marks13.0013



J J Yeley13.00



13
Mike Bliss14.00

14

Jimmy Spencer Sr14.00


14
Randy LaJoie 14.00



14
Robert Huffman 14.00


199
Chad Chaffin 15.0027

711
Todd Kluever15.00


15
Chad McCumbee15.3391918

David Reutimann15.67

15824
Ryan Matthews16.00
16


Ted Musgrave Sr16.4024523282
Stacy Compton16.502112


Regan Smith17.0017



David Starr 17.002613131221
Aaron Fike17.00
17


Robert Pressley 17.00


17
Ron Hornaday Jr17.502310730
Mark Martin17.50
332

Chase Montgomery17.50


2015
Matt Crafton 17.60153452212
Bobby Labonte 17.67
18332
Kraig Kinser18.00
1422

Sean Murphy18.00


18
Shelby Howard19.0019



T J Bell20.002020


Joey Miller20.00

20

Lance Hooper 20.00



20
Bill Lester20.50
15331618
Blake Bjorkland21.00
21


Johnny Chapman21.00


2319
Jack Sprague 21.203029101027
Deborah Renshaw21.50


2122
Jon Wood 22.0014


30
Marc Mitchell22.0022



Willie Allen22.00
22


Tim Sauter 23.00
23


Andy Houston 23.00



23
Bobby East24.0018
30

Erin Crocker24.00

24

Brian Scott25.0025



David Ragan25.00

19
31
Clay Rogers 25.50
25
26
Boston Reid26.00
3517

Tracy Hines26.00


3616
Marcos Ambrose26.00

26

Shane Sieg26.00



26
Steve Park 26.33

313117
Ryan Moore27.00

27

Shigeaki Hattori27.00


27
Jason White27.502827


Travis Kittleson28.00
28


Bobby Hamilton Jr28.00

28

Kevin Lepage28.50
3621

Mario Gosselin29.0029



Kelly Sutton29.00

253725
Hank Parker Jr29.00



29
Kerry Earnhardt29.00

29

Ken Schrader29.50
30
29
Timothy Peters30.00

3525
Nick Tucker31.0031



Brandon Whitt31.00


3428
J C Stout31.503231


A J Allmendinger32.00
32


Kyle Krisiloff32.00

32

Rick Markle 33.0033



Ricky Craven 33.00


33
Phil Bonifield 33.00



33
Chris Jones34.0034



Martin Truex Jr34.00

34

Loni Richardson 34.00



34
Brad Keselowski35.00


35
Aric Almirola36.00

36

Bryan Silas37.00
37


Robert Richardson37.00

37

Blake Mallory 38.00


38


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