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Fantasy NASCAR tips for the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. /p
To help guide you through the 2013 Fantasy NASCAR season, Athlon Sports contributor Geoffrey Miller will be offering his best predictions for each race. And because Yahoo's Fantasy Auto Racing game is arguably the most popular, he鈥檒l break down the picks according to its NASCAR driver classes 鈥?A-List, B-List, C-List. The main picks are designed to make optimal use of Yahoo!鈥檚 9-start maximum rule over the course of the season. The 鈥渁lso consider鈥?section ranks unmentioned drivers strictly by expected result without consideration of start limitations.

It鈥檚 round one of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway this weekend 鈥?and the one year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Jr.鈥檚 most recent win. Oh, that鈥檚 the only thing everyone is talking about this week? Sorry about that. Jump in, make your picks and, hopefully, make us look like we know what we鈥檙e talking about.

A-List (Pick two, start one)Jimmie <a href=www.agoshow.net/Yankees-2-Derek-Jeter-Re...rseys-49/>Yankees 2 Derek Jeter Red 2010 All Star Jerseys</a> Johnson聽 Johnson was so, so good at Pocono Raceway. Without a differing pit strategy from Ryan Newman, there鈥檚 a good chance Johnson could have led all but about 10 laps or so thanks to the green flag pit stops. Most worrisome for the field is that Johnson discussed after the race how the car鈥檚 demands are really sharpening in to focus for that team. In other words: <a href=www.agoshow.net/2009-All-Star-Detroit-Ti...e-Jerseys-8/>2009 All Star Detroit Tigers 35 Verlandea Blue Jerseys</a> Johnson and crew chief aren鈥檛 trying out new setup theories at this point, they鈥檙e improving on what鈥檚 already working. There鈥檚 a good chance Johnson erases his distinction of never winning at Michigan come Sunday.

Denny Hamlin 聽Hamlin didn鈥檛 quite come through at Pocono like expected, and he鈥檚 now starting to reach desperation mode if the summer comeback from the four races he missed is going to happen. It was just two years ago that Hamlin drove away from the field to win at Michigan, and remember he was injured in a crash while battling for the lead earlier this year at Auto Club Speedway 鈥?Michigan鈥檚 sister track in shape and design. Last year, his Michigan race ended in a fire on pit road 鈥?knocking his average finish at MIS to 13.6.

Also consider: Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne
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