BREAKING NEWS: The Bank of America 500 has been postponed until Sunday at 12:00 pm ET.
After a rough week at Dover last weekend, we’re looking for a bounce back here at Charlotte in the Bank of America 500. The last time we ran here, Martin Truex, Jr. absolutely dominated the Coca-Cola 600 by leading 392 of the 400 laps en route to victory lane. We don’t see any one driver dominating the race this weekend, but it’s certainly possible–and if it does happen, it’s either going to be Truex or pole sitter Kevin Harvick. In the races here at Charlotte, we tend to see less “movers’ than normal, as the drivers that qualify up front typically stay there.
Other posts to read: Drivers to Target at Charlotte 2 and Drivers to Avoid at Charlotte 2 posts.
Lineup #1
As we stated before, the driver that leads the most laps tonight is either going to be Kevin Harvick or Martin Truex, Jr. We give the edge to Harvick, simply because he is awesome here at Charlotte and qualified on the pole this weekend. The #4 team isn’t known for their qualifying, so the fact that they were able to pull that off tells us they have a great car.
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Kurt Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Trevor Bayne
Lineup #2
On the other side of things, Martin Truex, Jr. does have some place differential FPTS potential (he starts 7th) and he could very well dominate this race as well. If you take Lineup #1 and switch out Harvick for Truex and Hamlin for Logano, the math works out just fine.
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Kurt Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Trevor Bayne
Lineup #3
Brad Keselowski should be one of the biggest movers this weekend and if he can pull off another top 5 finish we’re looking at a bunch of FPTS from the #2 Ford. With this Lineup, we’re targeting mainly place differential FPTS with five of the drivers and then hoping Kevin Harvick delivers the knockout punch and dominates this race.
- Kevin Harvick
- Brad Keselowski
- Austin Dillon
- Ryan Blaney
- Clint Bowyer
- Aric Almirola
Lineup #4
Don’t count out Kyle Busch this weekend. He’s had a bunch of great races at Charlotte, and although he’s never won here, he’s led the 3rd-most laps among all active drivers. Rowdy starts 4th for the Bank of America 500, and if something happens to Kevin Harvick (bad pit stop, for example), the #18 Toyota will be in prime position to assume the lead.
- Kyle Busch
- Joey Logano
- Kurt Busch
- Ryan Blaney
- Jamie McMurray
- Aric Almirola
Lineup #5
Chicagoland was the last 1.5-mile race track that we were at, and it was Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson that led most of the laps that day, although Martin Truex, Jr. ended up winning. One of our members also took home $10,000 with one of our Lineups that day, and we grabbed $2,000, so we remember that race well. It’s possible that Elliott and Johnson combine to lead a bunch of laps here this weekend, although the former probably has the better chance as he starts 3rd. So if you’re looking for a Lineup to fade both Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex, Jr., here it is.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Joey Logano
- Chase Elliott
- Clint Bowyer
- Landon Cassill
