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Fantasy Cheat Sheet:



Top 5



No. 24 Jeff Gordon: Gordon dominated at Texas during the 2010 and 2011 campaigns. He will bring the speed once again in the Lone Star State.

No. 4 Kevin Harvick: Harvick has been great in 12 of the last 18 races in the Lone Star State. He will crack the top 10 with ease this visit.

No. 2 Brad Keselowski: Keselowski has had five solid races and five average races at Texas during his career, but he has been great on 1.5 mile tracks this season. He should be inside the top five this week.

No. 22 Joey Logano: Logano won at Texas this spring and also won at Kansas, another 1.5 mile track. We like him in all leagues.

No. 99 Carl Edwards: Edwards drove a smart race last spring at Texas and notched a third place finish. He should have the No. 99 ride inside the top five this weekend.





6 to 10



No. 48 Jimmie Johnson: Johnson led 579 laps at Texas the past two years and in 22 career starts at the track he has 16 top 10 finishes.

No. 5 Kasey Kahne: Kahne has found past success at TMS and is worth rolling the dice on this weekend.

No. 18 Kyle Busch: Rowdy dominated at Texas during the spring 2012 race and has finished inside the top six in seven of the last 14 races at the track.

No. 20 Matt Kenseth: Kenseth brought one of the fastest cars to Texas the past seven races including a win during the spring race in 2011. He is one of our top picks to return to victory lane Sunday.

No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Junior finished second at the track last fall and should be fast again this visit.





11 to 20



No. 31 Ryan Newman: Newman has averaged just an 18th place finish the past 18 races at Texas. He is decent pick.

No. 16 Greg Biffle: Biffle won the 2012 spring race at Texas and he has been great in the past 11 races at the track. He is worth using in all leagues this weekend.

No. 15 Clint Bowyer: Texas isn't one of Bowyer's favorite tracks, but he has found some recent success at the track. He will finish just outside the top 10.

No. 11 Denny Hamlin: Hamlin has averaged an 11th place finish at Texas during his career. He will finish right around his average this weekend.

No. 42 Kyle Larson: Larson surprised with a 5th place finish at Texas this spring. He should be solid again this weekend.

No. 78 Martin Truex Jr.: Truex Jr. was great at Texas last spring and decent this year. He has finished in the top 15 in 12 of his last 18 starts at the track.

No. 14 Tony Stewart: Smoke has been great at Texas during his career. He should be active on most fantasy rosters this weekend.

No. 43 Aric Almirola: Almirola cranked a 12th place finish at Texas this spring. He is a fine sleeper choice.

No. 41 Kurt Busch: Busch have averaged an 18th place finish at Texas during his career. He will finish right around his average.

No. 1 Jamie McMurray: Jamie Mac has six top 10 finishes in 20 career starts at TMS. This is a good weekend to get him active on your roster.





21 to 30



No. 55 Brian Vickers: Vickers has turned some fast laps at Texas during his career. Look for him to crack the top 30 once again.

No. 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Stenhouse has had past success at TMS and is worth using in most leagues.

No. 3 Austin Dillon: Dillon was very average his first three visits to Texas.

No. 27 Paul Menard: Menard has been fast at Texas the past eight races. He is a fine option.

No. 9 Marcos Ambrose: Ambrose has averaged a top 20 finish at TMS during his career. He is a decent fourth driver this weekend.

No. 47 A.J. Allmendinger: A.J. has actually averaged a 22nd place finish at Texas during his career. We like as a fifth driver.

No. 34 David Ragan: Ragan has been fast at Texas in his career. He could crack the top 30 this weekend with a little luck.

No. 13 Casey Mears: Mears drove decent at Texas last year. There are worse choices.

No. 10 Danica Patrick: She isn’t much of an option.

No. 21 Trevor Bayne: Bayne has averaged a 21st place finish at Texas during his career. He isn’t a bad fifth choice.





Field Fillers:



No. 51 Justin Allgaier

No. 38 David Gilliland

No. 7 Michael Annett

No. 23 Alex Bowman

No. 26 Cole Whitt

No. 98 Josh Wise

No. 32 Joey Gase

No. 40 Landon Cassill

No. 83 J.J. Yeley

No. 95 Michael McDowell

No. 33 David Stremme

No. 36 Reed Sorenson

No. 66 Brett Moffitt