What is The C-List?
The weekly guide on getting the most out of low-rent fantasy drivers; C-List drivers in the Yahoo! game and/or drivers valued at $20.00 or less in salary cap games.
Juan Pablo Montoya – (last season: 15th @ Food City 500, 19th @ Sharpie 500)
Montoya has had good runs early in seemingly each week but hasn’t been good in the second half of races. At Bristol, Montoya has four career starts and an average finish of 17.0 in the last three. He has never finished in the top-10 but he has put together decent finishes from a variety of starting positions.
Aric Almirola – (last season: eighth @ Food City 500, 13th @ Sharpie 500)
Almirola has started at Thunder Valley three times. Last season, he had an average finish of 10.5 between the two Bristol races, including his best career finish (eighth).
Almirola is has not looked partially good this season but is dirt-cheap in salary cap games allowing flexibility to invest in high caliber drivers. Allocation owners are unlikely to give Almirola many looks this season and can take a gamble with him at his best track.
C-List results last week @ Kobalt Tools 500:
AJ Allmendinger (17th)
C-List 2009 season tally:
Starts average finish: 17.2
Last week, I caught some flak for not suggesting Bobby Labonte at Atlanta. There are several reasons why I thought Allmendinger was a better choice, partially in allocation formats.
First, while Labonte has some success Atlanta, none of it has been recent: five top-20s since 2004.
Second, 60% of players in the Yahoo! game started Labonte. That’s a great opportunity to set yourself apart and move ahead of a lot of other players.
Labonte ended up 40th with a DNF and Allmendinger finished 17th, tops among all C-List drivers