Martinsville Fantasy Picks: Another Option Aside From Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin

Seeing as how Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin have combined to win the past eight races at Martinsville, it seems foolish to pick against them this weekend.

But NASCAR's Driver Rating stat offers some interesting alternatives.

Jeff Gordon (second) is barely below Johnson and has recorded a whopping 11 straight top-five finishes at the half-mile track. Tony Stewart (fourth) and Kevin Harvick (sixth) are also among the Chase drivers who could be viable alternatives to Johnson and Hamlin.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fifth) could be a viable second-tier driver (depending on your league), though it would be wise to stay away from Chase drivers like Greg Biffle (29th) and Matt Kenseth (19th).

As a side note, it's no wonder Johnson dominates in the Chase: This is the fifth straight week he has been the top pre-race performer at a track.

The full standings:

TUMS Fast Relief 500 Pre-Race
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Martinsville Speedway
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Driver Rating
Formula combining the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.
Number of Races: 11

Rank	Car	Driver	   Avg Finish	High	AVG DRIVER RATING
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	3.1	149.1	123.8
2	24	Jeff Gordon	2.9	132.2	123.0
3	11	Denny Hamlin	6.6	141.1	111.4
4	14	Tony Stewart	11.1	147.5	108.4
5	88	D Earnhardt Jr.	13.2	133.1	98.1
6	29	Kevin Harvick	17.2	108.9	90.1
7	18	Kyle Busch	17.8	121.9	89.9
8	5	Mark Martin	15.7	113.5	89.1
9	39	Ryan Newman	10.9	109.6	87.8
10	31	Jeff Burton	16.7	121.4	87.8
11	11	Jason Leffler	12.0	87.5	87.5
12	1	Jamie McMurray	17.5	114.4	86.0
13	33	Clint Bowyer	12.8	112.7	85.8
14	42	Juan Montoya	14.6	122.7	83.7
15	2	Kurt Busch	21.2	101.6	81.8
16	99	Carl Edwards	16.9	121.1	81.0
17	83	Brian Vickers	20.0	92.0	77.0
18	20	Joey Logano	15.3	100.7	75.8
19	17	Matt Kenseth	15.1	96.9	75.7
20	9	Kasey Kahne	19.9	102.4	73.6
21	12	Brad Keselowski	12.0	72.7	72.7
22	6	David Ragan	19.4	100.0	70.2
23	07	Casey Mears	18.6	97.4	69.2
24	71	Bobby Labonte	23.4	104.3	68.5
25	56	M Truex Jr.	21.8	93.1	67.2
26	19	Elliott Sadler	25.3	108.4	67.1
27	96	Ken Schrader	28.9	81.7	65.6
28	70	Tony Raines	20.0	88.8	65.3
29	16	Greg Biffle	22.4	91.9	64.6
30	00	David Reutimann	25.3	89.8	64.1
31	47	Marcos Ambrose	17.3	81.5	63.6
32	66	Jeff Green	26.0	98.7	62.8
33	43	Reed Sorenson	27.3	88.4	62.6
34	96	J.J. Yeley	28.6	77.7	58.7
35	36	Scott Riggs	22.3	77.7	55.4
36	34	Travis Kvapil	28.6	84.4	54.6
37	43	AJ Allmendinger	28.2	90.4	54.4
38	98	Paul Menard	21.5	74.1	53.4
39	70	Johnny Sauter	33.7	60.8	51.9
40	26	David Stremme	31.0	70.1	51.7
41	87	Joe Nemechek	29.3	83.8	50.5
42	78	Regan Smith	28.5	74.9	50.0
43	09	Aric Almirola	36.6	82.5	49.0
44	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	29.0	65.7	48.8
45	66	Dave Blaney	32.9	68.0	48.0
46	55	Michael Waltrip	26.0	69.4	47.3
47	36	Mike Bliss	34.2	77.9	45.4
48	21	Bill Elliott	28.0	57.4	43.4
49	4	Mike Wallace	29.0	44.7	43.4
50	37	David Gilliland	30.3	51.5	42.5
51	34	John Andretti	31.3	47.5	40.8
52	82	Scott Speed	33.3	48.7	40.1
53	10	P Carpentier	29.0	39.9	39.9
54	7	Robby Gordon	36.9	56.7	38.4
55	45	Chad McCumbee	25.0	35.0	35.0
56	55	M McDowell	36.7	47.7	34.9
57	38	Kevin Conway	31.0	34.3	34.3
58	13	Max Papis	40.0	32.5	32.5
59	66	Hermie Sadler	34.5	31.4	31.1
60	64	Derrike Cope	37.5	34.2	30.3
61	34	Kevin Lepage	35.5	34.9	29.6
62	64	Todd Bodine	43.0	25.8	25.8