Here are my Preview and Fantasy Picks for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8, 2015. Watch the action at 3:30 pm ET on FOX.

Favorites

1. Jimmie Johnson – Fastest in the last two practices, and coming off a win last week. Chad Knaus also seems to have this aero package nailed down. All I have to say is watch out…
2. Kevin Harvick  – Hard to count him out anywhere with how dominant he was last year. He was a bad restart away from giving Johnson a race for the end last week. He has also been fast all weekend.
3. Joey Logano –  Joey will be very fast and will lead the first chunk of the race as he seems to do from week to week. Reason he is not higher is because Todd Gordon was out done last weekend and failed to respond to track conditions like the Nos. 48, 4 and even the No. 2 did.
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr – Had a very fast car here last year and has said throughout the weekend that he has liked the car. Whenever he has a car he is comfortable with, it is very common to see him out front. Expect another top-five this weekend.

Dark Horses

Austin Dillon –  The week I call him out and say I haven’t been impressed, he dominates the XFINITY Series race. Go figure.  If Austin can transfer his run from Saturday to Sunday at all, he will have a good run.

Martin Truex Jr– I find myself pulling from Martin more and more every week and am happy to see a guy like him run out front with the past couple years he has had. Martin has been very fast in 2015 and looks like he has a good car this weekend. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins on Sunday

Who Wins?

Jimmie Johnson – Looks as if now he has the best car. Stack that with a genius crew chief and one of the greatest drivers of all time… well like I said, watch out. 

Fantasy Lineups

Although these picks are not etched in stone, here is what I have for each fantasy racing website.

Fox Sports 

 NASCAR.com 

Yahoo

Fantasy Auto Racing