Matt Vecchio 
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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the NASCAR Cup Series. Below you will find my rankings for the drivers in this race.
A Group: Drivers I will have the most exposure to and are high priority
B Group: This group is drivers I feel have a high upside and are great filler pieces to pair with the A Group
C Group: The drivers in this tier are a bit risky, but could still be optimal. This group should be used in GPP’s
F Group: These drivers are on my do not play list
(Starting position in parenthesis)
Drivers highlighted in yellow are potential dominators
(All pricing is for DK)
| A Group | B Group | C Group | F Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Busch (1) – $9.8K | Michael McDowell (21) – $5.7K | Ross Chastain (8) – $9.6K | Ty Dillon (33) – $4.8K |
| Ryan Blaney (2) – $10.1K | Bubba Wallace (20) – $8.4K | Martin Truex Jr. (5) – $10.3K | Gray Gaulding (35) – $4.6K |
| Kyle Larson (22) – $11.3K | Tyler Reddick (9) – $9.2K | Justin Haley (23) – $5.9K | Harrison Burton (14) – $5.3K |
| Aric Almirola (24) – $7.2K | Corey Lajoie (30) – $7.4K | Ryan Preece (29) – $6.8K | |
| Joey Logano (6) – $9.4K | William Byron (7) – $11K | Chris Buescher (27) – $7.5K | |
| Erik Jones (31) – $6.3K | Christopher Bell (17) – $10.7K | Carson Hocevar (26) – $5.4K | |
| Denny Hamlin (3) – $10.5K | Chase Briscoe (25) – $7.7K | Ty Gibbs (15) – $7.8K |
*** Notes ***
- This week is much different than last week when it comes to laps and dominator points. After 400 laps and 600 miles last week, we have a “normal” 240-lap race with 168 dominator points available. This week I will be building lineups with 2 dominators.
- Not only did Kyle Busch has a fast car in Saturday’s P&Q, but he was also dominant here last year. Busch led a race-high 66 laps, was a plus10 PD finishing second, and scored 89.2 DKFP which was nearly 24 points higher than any other driver.
- One of the few drivers faster than Kyle Busch in practice on Saturday was Joey Logano. Not only was Logano faster in practice this week, he was the only driver who finished ahead of Kyle last season at this track.
- McDowell led 34 laps here last season but finished a disappointing 18th. This weekend, McDowell seems to have a fast car once again. In practice, the 34 car was top 5, but when in qualifying trim the car didn’t show much speed. Luckily, his speed in practice is a more realistic impression of what his car should do on Sunday.
- If you don’t know, Corey Lajoie is in the #9 car for Hendrick filling in for the suspended Chase Elliott. Lajoie is priced too cheap for the equipment he is in this week. There is still work to do with this car and for him to become comfortable with his new team for the week, but I think by race end we could have a top 10 car here.
- Chase Briscoe was on the pole here in 2022, but had issues all race and even after reading 27 laps he finished 24th. Briscoe showed a lot of speed in Saturday’s practice and similar to McDowell, could be a top 10 car at days end.
