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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Reddick (34) – $8.8K | William Byron (2) – $9.1K | Alex Bowman (11) – $8.5K | JJ Yeley (29) – $4.6K |
| Kyle Larson (6) – $10.7 | Austin Dillon (26) – $8.1K | Todd Gilliland (28) – $5.1K | Cody Ware (30) – $4.9K |
| Ross Chastain (8) – $10.3 | Joey Logano (1) – $10.5K | Bubba Wallace (13) – $8.3K | BJ McLeod (36) – $4.7K |
| Erik Jones (22) – $7.9K | AJ Allmendinger (23) – $6.1K | Kevin Harvick (14) – $8.6K | Ty Gibbs (4) – $6.6K |
| Ryan Blaney (3) – $9.7K | Daniel Suarez (24) – $7.6K | Justin Haley (27) – $5.9K | |
| Chris Buescher (18) – $6.6 | Ryan Preece (31) – $7.2 | Martin Truex (15) – $9.5K5.1K | |
| Kyle Busch (5) – $10.9K | Harrison Burton (35) – $5.6K | Aric Almirola (21) – $6.4K |
*** Notes ***
- This is a TWO dominator race. You should be using two dominators in every lineup.
- Ware and Yeley will not finish with positive place differential. While it might be tempting to use them, I don’t recommend it.
- Same goes for BJ McLeod, except he can’t get lose any spots. McLeod will have the slowest car on the track and unless there is a lot of attrition, highly unlikely, he won’t really give you much of a return.
- Larson and Chastain are the chalkier dominators, while Byron and Blaney should be lower owned and riskier. Logano and Busch will both need to lead a lot of laps, which is possible, to make value.
- Trackhouse has been fast this season and were good on 1.5-mile, low tire wear tracks in 2022.
- Bubba Wallace was the fastest Toyota in practice, which gives me hope that Reddick can be fast and get through the field.
- Corey Lajoie is not in the rankings, but he is a super deep, low owned, GPP play. Lajoie has been good this season. If he could finish in the teens for the 3rd straight race, he will smash value.
- I want to say Denny Hamlin is a good play, but the JGR Toyota’s were incredibly slow in practice and I don’t know if I can trust them, outside of Truex.
