Matt Vecchio 
Welcome to NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Sunday’s Cup Series from Michigan. This article will have some similar plays from the Saturday race, obviously, but with how everything broke down we have some different plays based on place differential.
Sunday’s lineup was determined how Saturday’s race finished. NASCAR set the top 20 starting position by inverting the finish, so Kevin Harvick will start 20th because he won, Keselowski starts 19th and so on. After the inversion the rest of the field is determined by how the field finished from 21st-39th.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Copy, paste the opening paragraph from Saturday’s article here. Both Kevin Harvick ($11,500) and Denny Hamlin ($11,100) are the top plays in this race Sunday. Harvick has incredible PD upside, especially after the way he dominated Saturday’s race leading 92 of 156 laps. Hamlin ran up front with Harvick for the majority of the race, but ended up 6th and will start 15th on Sunday. Hamlin also has great place differential upside as well and should easily pay off his salary.
As I was trying to breakdown the remainder of the top tier I came to realize they were ALL in play. It all comes down to salary when looking at any driver priced above $9.5K on Sunday. I will be building multiple lineups like usual and will be pairing 1-2 of each of the remaining drivers with either Harvick or Hamlin.
Saturday’s race had 160 laps (race went into overtime) and of the 160 laps, all but 4 (Kyle Busch) was led by drivers in this tier. We can expect a similar outcome on Sunday, but it may take 10-15 laps before one of these drivers gets upfront.
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Kyle Busch ($9,400)
Starting Position: 16th
Busch was a risky play on Saturday but paid of his salary with 44 DKFP. After a good performance we get Busch at $100 saving on Sunday and I plan on going back to the well. Busch led 4 laps and looked fast throughout the entire race and he will be back in this same car on Sunday. I am taking Kyle as my dark horse winner on Sunday.
Alex Bowman ($8,400)
Starting Position : 21st
Bowman was a full fade on Saturday and that turned out to be the smart move, but things are different for Sunday. While he didn’t have a great day on Saturday, he now has upside because of his starting position. Before his 21st finish on Saturday, Bowman had back to back top 10 finishes at Michigan.
Erik Jones ($8,000)
Starting Position: 10th
Jones will probably be a fade for most people on Sunday because of his starting position, but in GPP’s this makes him one of my favorite plays. On Saturday, Jones should speed and was towards the front most of the day. All of the Gibbs drivers will be starting close together in the field with Jones being the highest start so he could have the first chance to get to the front if they push him when the green flag flies.
Other Options: Kurt Busch ($8,800 – P11)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
There is a good amount of value after the way Saturday’s race finished up. Both Austin and Ty Dillon are among the best value, as is Ryan Newman and John Hunter Nemechek. Unfortunately Austin, Newman, and Nemechek will be among the drivers going to the rear because they will presumably be in back up cars.
- Austin Dillon ($6,500 – P31)
- John Hunter Nemechek ($6,400 – P36)
- Michael McDowell ($6,200 – P29)
- Ryan Newman ($7,000 – P28)
- Ty Dillon ($5,700 – P23)
- Ricky Stenhouse ($7,300 – P32)
- Cole Custer ($7,500 – P34)
- Corey Lajoie ($5,100 – P22)
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