Matt Vecchio 
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 risky but could still be optimal. This group should be used in GPP’s
(Starting position in parenthesis)
Drivers in BOLD are potential dominators
(All pricing is for DK)
| A Group | B Group | C Group |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Larson (10) – $11K | Ryan Blaney (16) – $10.3K | Chase Elliott (5) – $9.3K |
| Chris Buescher (39) – $8.5K | Todd Gilliland (35) – $6.5K | Carson Hocevar (20) – $6.3K |
| Ty Gibbs (1) – $8.3K | Bubba Wallace (12) – $7.7K | Kaz Grala (33) – $5.3K |
| Brad Keselowski (30) – $8.7K | Martin Truex Jr. (4) – $9.5K | Alex Bowman (6) – $7.8k |
| Erik Jones (34) – $7.K | Noah Gragson (19) – $7.5K | Ryan Preece (31) – $6.4K |
| William Byron (2) – $10K | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (23) – $6.6K | Corey Lajoie (21) – $5.9K |
| Denny Hamlin (11) – $10.7K | Kyle Busch (15) – $8K | Tyler Reddick (8) – $9.7K |
Driver Notes:
- Kyle Larson is attempting to run the Indy 500 and the Coke 600 today, but the weather may ruin those plans for him. If the PPD the 500 to Monday, then there are no issues. If they do run later on Sunday, speculation is that Larson would run the 500 and skip or arrive late to the Coke 600. If that is the case, Justin Allgaier would fill in for him but likely not be added to the player pool according to DraftKings. I will update everyone on the situation with Larson in Discord throughout the day.
- This race is the longest on the NASCAR schedule (by miles) which means we will likely need multiple dominators tonight. I am going to try and run two in each of my lineups, but if I land on three I won’t be upset.
- Chris Buescher had a really fast Ford Mustang in Saturday’s practice until a tire went down and the car was wrecked. Buescher is switching to his backup car, so we don’t know if the same speed will be there, but either way, with the 17 starting from P39, there is HUGE upside here. This upside will come with heavy ownership, but this is the kind of chalk we are ok with.
- I expect that there will be some wrecks and some good cars out of the race which will lead to some of the smaller teams/back markers having decent days. Two of the drivers that I think will have a shot at a top 10 on Sunday are Todd Gilliland and Carson Hocevar. Both drivers showed some good speed in practice and should be around at race end.
- For some reason, Chase Elliott did not have a fast car in practice, but he put down some fast qualifying laps. Elliott won the Xfinity race here on Saturday and for some reason is projecting for near single-digit ownership. Elliott is already a solid play today and then add in he will be low-owned, yes, please!
- Tyler Reddick had one of the fastest cars on the track Saturday, but because of an unapproved adjustment penalty, he will start at the rear and serve a pass-through penalty. I am a little concerned because I am seeing his ownership higher than I would like so he is low on the rankings. I will still sprinkle him into my lineups because this is such a long race that I have no doubt he will work pit strategy and get back up front by the end of Stage 2.
NASCAR Best Bets:
(best odds and site in parenthesis)
Ty Gibbs (+950 – Caesars)
William Byrn (+750 – FD/Caesars)
Carson Hocevar Top 10 ( +800 – DK)
Todd Gilliland (+550 – DK)
Longshot To Win:
Ryan Blaney (+1300 – Caesars)
Matchups:
(All bets are from DK)
Christopher Bell vs Chris Buescher (+105)
Ryan Blaney (+145) vs Martin Truex
Group 2 – Ryan Blaney (+300)
