David Stowe 
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop Cup Series for the final time in the 2020 season! It’s Championship Weekend and the third and final championship we will see handed out is the Cup Series trophy Sunday afternoon. This season Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, and Brad Keselowski will compete for the Championship. Since 2014 the champion has been the winner of this race and I expect that trend to continue on Sunday. I don’t know how much exposure to each driver I will have, but I will have some of all four of them.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Championship Contenders:
Brad Keselowski ($10,800)
Starting Position: 3rd
I love Keselowski as he is my pick to win this race and the title on Sunday. Keselowski is driving the car he used at Loudon this season, he ended up winning and leading 184 laps in that race. Keselowski has yet to win at Phoenix but he did lead 82 laps earlier this season, but finished 11th. I will have plenty of exposure to the #2 on Sunday, as well as the next driver on this list…
Chase Elliott ($10,600)
Starting Position: 1st
Elliott is on the pole and I expect him to lead a ton of early race laps. If you are playing cash I would lock Elliott in, I won’t fade him in GPP’s, but if you want to I understand the reasoning because he will have high ownership. In the previous Phoenix race this season, Elliott led 93 laps from the pole and finished 7th.
Non-Championship Drivers:
Kevin Harvick ($11,100)
Starting Position: 11th
After a complete fade of Harvick last week, we are back to using him this week. He could end up being the reason the champion doesn’t win this race. Harvick has finished top 2 at Phoenix in 10 of his last 17 races here dating back to 2012. For the first time in a very long time we actually get place differential upside from Harvick in a race. He has the chance to score the most DKFP on Sunday.
Kyle Busch ($9,600)
Starting Position: 8th
Kyle Busch might be extremely underpriced but he could still garner very low ownership. Busch offers some good PD upside on a track he has been great at over the years. In his last 10 races, Busch has nine top 5 finishes and the one race that he didn’t finish top 5, he came home 7th. Busch has also led 681 laps in those same 10 races.
Other Options: Denny Hamlin ($10,300), Joey Logano ($10,000)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Jimmie Johnson ($9,300)
Starting Position: 26th
Jimmie is probably not safe for cash games this week, but he is a good GPP play. Starting 26th gives him place differential upside if he can manage to keep his car clean and avoid wrecks. Johnson does have five straight top 15 finishes at Phoenix which gives me hope he can gives the points we need on Sunday.
William Byron ($8,400)
Starting Position: 25th
William Byron is another guy that nobody ever wants to play, so I will take advantage of that and have a lot of Byron on Sunday. With him starting in P25, Byron has big PD upside and is another underpriced driver similar to Kyle.
Clint Bowyer ($7,900)
Starting Position: 9th
Bowyer is starting higher than I would like, but he has top 5 potential which is where he finished earlier this season. I think a lot of people stay away from the #14 because of his starting position. While I am not a huge fan of his starting spot, I love Bowyer’s salary for this race for GPP’s.
Other Options: Tyler Reddick ($8,100), Aric Almirola ($7,800)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- John Hunter Nemecheck ($5,500 – P27) – Way too cheap for the PD upside
- Ryan Preece ($5,800 – P24) – Cheap enough with upside for both cash and gpp’s
- Chris Buescher ($7,200 – P31) – Will be very chalky, probably good to fade in large field GPP’s
- Ty Dillon ($6,000 – P22) – 4 straight top 20 finishes at Phoenix
- Austin Dillon ($7,400 – P18) – Dillon has top 10 potential, could put up a big number for his price
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr ($6,200 – P20) – Has been better of late and people hate playing, good for GPP’s
- Brennan Poole ($4,700 – P35) – If you need a punt, he’s your man!
- Daniel Suarez ($5,600 – P30) – Suarez has some PD potential if we get a few wrecks early
- Josh Bilicki ($4,900 – P38) – If you need two punts, then you can throw Bilicki in.
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