Matt Vecchio 
723
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Blaney (38) – $9.1K | Martin Truex Jr. (25) – $8.2K | Kyle Larson (13) – $10.4K | Connor Daly (35) – $4.9K |
| Ross Chastain (12) – $10.1 | Joey Logano (15) – $8.7K | Kyle Busch (9) – $10.2K | Cody Ware (37) – $4.8K |
| Chris Buescher (32) – $7.7K | Christopher Bell (14) – $9.3K | Brad Keselowski (30) – $7.9K | Noah Gragson (10) – $5.6K |
| Tyler Reddick (2) – $9.9K | Aric Almirola (39) – $5.8K | William Byron (1) – $9.5K | Kimi Raikkonen (22) – $7K |
| Michael McDowell (20) – $7.1K | Todd Gilliland (36) – $5.4K | Chase Briscoe (19) – $8.3K | |
| AJ Allmendinger (7) – $9.7K | Denny Hamlin (21) – $8.5K | Jordan Taylor (4) – $7.5K | |
| Ty Dillon (34) – $4.7K |
*** Notes ***
- I don’t have any drivers highlighted in yellow this weekend because we are not focused on dominators at road courses. There aren’t enough laps to worry about that, instead, we focus on place differential and finishing position.
- Ryan Blaney is going to be incredibly high-owned but he is good at this track type and his upside is the highest-scoring driver on the slate.
- Buescher has been a great road racer recently. Since 2021, Buescher has 6 top 10’s and an 11.1 avg finish in 13 races.
- McDowell is another driver who is sneaky good at road courses. At COTA, McDowell has an avg finish of 10th in two races and was 6th fastest in practice.
- Larson either dominates at road courses or fizzles out. COTA is the perfect example where Larson has a 2nd place finish and a 29th.
- Jordan Taylor is an accomplished road racer and is in the HMS #9 this week for Chase Elliott. This is a really risky play, but a top 5 is not out of the question. Taylor projects for sub 10% ownership and could be a difference maker.
- Both Byron and Allmendinger dominated the Xfinity race on Saturday.
- Kevin Harvick starts toward the back and could be a good PD play. I don’t have a lot of interest because of how poor he generally is at road courses. If you are making multiple lineups you could go here, but in SE, I’d pass.
