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 (20) – $10.5K | Denny Hamlin (22) – $8.1K | William Byron (11) – $10.3K |
| Chris Buescher (24) – $8.3K | Chase Elliott (14) – $10K | Michael McDowell (10) – $8.5K |
| Tyler Reddick (16) – $9.5K | Juan Pablo Montoya (34) – $8K | Ross Chastain (1) – $7.5K |
| Bubba Wallace (32) – $6.6K | Martin Truex Jr. (2) – $8.6K | Kyle Busch (13) – $8.8K |
| Ty Gibbs (15) – 9.3K | Ryan Blaney (30) – $7.4K | Brad Keselowski (28) – $7K |
| Todd Gilliland (37) – $6.8K | Shane van Gisbergen (3) – $9.8K | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (26) – $6K |
| AJ Allmendinger (6) – $9K | Justin Haley (36) – $6.3K | Austin Cindric (5) – $7.7K |
Driver Notes:
- I plan on playing full GPP today for this race. I’m having difficulty finding a solid core of 5-6 drivers I want to build around for this race. If you are playing single-entry, which I know a lot of you do, I would start with 2 of Larson, Reddick, and Buescher. All three are good road course drivers and offer a lot of place differential upside. After that, I would take one of Wallace or Gilliland. Neither are exceptional road course drivers, but they are cheap and should move up in the field giving you some nice PD points. After that, it’s up to you. If you are playing SE, I wouldn’t delve too much into that third column today. At least in my opinion, those drivers are much riskier than usual and are better suited for 3 max or GPPs.
NASCAR Best Bets:
(best odds and site in parenthesis)
Tyler Reddick (+900 – Caesars)
Chase Elliott (+1200 – FD/Caesars)
Bubba Wallace Top 10 (+800 – Caesars)
Top Manufacturer Bets: (all on DK)
Top Chevy – William Byron (+650)
Top Ford – Chris Buescher (+550)
Top Toyota – Juan Pablo Montoya (+3500) – This is very unlikely to happen, but hey, it’s NASCAR so you never know!
Longshot To Win:
Kyle Busch (+2800 – FD)
Matchups:
(All bets are from DK)
Kyle Larson vs William Byron (+125)
Ross Chastain vs Austin Cindric (-105)
Ty Gibbs (+100) vs Michael McDowell
