Matt Vecchio 
940
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
F Group: These drivers are on my do not play list
(Starting position in parenthesis)
Drivers in BOLD are potential dominators
(All pricing is for DK)
| A Group | B Group | C Group | F Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Larson (36) – $10.3K | Chase Elliott (8) – $10.5K | AJ Allmendinger (6) – $9K | Ryan Preece (18) – $6.3K |
| Tyler Reddick (1) – $10K | Michael McDowell (13) – $9.1K | Bubba Wallace (4) – $7K | Todd Gilliland (32) – $5.1K |
| Chris Buescher (20) – $8.8K | Ricky Stenhouse (27) – $6.5K | Ryan Blaney (17) – $8.6K | Josh Bilicki (28) – $4.8K |
| Austin Cindric (29) – $7.5K | Ty Dillon (37) – $4.9K | Harrison Burton (31) – $5.3K | Kevin Harvick (22) – $7.8K |
| Corey Lajoie (24) – $5.8K | Chase Briscoe (30) – $7.4K | Austin Dillon (15) – $6.4K | |
| Ty Gibbs (10) – $8K | Zane Smith (34) – $6.2K | Kyle Busch (5) – $9.3K | |
| Justin Haley (25) – $6.7K | Martin Truex Jr. (11) – $9.8K | Joey Logano (7) – $8.2K |
*** NOTES ***
- Kyle Larson starts next-to-last in his backup car, but that won’t really matter. He will be high-owned, of course, but he has the upside to be the highest-scoring driver on the slate.
- Even if he doesn’t have PD upside, Tyler Reddick has a great chance of finishing right where he starts. I don’t hunt for laps-led points, but Reddick can lead the most laps and add those points instead of PD points.
- Chris Buescher is a top-10 road course racer. Because of this, he has some good PD upside today at a cheap price tag in my opinion.
- Another solid road course guy starting too far back is Austin Cindric. In eleven road course races over the past two seasons, Cindric has nine top 20s and six top 10s. Cindric was 11th in practice on Saturday.
- Ty Gibbs is another expert road course racer at a lower salary. His upside isn’t as good as Buescher or Cindric, but he can outscore them both if he manages to win.
