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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Truck series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then you know the drill, but if you are new the WinDaily Sports or to my NASCAR content, welcome! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.
Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.
This week, like last week at COTA, we have real live practice and qualifying from Charlotte. My article will break down some of the plays I like heading into this race, but building lineups will have to wait until late Friday afternoon. I will attempt to update this article after qualifying but I will highly recommend being in discord to make sure you get any news post-qualifying.
Charlotte is a 1.5-mile track that will have 134 laps run on Friday night. This is a race I will look to field 2 dominators in every lineup I build and if salary allows, I will look to fit three. Last season at Charlotte we had 10 different drivers lead laps and only one driver lead more than 35% of the race. Three different drivers led at least 25 laps in 2020.
As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Sheldon Creed ($10,700)
Starting Position: 2nd
Creed is once again the second-highest-priced driver on this slate behind Nemechek. Creed rarely if ever has a bad race over the past two seasons and Friday should be no different. In two Charlotte the last two seasons Creed has had good races. In 2019, Creed would finish twelfth, but in 2020 Creed would finish fifth. I expect Creed to be fast on Friday and should qualify top 5. With Cred starting from P2 his ownership should be low, but I am not changing my stance on him. I think Creed could lead 50-60 laps and win this race seeing as he was a top 5 truck in practice today.
John Hunter Nemechek ($10,900)
Starting Position: 4th
Last week when Nemechek finished 12th at COTA it was only his second finish outside the top 10 this season (9 races). Both of Nemechek’s poor finishes have come on a road track and dirt track and he has yet to finish lower than 8th on an oval track in 2021. Nemechek has four races in the Truck Series at Charlotte and has three finishes of 12th or better, but this was in much lower quality equipment. Nemechek was second in practice on Friday, but did spin out and touched the wall late in practice. The truck seemed repairable so he should be able to stay starting from P4 and because of this, I am still just as high on him for this race.
Stewart Friesen ($9,000)
Starting Position: 11th
Friesen does not have a great history at Charlotte but does have a 6th place finish in 2018 and a 3rd in 2019. In just four races here, Friesen has an average finish of 15.5, so when he is good he’s really good, but when he’s bad he’s really bad. Friesen was 7th fastest in practice on Friday which bodes well for him being really good tonight
Other Options: Austin Hill ($10,400 – P3) – 3rd favorite driver in this race, fastest truck in practice, Matt Crafton ($9,900 – P10), Zane Smith ($9,500 P6), Derek Kraus ($9,200 – P15)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Ty Majeski ($7,900)
Starting Position: 31st
Majeski was pretty quick in practice on Friday and had a top 20 truck. Last season in a Niece truck Majeski finished 8th at Charlotte, this year he is in better equipment. Majeski will be in the #66 ThorSport Toyota Tundra and will be a contender for a top 15 on Friday night. He should be semi-chalky but I am perfectly fine eating the chalk in this case.
Todd Gilliland ($8,400)
Starting Position: 1st
For the second week in a row Gilliland is priced at $8,400 and like last week I have no problem paying this price for him. Last week Gilliland helped us to some big wins here at WinDaily Sports and his ownership will be very low starting on the pole this week. In Gilliland’s last five races he has four top 6 finishes and his worse finish in this span was 15th. Gilliland is another solid pick for a top this week again. While I think Gilliland could still have a good day for his salary, he is definitely a much riskier play now.
Tanner Gray ($7,300)
Starting Position: 25th
Tanner Gray is another driver like Majeski. He starts towards the back but has some big place differential upside. Gray was 5th fastest in practice, and while I don’t think a top 5 is in his future, a top 15 definitely could be. Last season in his only career start at Charlotte, Gray finished 20th.
Other Options: Chandler Smith ($8,100),Christian Eckes ($8,600), Timmy Hill ($7,700 – P18)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- Spencer Boyd ($5,400) – P35
- Drew Dollar ($6,900) – P17 : Driving the #51 for Kyle Busch
- Danny Bohn ($6,700) – P32
- Chase Purdy ($6,300) – P26
- Brett Holmes ($5,900) – P28
- Carson Hocevar ($6,100) – P9
- Jack Wood ($5,700) – P20
- Tate Fogleman ($5,300) – P24
- Hailie Deegan ($6,400) – P12
- Trey Hutchens III ($5,100) – P38
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