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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 as well to make sure you are ready and have an understanding of 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 that has contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and is the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series’ article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.
Yes, we are at Daytona again, but this is nothing like last week, this week we are racing on the Daytona Road Course which will produce a much different style of race. Gone this week is drafting and big massive wrecks, but instead this week we have a calmer, yet fun race weekend ahead of us. This week we are not out here looking to find multiple dominators to eat up those points, but instead, I want to look for place differential and finishing position. With only 44 laps there aren’t a plethora of dominator points so we are really just looking for 1 driver who will lead the majority of the race.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Austin Hill ($10,700)
Starting Position: 20th
This will be Hill’s fourth road course race in the Truck Series and he has had great results in his previous three. Over three career road course races, Hill has finished top 10 in all three and has two top 5 finishes including a 5th place finish in this race last season. Hill is the most expensive driver in the field, and that may keep his ownership down some, but not for me.
Brett Moffitt ($10,000)
Starting Position: 21st
Like Hill before him, Moffitt has been dominant on road courses in his Truck Series career. Moffitt has four career RC races under his belt in the Truck Series with three top 5 finishes, including a win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and a 2nd place finish in this race last season. I like the idea of putting both Moffitt and Hill together in lineups because there is plenty of good value in this race and a lot of people like to build balanced lineups as opposed to “stars and scrubs” style.
Sam Mayer ($9,200)
Starting Position: 36th
Sam Mayer doesn’t have much road course experience in his short career, but the 17-year-old did race here last season. Mayer finished 3rd at the Daytona Road Course in the ARCA Menards series last season so he does have experience on this track. While he may be young, Mayer is one hell of a driver and even won a Truck Series race last season at Bristol. Starting from P36 gives Mayer plenty of place differential upside for a driver who has top 10 potential.
Other Options (In Order of Preference): Sheldon Creed ($10,400), Stewart Friesen ($9,400), John Hunter Nemechek ($10,200), Tyler Ankrum ($9,800)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Matt Crafton ($8,800)
Starting Position: 9th
Crafton is a good GPP play on Friday night based off road course history coupled with his starting position. There isn’t much room for error with Crafton, if he does get wrecked or has a bad day he can hurt you starting 9th. Crafton could also win this race and lead some laps as well and since I expect him to be low owned that could be a difference maker between cashing and getting a takedown. Crafton has an 8.4 average finish in 8 career road course races, including six top 10 finishes.
Parker Chase ($8,300)
Starting Position: 22nd
Parker Chase will be just 3 days shy of his 20th birthday when the green flag drops Friday night but he has plenty of road course experience. Chase has raced at the Daytona Road Course three times in two different series with finishes of 9th, 10th, and 13th. This KBM truck could be the best equipment Chase has driven, at least in a NASCAR Series, and a top 10 is not out of the question for the youngster on Friday night.
Kaz Grala ($7,100)
Starting Position: 24th
Last week Grala was one of our top plays for the Daytona 500 in the Cup Series and he is back this week in the Truck Series now. In 2020 Grala filled in for Austin Dillon on this track when he was out because of the COVID protocols and finished 7th and led 3 laps in the process. Grala is in the 02 truck that Kris Wright drove to a 12th place finish last week, and I think Grala betters that finish and cracks the top 10.
Other Options: Raphael Lessard ($8,000), Riley Herbst ($8,500), Derek Kraus ($7,500), Tanner Gray ($7,200) Johnny Sauter ($7,800), Chase Purdy ($7,000)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- Dawson Cram ($6,300) – P38
- Lawless Alan ($5,600) – P40
- Timmy Hill ($5,0000) – P34
- Norm Benning ($4,800) – P39
- Hailie Deegan ($6,500) – P23
- Austin Wayne Self ($6,100) – P14
- Tate Fogleman ($5,700) – P28
- Camden Murphy ($4,900) – P37
- Bobby Reuse ($4,500) – P13
- Ryan Truex ($6,700) – P2 – Large Field GPP only
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