Matt Vecchio 
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Truck series for the start of 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.
This is Daytona and because of that, ANYTHING can happen. One thing we know is that there will be carnage and lots of it. Last season at this race 10 trucks in the 32 truck field failed to finish. We also saw that only 2 drivers that qualified inside the top 10 actually finished there. Looking deeper, only race winner Grant Enfinger($9,600) started better than 15th of those who came home in the top 5. What does this mean? Well, we will want to focus on finding drivers from the rear of the field and not focus on loading up on dominators. Unfortunately, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying isn’t until the late afternoon of race day so I do not have those positions available to me when I write these articles, so make sure you are in the discord before lock to see any changes I make to my drivers.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
John Hunter Nemechek ($10,400)
Nemechek spent the 2020 season driving the #38 car in the Cup Series but has decided to go back to the Truck Series and try to win some races, and hopefully a championship. It has been 4 years since John Hunter has run full time in a truck, but he is in great equipment driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports #4 and has a good history at Daytona. Nemechek ran 15 practice laps on Thursday and looked fast, clocking the 5th best lap average
Austin Hill ($10,200)
In his last three Daytona races, Hill has yet to finish below 11th. Hill won this race two years ago while leading 39 laps. After Nemechek, I like Hill to take the win on Friday. I won’t be going two deep on dominators in this race and will be making sure to have exposure to multiple dominators, but Hill and Nemechek are my favorites though. After Thursday’s practice session Hill has the second-fastest truck, so we know he has the speed to lead laps on Friday.
Other Options (In Order of Preference): Ben Rhodes ($9,800), Matt Crafton ($10,000), Zane Smith ($9,100),Sheldon Creed ($10,600)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Stewart Friesen ($8,800)
Friesen did not have the 2020 season he was expected to have, but he is still one of the series top drivers. With great place differential upside Friday night, Friesen is my favorite mid tier driver starting in P23
Chandler Smith ($8,100)
Smith’s #18 KBM Toyota was the fastest truck in practice on Thursday afternoon. One thing everyone who plays DFS knows is stacking, and NASCAR is also a sport where you can minimally stack. If I am rostering Nemechek, I want to also take Chandler Smith. When it comes to Superspeedways we will see plenty of teamwork when working the draft on Friday.
Other Options: Todd Gilliland ($8,400) , Tanner Gray ($7,900), Tyler Anrkum ($8,600),
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- Drew Dollar ($6,300) – Also a KBM truck
- Derek Kraus ($7,300)
- James Buescher ($6,900)
- Jason White ($4,700)
- Tate Fogleman ($5,100)
- Austin Self ($5.800)
- Jordan Anderson ($6,700)
- Kris Wright ($5,600)
- Cory Roper ($5,400)
- Spencer Boyd ($5,200)
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