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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.
After a week off the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is back on the track this week in Las Vegas! I mention the series sponsor because earlier this week some of you may have seen Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis twetted out telling unsponsored teams to contact him and he will sponsor the teams this week. This went over so well with the series that there are upwards of 7 teams running the same paint scheme, which will be confusing for viewers, and even more so for the spotters.
Kyle Busch ($15,000) is back in the Truck Series at this home track this week where he dominated a year ago at this race. Busch will be driving his own #51 truck and starting in P29 this week. Combining his “low” price tag and starting spot, this makes him a lock for cash games and as close to a must-play in GPP’s as well since he will most likely lead the most laps, have the highest number of fastest laps, and win the race.
Last season at this race, Busch has the fastest lap by a full 2 seconds over the field. Busch also led almost 100 more laps than the next driver (108) and had 61 fastest laps which were 50 more than the driver with the second most. Busch may have his troubles in the Cup series this season (and the end of last), but he rarely, if ever, has trouble when he comes down to the truck series.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Austin Hill ($11,000)
Starting Position: 31st
Hill hasn’t had a great start to the 2021 season with finishes of 22nd and 33rd in the first two races this season, but Vegas is a track he has had success at. In his career at Las Vegas, Hill has four top 10 finishes and two wins, including his win in the second race here last season. Hill led 39 laps and had an average running position of 7.4.
John Hunter Nemechek ($9,500)
Starting Position: 3rd
Nemechek is off to a great start in his return to the truck series in 2021 and will hopefully keep it rolling on Friday. Kyle Busch will most likely lead the majority of laps late and win this race, but Nemechek will have access to Busch’s set up and will be running the same equipment as his teammate/owner will. Nemechek should be able to get up front, if he can out run Ben Rhodes ($9,000) and Sheldon Creed ($9,800) early on before giving way to Kyle.
Other Options: Zane Smith ($10,600), Sheldon Creed ($9,800), Parker Kligerman ($10,100), Ben Rhodes (9,000), Brett Moffitt ($9,200)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Johnny Sauter ($8,100)
Starting Position: 11th
In his long career, Sauter has run 15 races at Vegas in the Truck Series and has an average finish of 8.5, ten top 10 finishes, and a win. Sauter ran really well last season including a second place finish in the first race here. In this race last season Sauter started on the pole, led 10 laps before Kyle Busch took over, and ran inside the top 15 for all 134 laps.
Conor Daly ($7,700)
Starting Position: 36th
Daly had his first career Truck race last season at the second Las Vegas race and came home with a great finish of 18th. In his first time on an oval in a NASCAR vehicle, Daly held his own and spent the majority of the race around the middle of the pack. Daly had an average running position of 21.9 and while he didn’t lead any laps or have any fastest laps he more than made value starting 27th. This year with Daly starting 36th gives him even more upside if he can pull another top 20 finish.
Chandler Smith ($7,300)
Starting Position: 7th
Last season in the second Las Vegas race Chandler Smith drove the #51 truck to a 5th place finish. Smith has had a pretty good run starting the 2021 season with two finishes inside the top 12. In that second Vegas race last season, Smith ran 100% of laps in the top 15 and had an average running position of 9.1. I really love the value of Smith in this race. His low salary will help you get Kyle, in your lineups and he does have some cheap dominator potential.
Other Options: Matt Crafton ($8,600), Todd Gilliland ($7,600), Grant Enfinger ($8,800), Tanner Gray ($7,000), Timothy Peters ($7,200)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- BJ McLeod ($5,300) – P39
- Brett Holmes ($5,800) – P38
- Jordan Anderson ($6,500) – P28
- Hailie Deegan ($6,400) – P30
- Derek Kraus ($6,800) – P8
- Dawson Cram ($5,600) – P23
- Tyler Hill ($5,700) – P25
- Jesse Iwuji ($4,500) – P37
- Austin Wayne Self ($5,000) – P12
- Norm Benning ($4,800) – P35
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