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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.
It’s been ten years since the Camping World Truck Series has raced at Nashville Superspeedway. Nashville is a 1.33-mile concrete track that is similar to Dover and Darlington. One thing to note is that the track will change from day to night, so the practice speeds we see early in the day on Friday may not be as accurate because of the track temperature decreasing as the sun sets. Friday night’s race will be 150 laps, so focusing on dominator points are not super important but we will want to have at least two dominators in our lineups, three if we can make it work salary wise.
In 2011, the last time the series raced here, Austin Dillon won, he is not racing this weekend, but three other Cup Series regulars are. Ross Chastain ($10,200 – P23), William Byron ($9,800 – P10), Ryan Preece ($9,000 – P6) will all be in this race as well as Josh Berry ($8,300). Both Byron and Berry will be in Rackley W.A.R. trucks, Preece will be in the DGR #17, and Chastain will be in the Niece truck he has driven multiple times this year.
As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
John Hunter Nemechek ($10,800)
Starting Position: 34th
Nemechek has been the class of the series in 2021 and he is my pick to win on Friday night, which would be his 5th of the season and 3rd in a row. Earlier this season at Darlington, Nemechek finished 8th after starting on the pole and leading 65 laps. In 2021, Nemechek has only finished lower than 12th once, when he wrecked at Bristol (Dirt) and finished 39th. Nemechek has seven top 5’s in eleven races this season.
Sheldon Creed ($10,500)
Starting Position: 24th
Creed has not had a great run of late, but he has immense place differential upside tonight starting P24. In practice Friday morning, Creed ran top 10 laps repeatedly and improved late in his run with his fastest lap being his last lap. I wasn’t originally on Creed but after seeing his practice time and now the place differential he is now in play tonight.
Grant Enfinger ($9,400)
Starting Position: 4th
Enfinger seems to be overlooked each week (I am guilty of this) and never gets the ownership he should for the quality of driver he is. In 2021, Enfinger has run exceptionally well in every race this season with his lowest finish this season being 17th at Kansas. Enfinger has run two different trucks, the #98 ThorSport Toyota (The truck he is in this week) and the #9 Chevy for Codie Rohrbaugh.
Austin Hill ($10,000)
Starting Position: 3rd
Hill is another driver who has been on a great run of late like Engfinger. Since his two poor finishes at Daytona to start the season, Hill has run off a string of races where he has four top 5 finishes in nine races and eight top 10’s. Hill has yet to win this season, and even though I think JHN wins, Hill could put some pressure on him.
I like all three of the Cup Series driver in this tier as well as the driver below. I would rank Byron as the top play from that group, but Nemechek is my favorite play overall.
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Josh Berry ($8,300)
Starting Position: 12th
Berry is driving the #25 truck for Rackley W.A.R. again this week after finishing just outside the top 10 last week (11th). This season Berry has shown he can be successful in all series and equipment this season and Friday should be no different. Berry should run well here based on how well he did in Xfinity Series at both Dover and Darlington. I know his Xfinity ride is better equipment than this truck, but he did finish 2nd at both tracks that are comparable to Nashville.
Carson Hocevar ($7,600)
Starting Position: 11th
Hocevar is another driver who didn’t have a good start this season and struggled mightily. It seems Darlington was the turning point for the #42 team and Hocevar. Prior to that race Hocevar had one finish better than 11th (5th at Daytona) in seven races, but since then he has four finishes of 11th or better in four races. Hocevar has two top 5’s as well in that stretch, one of which was a 3rd place finish at Darlington.
Todd Gilliland ($8,600)
Starting Position: 35th
Gilliland is a driver I have been high on most weeks, especially recently and he has not disappointed. At Daytona, Gilliland finished 31st, but since then his worst finish was 17th at Atlanta. Gilliland has six top 10’s in the last seven races, including his win at COTA earlier this season. With this being Gilliland’s third full time season in the Truck Series, he has the experience to conquer a new track and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the 38 in the top ten again on Friday.
Other Options: Matt Crafton ($8,800 – P15), Stewart Friesen ($8,400 – P17), Timmy Hill ($7,000 – 25th), Parker Kligerman ($7,900)
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings
- Austin Wayne Self ($5,900) – P27
- Tanner Gray ($6,700) P36 – Second best FPTS/$ play behind JHN tonight
- Ryan Truex ($6,400) – P19
- Hailie Deegan ($5,800) – P14
- Danny Bohn ($6,000) – P31
- Chase Purdy ($6,300) – P21
- Spencer Davis ($6,500) – P30
- Kris Wright ($4,800) – P29
- Jack Wood ($6,100) – P2 – GPP ONLY! Great truck with speed, but very risky
- Keith McGee ($5,300) – P33
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