Jared Levitt 
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday afternoon’s Truck Series race from World Wide Technology Raceway. Sheldon Creed has won back-to-back races here, but he isn’t in this race, making John Hunter Nemechek the only previous winner in this race. There are about eleven drivers at $8.5K and up that are in play on this slate. This is typical for the Truck Series because the field is generally top-heavy and with a lack of talented drivers the value is extremely important in this race. Check out my weekend preview for more info on this race and the track.
Roster Construction
Depending on what you do with the top tier, lineups should be pretty balanced on Saturday for this race. There is one obvious chalk play in the mid-tier, but otherwise, the ownership should be pretty spread out. As I was building lineups before writing, the majority of them came out with a 2-2-2 build. The value tier isn’t too deep so that is why I am leaning towards the balanced build this week.
NASCAR DFS: Top Tier ($9K +)
John Hunter Nemechek ($11,400)
Starting Position: 6th
As I said in the open, Nemechek is the only previous winner in the field for Saturday’s race. While JHN is a former winner here, he hasn’t had much success otherwise at this track, but at this track type Nemechek has had success. Nemechek also comes into this race as one of the hottest drivers in the series with seven straight finishes of 6th or better including a win and four top 3 finishes.
Zane Smith ($11,000)
Starting Position: 2nd
Smith had his season-long streak (9 races) of top 10’s snapped two weeks ago in Texas, but he started a new streak with a 5th place finish at Charlotte last week. Zane is pulling double duty this weekend taking over for Chris Buescher on Sunday but this race will be his main focus as he contends for a championship. In three career races at WWTR, Smith has two top 10 finishes and has led 64 laps. Smith leads the series in wins in 2022 with three and I don’t think he wins on Saturday but a top 5 with some dominator points is highly likely to happen.
Quick Hits:
Grant Enfinger ($9,600 – P10): Enfinger has three top 10’s in five career races here at WWTR. In those five races, Enfinger has led a total of 88 laps. Enfinger has the three fastest single lap time on Friday in practice and his truck seemed to be good in the long run as he was one of a few drivers to post their best lap at the end of his run.
Carson Hocevar ($10,000 – P12): Hocevar was so close to his first career win last week, and that win will come but this week he has some of the top PD upside in this tier. Hocevar has three top 5’s in his last five races and I predict he makes it four in six on Saturday.
Matt Crafton ($9,100 – P11): Crafton is one of the most tenured drivers in the Truck Series and he has raced here 18 times in his career. In his last five races, he has not finished lower than 20th and has three top 10’s. On the season, Crafton has five top 10 finishes in his last six races and I expect him to add another on Saturday.
Other Options: Christian Eckes ($9,800 – P5), Chandler Smith ($10,400 – P4)
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier ($7K-$8.9K)
Derek Kraus ($8,100)
Starting Position: 36th
Kraus is the obvious chalk play I mentioned in the open. In Friday’s practice session, Kraus was a top 5 truck and because of an unapproved adjustment prior to qualifying, he wasn’t allowed to make an attempt so he will start last. Kraus is going to be good chalk in my opinion, now of course in large field GPP’s you can fade him and hope he finishes near the back but in single entry or cash he is a must-play for me.
Johnny Sauter ($8,900)
Starting Position: 18th
I went over Sauter’s accomplishments at this track in my weekend preview, so if you read that you know why he is in this spot. This is one of Sauter’s best tracks and I expect him to make some noise here Saturday afternoon. In practice, this truck showed top 15 speed, and with some attrition, a top 10 is more than possible.
Other Options: Austin Wayne Self ($7,500 – P28) is a great PD upside play, while also having the ability to finish well. Ty Majeski ($8,700 – P8): Majeski was the fastest truck in practice and should push for his first win again. Tyler Ankrum ($8,500 – P20), Matt DiBenedetto ($8,300 – P16)
Value Tier (Under $7K)
- Timmy Hill ($6,40) – P29
- Rajah Carruth ($5,900) – P19
- Tate Fogleman ($6,800) – P35
- Jack Wood ($6,600) – P23
- Jordan Anderson ($6100) – P30
- Jesse Little ($5,700) – P22
- Spenecer Boyd ($5,200) – P34
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There were a lot of changes in the cars and what driver is in what car/truck in 2022, check out my What’s new in 2022 article (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-whats-new-in-2022/)
