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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/4/20
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/4/20 for the Pennzoil 150 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Road Course. This is the first road course of the 2020 season for the Xfinity Series and the first at the IMS Road Course.
We will FINALLY have practice speeds and times to go on for this race and that will help us greatly as we build our lineups for Saturdays race. Even without practice times we already knew we wanted AJ Allmendinger who starts 30th on Saturday and will be a huge place differential play. Austin Cindric will be the other chalk driver for this race. Cindric and Allmendinger combined to win 3 of the 4 road course races in the 2019 Xfinity Series season and are the front runners to win this race. I could easily see each of them garnering over 70% ownership, and could be in 60% of lineups together. With only 62 laps in this race we once again are not looking for dominator points, but instead we need to focus on place differential plays and finishing positions.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
Austin Cindric ($10,500)
Starting Position: 10th
Austin Cindric is one of the most obvious plays this weekend, and even though he will be the 2nd highest owned driver on Saturday he is somebody I will not be fading. While we aren’t looking for dominator points, we do need to get them where we can. Cindric led 59 laps in 4 RC races last season and could lead the majority of the early laps in this race.
Justin Allgaier ($10,000)
Starting Position: 5th
Allgaier was the next best road course driver after Cindric and Allmendinger (more on him late) in 2019. In 4 RC races, Allgaier had two top 5 finishes and finished in the top 10 in all 4 races. Allgaier averaged a 5.5 finish last season and will push Cindric for the early lead while Allmendinger makes his was through the field. In practice on Friday, Allgaier was 5th in both sessions. He doesn’t have the same place differential upside that Chase Briscoe ($10,200) has, but he is a solid play for sure.
Noah Gragson ($9,800)
Starting Position: 8th
Gragson is one of the best drivers in the Xfinity series this season, and while he didn’t win at any of the 4 road course races in 2019, he was in contention in all of them. Last season Gragson finished with 3 top 5’s, and finished in the top 10 in all 4. Gragson led only 1 lap on road courses in 2019, but he did have an average finish of 5.8 and averaged 43.1 DKFP last season on road courses.
NASCAR DFS Mid Tier:
Alex Labbe ($8,900)
Starting Position: 22nd
Labbe has a good history in his career at road courses and with him starting 22nd he is definitely one of my favorite plays in this atrocious mid tier we have this week. In practice on Friday Labbe was 16th and 9th, so a top 15, or top 10 is not out of the question for the #90 car on Saturday
Jeremy Clements ($8,700)
Starting Position: 21st
Clements averaged a top 10 finish in the 4 road course races last season as well as averaging over 33 DKFP per race. Clements is pretty much in the same position as Labbe in which he could easily come away with a top 10 finish and pay off his salary easily. In practice on Friday, Clements came away with the 6th and 10th best practice times, so a top 5 is even a possibility on Saturday.
Myatt Snider ($7,800)
Starting Position: 26th
Snider is back in the #93 car this week with Anthony Alfredo ($8,000) back in the RCR 21. In practice on Friday, Snider was 25th in first, but in final practice he was 16th so a top 15 finish is in the cards for Snider. It’s more likely he comes home closer to 20th, but he is a good pivot off Labbe/Clements in GPP’s.
Other Options: Riley Herbst ($9,000), Anthony Alfredo ($8,000)
NASCAR DFS Value Tier:
For the Value Tier I will usually list my favorite plays by ranking instead of breaking few drivers down. In the Xfinity (and Truck Series) we are usually focused on loading up the top tier drivers and then filling your last 1-2 spots with what salaries work for you. There is only one Start and Park driver I am aware of, and that is Chad Finchum. He is driving the 66 that Stephen Leicht usually drives, and Timmy Hill is in the 13 that Finchum usually drives. Both Hill and Leicht are in play because of this.
- Preston Pardus ($4,900)
- Stephen Leicht ($4,600)
- Josh Bilicki ($6,300)
- Brandon Brown ($7,400)
- Timmy Hill ($7,100)
- Jade Buford ($6,900)
NASCAR DFS Place Differential Play
A.J. Allmendinger ($11,500)
Starting Position: 30th
I have no doubt that Allmendinger will be the highest scoring driver in this race and I don’t see a reason to fade him. He will most likely be 70% owned but could come away with 70+ points on Saturday and nobody else will be close to him if he hits that. You will need those points to take a GPP down.
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