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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/9/20
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/9/20 for Thursday night’s Shady Rays 200 Xfinity Series race from Kentucky Speedway! Thursday’s race is the first of two races on back to back nights from Kentucky and will have Noah Gragson ($10,600) on the pole joined by Ross Chastain ($10,000) on the front row. Of these two drivers, only Gragson is of interest to me, this is not to say Chastain isn’t playable but I won’t be using him at this salary. In 8 races here, Chastain has 1 top ten and an average finish of 18.4
Only Stephen Leicht ($5,300) has a win of the drivers in the field, so there will be a first-time winner on Thursday. I haven’t heard anything yet about Leicht being a start and park as of writing, but if I find anything out about him or any other drivers I will update in discord and/or on my Twitter.
NASCAR DFS: Dominators
There are 4 drivers I want to use in this category and they are the top 4 priced drivers (ranked in order of preference):
- Austin Cindric ($10,900) – starting 12th
- Noah Gragson ($10,600) – starting 1st
- Chase Briscoe ($11,400) – starting 7th
- Justin Allgaier ($10,300) – starting 10th
These 4 drivers have been the most dominant in the Xfinity Series all season and account for 7 wins (out of 13) and have led a combined 1,208 laps this season. I will be rostering combinations of the 4 of them in all of my lineups on Thursday, and I suggest you do the same.
Briscoe is the hottest of the 4 with back to back wins at Pocono and Indy, and also won earlier this season at Las Vegas which is a comparable track to Kentucky. Briscoe led 89 laps there, followed by Cindric who led 39 and finished 2nd. I rank both Cindric and Gragson ahead of Briscoe because of the place differential points possible for Cindric and the fact I think Gragson leads the majority, if not all, of the laps in Stage 1. All 4 of these drivers finished top 8 in Las Vegas back in February as well.
NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier
Myatt Snider ($9,300)
Starting Position: 28th
Snider has really found his groove and is looking to add to the great run he is currently on. Coming into Kentucky, Snider has positive place differential in 7 of his last 8 races, and has 4 finishes of 16th or better in his last 5 races. Snider is back in #93 this week with Anthony Alfredo ($8,200) back in the RCR #21 this week. Alfredo isn’t a terrible play this week starting 11th, but there are better plays in this tier.
Riley Herbst ($8,400)
Starting Position: 23rd
Herbst has some bad luck late in the race last week at Indy and came home 33rd after running in or around the top 10 most of the day. Looking back to Vegas earlier this year, Herbst finished in 9th and quietly ran a solid race. We know he has a fast car because every JGR Toyota is fast it seems. Herbst should be a threat to finish inside the top 10 again this week and will make value easily if he does.
Brandon Brown ($7,500)
Starting Position: 19th
Brandon Brown is a small team that actually has good equipment and is a contender every week for a solid finish. In 4 races at Las Vegas and Kentucky in his career, Brown has an average finish of 15.25 and left Sin City with an 11th place finish in February of this year.
Other Options: Justin Haley ($9,100) -Don’t sleep on Haley he has the potential to steal the win from the big 4, Jeremy Clements ($8,900), Jeb Burton ($8,500), Tommy Joe Martins ($7,700) – I don’t love his price but I really think he catches a break this week and comes home with a top 25
NASCAR DFS: Value Tier
Like I did last week, I will be ranking my plays in this tier. In the Xfinity, and Truck Series’ it is all about the top tier drivers. We need to find the right value piece, or two, to make our lineups work. Drivers in this tier will not win races, and on most days won’t even crack the top 15, so it’s key to find the drivers who can get you the place differential points needed.
- Vinnie Miller ($6,100) – starting 34th
- Jesse Little ($5,000) – starting 14th – Has 6 straight top 20 finishes
- Joe Graf Jr. ($6,600) – starting 31st
- Chad Finchum ($6,400) – starting 32nd
- Stephen Leicht ($5,300) – starting 29th – Has back to back 27th place finishes and appears to have a sponsor this week
- Ryan Sieg ($7,200) – starting 8th – Sieg finished 3rd in Vegas and will need to again to have a chance at making value
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