Matt Vecchio 
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday’s Sunoco Go Rewards 200 at The Glen!
This week the Xfinity Series returns to the track after a one-week break and will be running its fifth road course of the season. This should be another exciting race as were the previous four at this track type in 2022. Even though one drier has dominated in winning three of four this season, the races have been competitive and fun to watch and play DFS.
This week I wrote a preview article for The Glen. You can check that out for more info regarding the track and stats on drivers from this season at road courses.
NASCAR DFS: Top Tier
Cup Series Invaders:
We have four Cup Series regulars taking over rides for this weekend’s Xfinity race. Both Kyle Larson ($10,800) and William Byron ($10,100) are expensive and will need big days to be optimal. We will need to see where they qualify to decide if they are viable for cash, GPP, or at all. Now, the other two drivers are more likely to be better plays based on their salaries.
Cole Custer ($9,800) was in position for a win until he wrecked with 2 laps to go and finished 25th. Custer is probably my favorite play for tournaments in this group of four. Lastly, Ross Chastain ($9,900) will be in the #92 for Mario Gosselin. This will be the third race in this car for Chastain this season and he has been inconsistent in his previous two starts. At COTA, Chastian finished 17th after starting 2nd, and then at Indianapolis, he would finish fourth after a poor qualifying effort (P18). Chastain has the worst equipment of the four but both he and Custer will most likely be lower owned and make for solid GPP plays.
Xfinity Series Regulars:
Both AJ Allmendinger ($10,500) and Ty Gibbs ($10,200) are the cream of the crop and have combined to win all four road course races this season. I expect them both to be popular, but ownership should be spread out with so many options in this tier on Saturday. When you combine the four Cup regulars and these two you get 2-3 of the high-priced cash plays on this slate most likely. If either of Dinger or Gibbs qualify on the pole, they could be good for GPP’s.
As for the remaining four drivers in this tier, they are all good plays honestly. In the preview, I talked about Austin Hill ($9,600) in length, so make sure to read that to see how great he’s been on road courses this season. Noah Gragson ($9,200) and Sam Mayer ($9,000) are good road course drivers. Gragson has finished top 10 in every race on this track type this season and Mayer has finishes of 5th and 7th place on road courses this season. Last, but certainly not least, Justin Allgaier ($9,400) is always a good play on any track type.
NASCAR DFS: Mid and Value Tier
With there being so many great plays in the top tier and so many different ways to go, I don’t think we will have much exposure to the mid-tier. There are some good plays in the mid-tier and in GPP’s this could be a way to get different.
Josh Berry ($8,800) has been great on road courses with two top 5 finishes as well as averaging 36.7 DKFP per race and a +5 place differential. Berry will be overlooked and low-owned in this race.
Bradon Jones ($8,400) is another great play if qualifies poorly. I went over him in detail as well in the preview article.
All three of Myatt Snider ($7,300), Andy Lally ($7,200), and Alex Labbe ($7,100) have been similar performers on road courses in 2022. Labbe has been the best of these three on road courses, he is an expert on this track type, with three top 15 finishes and a top 10 this season. I do see these drivers carrying some high ownership depending on where they qualify and could end up cash viable as well.
I will be paying close attention to how well Connar Mosack ($7,800) and Sammy Smith ($7,600) run in practice. Both drivers are young and are in good cars (Sam Hunt #26 and JGR #18). Neither has run well in their one road course appearance but there is some huge upside with both drivers.
Qualifying will determine what value drivers we can use, but Ryan Sieg ($6,600) and Preston Pardus ($6,100) have both run well on road courses in 2022. Patrick Gallagher ($5,500) is averaging a 23rd place finish in three road course races as well as a +9.7 place differential and 29 DKFP P/R.
Kris Wright, Scott Heckert, and Brad Perez are all under $5K and could be decent plays to get those $9.5K drivers we covet at the top.
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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/)
