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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Trucks Series Kansas Speedway 7/24/20

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Friday night’s Truck Series race from Kansas Speedway! This is the first of two truck races this weekend as they will get right back at it Saturday afternoon.

Friday night we have the Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 with the green flag scheduled to drop at 7:15 EDT for 134 laps and with only 100.5 dominator points available Friday night they will be at a premium.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Ross Chastain ($11,000)

Starting Position: 11th

Ross Chastain is only running one the two Truck races this weekend and this is it. Chastain has been mildly successful on 1.5-mile tracks this season with three top 10 finishes in just 5 races this season. Coming into this weekend, Chastain has four straight top 10 finishes, and five total in 7 races this season. Chastain is a potential dominator, but I think the next guy will be the dominator…

Austin Hill ($10,300)

Starting Position: 6th

Hill has been the best driver in the Truck Series this season (full-time drivers) and will look to dominate another race. Only Christian Eckes ($8,900) has led more laps than Hill on 1.5-mile tracks with 97 led to the 91 of Hill. I don’t know that Hill wins this race, but I do anticipate him picking up a good portion of the dominator points available.

Matt Crafton ($10,000)

Starting Position: 17th

Matt Crafton is not going to fill up the dominator points on Friday but he will pay off his salary in place differential like he has the previous two weeks. Crafton started 14th and 15th respectively in the last two races and finished 3rd in both. If Crafton can come home with a similar finish from Kansas we will be more than happy with that performance.

Other Options: Johnny Sauter ($11,300), Brandon Jones ($10,600)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Christian Eckes ($8,900)

Starting position: 1st

Eckes is on the pole for Friday night’s race and there’s a good chance he is our leader for the first portion of this race. Last week at Texas Eckes gave Kyle Busch a scare early on but ended up second behind his boss. Eckes’ 2nd place finish last week was his fourth top 10 in 6 races.

Sheldon Creed ($8,400)

Starting Position: 10th

Creed earned his first win of the season two weeks ago in Kentucky in a rain-shortened race. In 2020, Creed has been one of the best 1.5-mile drivers with 3 top 10’s, two top 5’s, and his win. Creed is a driver who, if everything works out for him, could lead the majority of laps.

Zane Smith ($8,000)

Starting Position: 7th

Zane Smith pushed Kyle Busch in the Texas race last week and showed that he can hang with the big boys. Smith ended up 19th in what can be seen as a disappointment based on how well he ran collecting 23 fastest laps and 26 laps led. Smith has been successful while still looking for his fist 2020 win with four top 10’s finishes on 1.5-mile tracks

Other Options: Spencer Davis ($8,800), Tanner Gray ($8,200), Grant Enfinger ($7,900)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

Robby Lyons – $6,700 – P34
Tate Fogelman – $6,500 – P28th
Derek Kraus – $6,900 – P15
Ty Majeski – $7,100 – P19
Norm Benning – $5,400 – P38
Jordan Anderson – $7,400 – P32

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Cup Series from Kansas Speedway 7/23/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 4 years ago

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Thursday night's race from Kansas Speedway, the Super Start Batteries 400 with the green flag scheduled to drop at 7:48 pm EDT on NBCSN. Kansas is another 1.5-mile track that runs similar to Vegas, Homestead, and Charlotte. We have 267 laps here at Kansas Spe...

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Cup Series 7/19/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 4 years ago

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 from Texas Motor Speedway where the only thing hotter than Kevin Harvick is the temperature inside the cars! We saw temps reach at least 143 degrees in the Xfinity cars on Saturday afternoon, which was run during the same time Sunday’s Cup race will be run.

With 500 miles being raced on Sunday at the mile and a half track, we get 334 laps of racing leading to a possible 250.5 dominator points available. Last year Harvick led 119 on his way to the victory, followed by teammate Aric Almirola who led 62 laps and finished 2nd. Almirola is on the pole for this race and at first glance seemed like a fade to me, but he has done well here in his last 3 races and could get himself another top 5 finish.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Kevin Harvick (11,300)

Starting Position: 5th

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Kevin Harvick has been great in recent races here at Texas Motorspeedway. Harvick is one of, if not, the hottest drivers in the Cup Series since the return to the track and will look to keep his momentum going on Sunday. Over the last 5 races at Texas, Harvick has 3 wins, and five top 10 finishes. Harvick has not just won races here, he has dominated with 421 laps led during his last 5 races here.

Martin Truex Jr. ($10,400)

Starting Position: 10th

Truex hasn’t had his best season so far, but he does have three top 10’s in his last 4 races (4 in 5 if you count the All Start Race) and looks like he is getting back on track. We have seen him fail tech twice over the last few weeks but while he didn’t fare well in Indianapolis when he was sent to the back, he came home second at Kentucky last week. After the race last week Truex said he thinks his team has figured out and they will be better moving forward.

Joey Logano ($9,500)

Starting Position: 9th

Dating all the way back to 2013 Joey Logano has been an absolute beast at Texas Motorspeedway. In 14 races here since 2013, Logano has finished in the top 10 eleven times, and top 5 nine times. Logano has led 418 laps during that same 14 race span and should compete for a top 5, and the win on Sunday.

Other Options: Denny Hamlin ($10,800 – P8), Chase Elliott ($10,000 – P8)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Christopher Bell ($9,100)

Starting Position: 33rd

DraftKings finally decided to price Bell more accurately this week, meaning he will most likely be higher owned because of this but he could be the highest DKFP driver. Bell hasn’t raced here yet in the Cup Series but was dominant here in the Xfinity series. In 5 races here as an Xfinity Series driver, Bell has a win, three top 5’s, and a four top 10’s.

Erik Jones ($8,600)

Starting Position: 23rd

I am hesitant to play Erik Jones after the way he has hurt us the past couple of weeks, but here I am. Over his last 5 races in Texas, Jones has five top 10’s and three top 5’s. Jones has also led 103 laps in his last 5 here as well, and with his starting position, we don’t even need a top 10 from Jones to make 5 times value.

Aric Almirola ($8,100)

Starting Position: 1st

Almirola is a GPP only play since he is starting on the pole on Sunday. Almirola has been on a tear recently, and while we don’t necessarily look at the current form in season when gauging interest in drivers, Almirola has success at Texas as well lately. The driver of the #10 Ford Mustang has three straight top 10’s finishes here at Texas. If Almirola can get the jump on Ryan Blaney ($8,900 – P2) on the first lap he could end up adding to his laps led count for 2020 on 1.5-mile tracks where he currently has led 128 laps in 6 races

Tyler Reddick ($7,800)

Starting Position: 24th

This season Reddick has run very well at 1.5-mile tracks in 2020. In 6 races on these tracks, Reddick has an average finish of 11.7 and has three top 10’s. Reddick can make value (5x – 43 points) if he finishes around 15th place with no dominator points, which is easily doable.

Other Options: Jimmie Johnson ($9,000 – P20), Ryan Blaney ($8,900 – P2), William Byron ($8,000 – P18)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier

Both Austin ($6,900 – 21) and Ty Dillon ($6,700 – P30) in good spots to pick up a few spots and give us some minimal place differential points at the top of the value tier. Michael McDowell ($6,600 – P34) might be the best of the value tier for this race. McDowell starts 34th and has been averaging a finish of 23.7 on 1.5-mile tracks this season.

Value Tier Rankings:

Michael McDowell ($6,600 – P34)
Austin Dillon ($6,900 – P21)
John Hunter Nemechek ($6,000 – P28)
Ty Dillon ($6,700 – P30)
Corey Lajoie ($6,100 – P36)
Chris Buescher ($5,800 – P16)

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Truck Series 7/18/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 5 years ago

written by rmferenc@gmail.com

Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday night’s Truck Series race from Texas Motor Speedway! Like with the Xfinity Series earlier in the day on Saturday we have another race with Kyle Busch “invading” this race. Busch is priced high, as usual, at $16,000 Saturday night and should dominate this race.

Saturday night’s race has 147 laps meaning we have 110 dominator points try and earn in this race. Kyle Busch should lead the majority of the laps in this race starting from P4. I want to focus on finding good place differential plays to pair with Kyle to try and maximize our point totals for this race.

This race was an unmitigated disaster last year, to say the least. We had 13 cautions with 14 drivers scoring DNF’s. Because of this, we had drivers like Jennifer Jo Cobb ($5,600) and Norm Benning ($5,700) finish inside the top 20. There are a few punts I will be using in my lineups in hopes we get a similar race this year and these drivers find their way up to the middle of the pack.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Kyle Busch: $16,000

Starting Position: 4th

Like with the Xfinity Series earlier in the day, Kyle Busch is the top overall play. While we are using Busch as a place differential/dominator play in the NXS, we are using Busch here as a pure dominator. Greg Biffle took this truck to victory lane in 2019 and its a pretty safe bet that Kyle Busch will do the same and potentially lead 100 laps in this race.

Ross Chastain: $11,500

Starting Position: 24th

Here is the first place differential play of the night with Ross Chastain. We know Chastain is great in the Truck Series and I do not see him sitting back in the back for too long. Like we did with Busch in the Xfinity Series, we are using a Chastain as a potential dominator/place differential play. Chastain has back to back top 10’s at Texas and almost certainly add a 3rd straight on Saturday night.

Justin Haley: $10,500

Starting Position: 13th

Justin Haley is the 3rd driver of 3 I’ve written up pulling the double on Saturday and he may be a low owned play. Haley has raced here at Texas 4 times in the Truck Series never finishing lower than 6th, including a win his last time here in 2018. Justin Haley has also led 61 laps in his 4 races here as well. This is the same Truck that Chase Elliott driver to victory back in Charlotte earlier this season and Haley will attempt to push Kyle Busch for the victory Saturday night.

Other Options: Johnny Sauter ($10,900 – P21), Brett Moffitt ($9,700 – P8)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Spencer Davis: $9,100

Starting Position: 19th

Davis is not one of the top overall plays, and if you are playing cash games I wouldn’t put him in your lineup, but he is a good GPP play with some decent upside. In his only race at Texas Motor Speedway, Davis did finish 9th while leading 7 laps. In his last 3 races, Davis has finishes of 13th, 18th, and 14th but he is starting higher than he has in of those races.

Stewart Friesen: $8,900

Starting Position: 18th

Coming into this race last year Friesen had a string of 3 straight top 10 finishes at Texas, but he had suspension issues and ended up 20th. Friesen is a truck that I can see finishing in the top 5 if everything breaks his way, and a top 10 is almost a certainty in my eyes.

Christian Eckes: $8,300

Starting Position: 7th

I expect to see Christian Eckes running up front with car owner/teammate Kyle Busch most of the night on Saturday. With the exception of him wrecking out in Pocono, Eckes has three top 10’s in his last 4 races (3rd,6th, and 8th). While the 19-year-old has not driven a Truck here at Texas he does have good finishes on similar tracks, like last week in Kentucky when he came home 6th.

Other Options: Ben Rhodes ($8,700 P10), Tyler Ankrum ($8,500 P9)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

Tate Fogleman ($6,100) is my favorite of the value play in this race. On the season Fogleman has two top 20 finishes and four top 25 finishes with a season average of 25.1. Fogleman is starting this race at the lowest he has started any race this season and has the most upside in my opinion of any value driver in this race.

Value Tier Rankings:

Tate Folgeman ($6,100 – P31)
Tanner Gray ($7,300 – P20)
Cory Roper ($5,500 – P30)
Norm Benning ($5,700 – P36)
Derek Kraus ($6,300 – P17)
Brennan Poole ($6,800 – P29)
Jennifer Jo Cobb ($5,600 – P35)
Jordan Anderson ($6,600 – P28)

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/18/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 5 years ago

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday, July 18 Xfinity Series from Fort Worth, Texas! I would also like to welcome you to $17,000 Kyle Busch chalk day! If you are in the WinDailySports Discord channel you saw me mention that we are playing Kyle in the Xfinity and Truck series this weekend even though he is priced WAY up. I will go into detail in a minute. We have a 200 lap race here with 150 dominator points available and I expect the majority of them to be split between two drivers, keep reading to find out who.

Texas Motor Speedway will run similar to what we saw in Kentucky last week with only one real groove on the track so the teams with the best equipment will be the ones we want to target. Obviously we have salary restrictions and cannot get all the top teams in but DraftKings priced the slate in a way that makes it easier to build good lineups with Kyle Busch’s salary.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Kyle Busch ($17,000)

Starting Position: 28th

Is Kyle Busch expensive? Yes. Is he worth paying up for? Also, yes. I know it seems like a steep price to pay, but with Kyle starting 28th and being the best driver in this race he will make value. I have no doubt about that (unless he gets wrecked coming through the field) and with his starting position being so far back we can get a top 5 finish from Kyle without dominator points and he’ll still make value. Even though I say we don’t need dominator point from Busch, we will get them as I think he leads the majority of the second half of this race.

Chase Briscoe ($11,300)

Starting Position: 12th

If you are making multiple lineups and want to fade Kyle in any of them, Briscoe is my favorite play after him. Briscoe has 5 wins on the season with 2 of them coming on 1.5-mile tracks. In his seven 1.5-mile races this season, Briscoe also has four top 5’s, six top 10’s, and an average finish of 6.3. Starting in the 12th spot we get the next best place differential after Kyle Busch with Chase Briscoe as well.

Austin Cindric ($10,800)

Starting Position: 3rd

Here is other dominator I mentioned in the open who I think leads the beginning part of this race. Cindric has dominated at 1.5-mile tracks this season and swept both races last week in Kentucky in dominating fashion. This season Cindric has led nearly 400 laps on mile and a half tracks and has 240 fastest laps. I will be pairing Cindric in lineups with Busch in them to try and maximize as many dominator points as I can.

Other Options: Noah Gragson ($10,400)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Anthony Alfredo ($8,300)

Starting Position: 10th

We will need to focus more on the value tier to fit Kyle Busch into our lineups but if you have the salary to fit Alfredo in, he is a good choice. Anthony Alfredo has been in 5 races at 1.5-mile tracks this season with four of those resulting in top 10 finishes. Alfredo has some great equipment in his RCR Chevy with the team that one back to back Xfinity Series championships in 2018 and 19.

Justin Haley ($8,100)

Starting Position: 11th

Haley is my favorite play in this tier especially since he is starting outside the top 10 and DraftKings dropped his price this week from $9.5K last week. In his last eight races, Haley has four top 5 finishes including a win at Talladega back in June. Haley has a top 5 car seeming every week over the last 4 races and I think another top 5 will happen on Saturday.

Other Options: Brandon Jones ($9,100), Jeremy Clements ($8,700), Tommy Joe Martins ($7,500)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

we are going to live in this tier this weekend, but luckily we have a plethora of options, with Brett Moffitt ($7,100), Ryan Sieg ($6,500), and Colby Howard ($5,700). Moffitt is the riskiest play, making him the best GPP value play and Howard is my favorite value play overall. In his last 6 races, Howard has 5 finishes of 21st or better with four of them being inside the top 20.

Value Tier Rankings:

Colby Howard ($5,700 – P35)
Brett Moffitt ($7,100 – P15)
Ryan Sieg ($6,500 – P18)
Jesse Little ($5,200 – P30)
Stefan Parsons ($4,800 – P26)
Kyle Weatherman ($5,100 – P33)
Josh Williams ($6,400 – P24)

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Cup Series All-Star Race 7/15/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 5 years ago

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Wednesday night’s All-Star race from Bristol Motor Speedway. This race is a small field of 20 drivers, of which 16 have already qualified. The field is filled with winners from the 2019 and 2020 seasons as well as past All-Star race winners and previous series champions. There are 4 remaining spots that will be filled by 3 stage winners from The Open, which is an 85 lap race that will be held prior to the All-Star race. There is one final spot to be filled by a fan vote but at last check, Bubba Wallace ($6,800) has a very large lead so he should be the driver that fills the 20th spot.

While there are no points on the line for this race, there is $1 million. We have in the past seen a lot of aggressive driving at the end of this race and Wednesday will most likely be no different, especially at Bristol. I will suggest you pay attention to the Open and alter your lineups after to get the qualifiers into your lineups. The 3 drivers who move on from The Open and the fan vote winner will be starting in positions 17-20 giving them both the highest floor and upside in the field.

I am making it a priority to get 2-4 of them into every lineup I build. These 4 will have an advantage on the field in the first stage because they have already run 85 laps on this track and they will have the knowledge of how the track is and their cars will be set up already. Because of how the transfer drivers are priced, do NOT be afraid to leave large amounts of salary on the table for this race. I have left anywhere from $2,000 to $6,400 in my pre-builds.

NASCAR DFS: Top Plays (Qualified Drivers)

Denny Hamlin ($10,100)

Starting Position: 15th

Hamlin is my favorite play on this slate for a few reasons, but place differential is the top reason. Starting 15th, Hamlin will most definitely improve his PD and run towards the front. Hamlin also has six top 10’s and a win in his last 10 races at Bristol and has led 304 laps here.

Joey Logano ($9,400)

Starting Position: 12th

Logano has a similar track history to that of Hamlin’s making him another great play. Until he had a run-in with Elliott on the final laps of the Spring Bristol race earlier this season Logano was poised for his second win in the last 10. Logano has seven top 10’s in the last 10 and has led over 500 laps in the process.

Ryan Blaney ($8,000)

Starting Position: 3rd

Blaney is different than the previous two drivers because he is not a place differential play. I think Blaney could get out to the early lead and dominate the first stage. Even though Blaney hasn’t had good finishes at Bristol, he has led an average of 43.9 laps per race in his career. Blaney is also one of my favorites to win this race for the first time in his career.

Erik Jones ($7,200)

Starting Position: 16th

Jones starts last of the already qualified drivers and could be a threat to win, or worst come home with a top 10. In his 7 career races at Bristol, Jones has three top 5’s while leading 293 laps. Jones owns a 14.4 average finish here, and while that is not great, but if you factor in the size of the field in this race as half a regular race, that average drops inside the top 10.

Cole Custer ($5,800)

Starting Position: 8th

Custer was the last driver to qualify for the field with his win on Sunday at Kentucky. I don’t think Custer is a threat to win this race, but you really can’t count anyone out in this race. In his last 5 race at Bristol in the Xfinity Series, Custer has an average finish 9.4 and has 4 top 10’s in that span. If you want to be different, Custer is my favorite low price play.

Other Options: Kyle Busch (P10 – $9,100), Jimmie Johnson (P14 – $8,800), Brad Keselowski (P9 – $8,600), Kurt Busch (P7 – $7,600)

Once again, remember to follow along with The Open and adjust your rosters accordingly

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Truck Series 7/11/20

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Welcome to the first NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Truck series article here at WinDailySports! Hopefully, we can get a clean start to this race unlike the Xfinity series had the previous 2 nights. We have 3 previous winners in this field, including last year’s winner Tyler Ankrum ($9,000) (Matt Crafton and Ben Rhodes have also won here). Ankrum starts 3rd on Saturday and is one of the better plays of the drivers starting towards the front. After leading the most laps in this race last season (40), I think Ankrum could be a dominator contender again.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Austin Hill ($10,800)

Starting Position: 5th

Austin Hill has been the best (full time) Truck Series driver this season. In 6 races his worst finish was a 9th place finish in Charlotte where he led 26 laps. Speaking of laps led, Hill has led laps in 4 of the 6 races this season and has led at least 11 laps in each of those 4 races. Hill doesn’t have a win this season but I think he gets that win Saturday night.

Chandler Smith ($10,000)

Starting Position: 10th

The 18-year-old Smith ran 4 races in 2019 for Kyle Busch Motorsports and finished in the top 10 in all four races and top 5 in three of those races. Smith is in the truck Kyle usually drives, the #51, so we know it’s a fast truck. I know the price seems steep for a young kid with little experience, but he is a very good driver and if Kyle Busch is confident enough to put him in his truck, I am confident enough to use him

Other Options: Johnny Sauter (P11 – $11,200), Todd Gilliland (P9- $10,200), Matt Crafton (P14 – $9,700)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Parker Kligerman ($9,400)

Starting Position: 37th

Kligerman is running his second truck race of the 2020 season, and he will most likely be the highest owned driver in the field on Saturday. In his one race, this season Kligerman started 40th and finished 15th for 54 DK points. If we can get a score like that here on Saturday, we will be happy.

Both Sheldon Creed ($8,000), and Grant Enfinger ($7,800) are viable plays tonight. These guys are two of the top drivers in the Truck Series, especially Enfinger who has two wins this season already. They both start inside the top 10, so they are definitely better suited for multi-entry GPP as their upside is limited, but they are both threats to win this race on Saturday

Ryan Truex ($7,500)

Starting Position: 18th

Truex has only raced once in 2020, a 13th place finish in Atlanta last month after starting 20th. That race was Truex’s first Truck race since 2017, but he did manage and 8th place finish at Kentucky Speedway last season in the Xfinity Series, so he does have a good history at this track, albeit a small history. I think Truex will be lower owned, but it’s hard to get a gauge on that for me

Other Options: Ben Rhodes (P6 – $8,700), Christian Eckes (P4 – $8,500), Clay Greenfield (P33 – $8,200)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier

Derek Kraus – $7,300

Starting Position: 17th

Kraus is quietly one of the better drivers this season on the Truck Series with 4 straight finishes of 16th or better. There is not a ton of value in this race, but Kraus is the best of this tier in my opinion.

Value Rankings:

Derek Kraus – P17 – $7,300
Brennan Poole – P32 – $7,400
Tanner Gray – P21 – $6,800
Spencer Boyd – P29 – $5,800
Chase Purdy – P19 – $6,500
Trey Hutchins – P40 – $5,400
Timothy Viens – P34 – $4,800

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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/9/20

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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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NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series 7/4/20

rmferenc@gmail.com 5 years ago

written by rmferenc@gmail.com

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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XFL DFS – Stick’s Picks for Week 1

StixPicks 5 years ago

written by StixPicks

I have been in mourning for a few days now that the NFL season has officially come to a close. Thanks to Vince McMahon and company, the DFS Football Season is not over. I’m not sure what to expect with the XFL, but hey, it’s football and it’s DFS. Without further ado, let’s get right into these Week One XFL DFS plays.

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Disclaimer: It is going to be incredibly tough to project playing time and opportunity for this opening week of XFL Football. DO NOT go overboard with your bankroll for Week One. My articles will be mainly meant for DraftKings, but you can certainly use this information for other DFS websites.

XFL DFS Quarterbacks

Phillip Walker ($7,800) – We don’t know a whole lot about Walker besides his prolific college career at Temple (it’s Temple, so let’s not get too excited). The main reason I’m interested in Phillip Walker is due to the fact that he’s playing under a successful Canadian Football League Offensive Coordinator, June Jones.

Jones is currently the Head Coach for Houston with a former High School Football coach, Chris Miller as the Offensive Coordinator. I have no idea how to handicap a High School Coach’s offensive tendencies, but I think we’ll see June Jones do most of the play calling for the Houston offense.

Jones was extremely successful in the CFL and that is something I think will translate well into the XFL. Jones’ most recent season as a signal-caller in 2018 looked great on paper. His air-raid offense averaged over 300 yards passing and over 110 rushing yards per game. I’ll take a shot on Walker having a nice start to his XFL career and perhaps do some damage with his legs as well. Air-raid offenses usually lead to a lot of fantasy points!
~~Josh Johnson ($10,700) –~~ This is quite the price-tag for any Quarterback not named Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson, lol. Johnson had some success in the NFL and loves to run the ball. Los Angeles has a solid receiving core (from what I can tell), so pairing that with a serviceable NFL career is enough for me to buy in.

We love using running Quarterbacks during the NFL DFS Season so why stop now? Sounds like he’s going to miss the game due to injury.
Cardale Jones ($10,200) – My guess is Jones will be the chalk Quarterback in Week One of the XFL DFS Season. For that reason alone, I won’t have a ton of exposure to him but he’s certainly in my player pool based on his talent. I am quite interested to see how this offense runs under Pep Hamilton and Tanner Engstrand.

Hamilton was the Quarterback’s coach for the Indianapolis Colts when Andrew Luck arguably had is best season while throwing for 40 touchdowns in 2014. I trust that Hamilton and his staff will be motivated to get the most out of Cardale Jones.

Honorable Mention:
Aaron Murray ($9,000)

XFL DFS Running Backs

Christine Michael ($8,400) – We all remember Mr. Michael as a nice waiver wire pickup back in the day during your NFL Season-Long leagues… now it’s 2020 and he’s the first mention in my inaugural XFL DFS piece. What a time to be alive.

Michael was a proven talent in the NFL and should be a 3-down back on a defensive-minded, St. Louis football club. It should be fun to watch how Jonathan Hayes and Chuck Long plan to use him in what should be a run-first offense.
Cameron Artis-Payne ($6,800) – I always thought Artis-Payne would pan out in the NFL, but that day never came. I’m excited to get shares of him this week in XFL DFS, as I truly believe he will be the three-down back for Bob Stoops and the Dallas offense. If Stoops’ offensive mind translates into the XFL, there should be a lot of scoring opportunities for Artis-Payne.
De’Veon Smith ($6,300) – Marc Trestman absolutely feeds his number one running back in both the rushing attack and the passing attack. Always has, always will… I hope. Trestman’s CFL experience is going to be a huge boost for this Tampa Bay offense and I’m expecting Smith to be the main benefactor of that.

There are some talented running backs behind Smith on the depth chart so I’m a bit nervous to lock button De’Veon Smith in Week One, but I’m close to doing it.
Jhurell Pressley ($7,900) – Probably the best overall running back in the XFL. I’m sure we’ll see a lot of Donnel Pumphrey on passing downs, but Pressley should be a solid bet for 80+ yards and a touchdown.
Ja’Quan Gardner ($3,600) – Apparently he’s starting over Kenneth Farrow? I’m not sure I buy that, but if so, Garner is way too cheap to avoid.
Kenneth Farrow ($7,200) – Farrow got a ton of touches in the AAF under coach, Mike Riley. Riley is now the Offensive Coordinator for this Seattle team and you know he’s going to lean on Farrow early and often. If volume is a concern for your running back spots, just roster Farrow and enjoy the 13+ touches he should be locked into.

Honorable Mention:
Elijah Hood ($7,500)
Donnel Pumphrey ($5,100)
De’Angelo Henderson ($4,500)

Wide Receivers

Sammie Coates (9,300) – Coates had a quick NFL career with only six starts in four seasons (though he averaged over 18 yards per reception). I’m not going to get into much detail on why he churned out of the NFL, but I will say he’s my favorite receiver to target on this slate.

Coates is a pure athlete at six foot, two inches tall with 40-inch vertical. He’s an absolute burner and is playing for what I believe to be the best offense in the XFL under June Jones (who has a strong history of peppering his number one wide-out with targets). I love pairing Phillip Walker with his number one receiver Sammie, Coates.

First hunch of the year: Coates will go for over 100 receiving yards in Week One.
Eli Rogers ($9,100) – Rogers was a reliable target in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense in 2016 and 2017. He somehow then burned out of the NFL. He’s a sure-handed slot receiver who should be locked into a handful of receptions (which is something I’m really looking for in a full-point PPR setup like DraftKings).

Rogers may not have slate-breaking ability, but he should be a safe bet for 12+ fantasy points and a main target for Cardale Jones.
Jeff Badet ($8,800) – Unfortunately, the burner Jeff Badet never got a real chance to shine in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and now finds himself in the XFL.

Badet ran under a 4.40 40-yard dash and is probably the fastest player in the XFL (don’t fact check me there). Bob Stoops and the Dallas front office chose Badet with their first overall pick in the XFL Skill Position draft, so I’m looking forward to see how they plan to use him… because they will use him.

Stoops also runs an air-raid offense and that should set up nicely for a guy like Badet.

Second hunch of the year: Badet catches a touchdown for 55+ yards in Week One.
Nick Truesdell ($6,900) – Another product of the Trestman offense, Tight-End Nick Truesdell is going to be a favorite of mine this season. I was expecting a much lower price, but assuming the field does their research and realizes he’s a tight-end, ownership should be low.

Trestman loves to utilize the tight-end in his passing game, especially in the red-zone. If there were touchdown props offered for Week One, Truesdell would be one of my top plays.

Honorable Mention:
Mekale McKay ($9,900)
Nelson Spruce ($8,500)
Sentavius Jones ($7,400)
Reece Horn ($3,400)

Best of luck this week and most of all, enjoy it! Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter if you have some more thoughts to add. Lastly, thank you all so much for the love and support for this Win Daily family during the 2019 NFL Season – it was a helluva year!

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