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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles. Since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

…And Then There Were Eight

There are only three races left until the Championship is handed out in Phoenix on November 6th. If one of the eight remaining drivers in the playoffs wins this race, they will book their ticket to the finale. We could see some reckless driving in the closing laps. Texas is a low-tire track, so I will be looking back at races this season from Las Vegas and Charlotte to see who ran well there.

One thing you won’t see in my article this week is the ridiculously high-priced Kaz Grala ($11,200). Normally when Grala is in a race and starting this far back (32nd) we would be all over him, but not this week. Grala isn’t in great equipment and the price is just too steep that I cannot see him making value. Since 2019, Grala has only raced at one 1.5-mile track, so with the lack of track time at this type, I don’t feel comfortable using him here as well.

NASCAR DFS: Top Tier

Justin Allgaier ($10,200)

Starting Position: 6th

Earlier this season at Texas, Allgaier led 23 laps on his way to a second-place finish. Texas has been one of Allgaier’s better tracks since it was repaved in 2017. Since 2018 if you remove his two wrecks, Allgaier has three top 5 finishes and has finished 12th or better in five races. While he has never won a race at Texas, he is one of the best drivers at this track in the field on Saturday.

John Hunter Nemechek ($10,700)

Starting Position: 10th

Nemechek has run three career races here in Texas but none since 2019. In his three races here Nemechek has never finished lower than 9th and has two top 5 finishes as well. Nemechek will be in the #54 car for Joe Gibbs Racing on Saturday, far and away the best equipment he has been in any of his previous Texas races. With the way this car has run in 2021, I will say that JHN is my pick to win this race.

Harrison Burton ($9,900)

Starting Position: 8th

Harrison Burton won this race last season by leading 24 total laps. Earlier this season Burton did not fare well here as he finished 30th thanks to a crash with just five laps to go. Outside of that one poor finish, Burton has performed well. Looking back over this season at this track type, Burton has finished top 10 in all three races including a third-place finish at Charlotte.

As with every race in 2021 both AJ Allmendinger ($10,500 – P1) and Autin Cindric ($9,800 – P2) are great plays but are somewhat risky because of their starting position. I do prefer Cindric because of his lower salary.

Other Options: Justin Haley ($9,200 – P4), Brett Moffitt ($9,400 – P26), Noah Gragson ($9,600 – P5)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Daniel Hemric ($8,800)

Starting Position: 3rd

Will Daniel Hmeric ever get a win? Probably, but I’ve stopped trying to predict when that will happen. Hemric has been successful here at Texas since the repaving was down in 2017. In three races since then, Hemric has finished top 10 in all three, including two top 5’s, and has led laps in all three races including this season when he finished 4th and led 13 laps.

Ryan Sieg ($7,300)

Starting Position: 22nd

Sieg has been consistently around the top 10 every race (minus the two he had mechanical issues) since the repave was done in 2017. Since then, Sieg has had four finishes between 10th and 12th in five races, the outlier being an 18th place finish in the first race of 2018. Seig projects as a mid-teens driver for me with top 10 upside.

Brandon Brown ($7,900)

Starting Position: 18th

Brown has six career races at Texas and has only finished outside the top 20 one time (Fall race in 2019). In those six races, Brown has one top 5 and two top 10’s. Earlier this season here at Texas, Brown finished 13th which is about where I see him finishing again on Saturday.

Other Options: Jeb Burton ($8,400 – P13): Burton has three top 10’s and a top 5 in seven races at Texas, JJ Yeley ($7,400 – P33), Riley Herbst ($8,600 – P20)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

  1. Bayley Currey ($5,200) – P39: Currey didn’t even get one lap in here in the spring before his day was over because of an electrical issue. But, no need to worry he is not in that same car he is in a much better car on Saturday. Currey has been a high teens to low 20’s driver here in his career and while I am not sure he can achieve that a mid 20’s finish would do us just fine for this salary and starting position.
  2. Tommy Joe Martins ($6,400) – P24: TJM has been another solid driver at Texas over his career. His one bad race was all the way back in 2014 before the repave so that doesn’t count. Since then he has a top 10 (this race in 2020) and has never finished lower than 21st. I look for Martins to be a high teens driver on Saturday.
  3. David Starr ($4,900) – P36: Starr has been outstanding at Texas since 2018 (for a value tier driver). In the last seven races, Starr has five top 25 finishes including two top 20’s (20th and 13th). If we can get Starr in the top 25 he will smash value, be in the optimal, and potentially get someone a takedown. I see him more as a high 20’s driver, but with attrition he could easily pull off another top 25.
  4. Dylan Lupton ($6,700) – P29: Lupton only has one relevant race at Texas and that was in 2018 where he finished 17th. This week though, Lupton is in much better equipment (Sam Hunt #26) and should be a threat for another top 20, maybe even top 15. My strategy is to play three top tier drivers, but if you want to be different and go with 2, Lupton is a grat mid/value fringe option on Saturday.
  5. Ryan Vargas ($5,100) – P30: Vargas had a decent 24th place finish at Texas earlier this season, but he was in the 4 car, this week he is back in the #6. Last season at this race, Vargas drove the #6 to an 8th place finish. I do not expect a repeat performance but I do see Vargas finish top 20 on Saturday which would be great value for his salary.
  6. Jesse Little ($5,400) – P34: Little had a rough day here in the spring and finished 29th because of mechanical issues. In 2020 though, Little had finishes of 14th and 15th here, allbeit in better equipment. I still think there is upside here with Little though for his price. I see him as a low to mid 20’s driver in this race, as long as his car holds up.
  7. Jeremy Clements ($6,100) – P14: Clements is typically a safe play, even when he starts in the teens. Of course with any race, carnage can happen he occasionally gets caught up in it but Clements is a smart driver who tends to finish around where he starts. I think Clements is a mid to high teens driver with top 10 upside if things fall his way.

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles. Since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

Roval Racing…in the Rain?

This weekend the Xfinity Series heads, well, home to Charlotte Motor Speedway but not to run on the 1.5-mile oval, but instead on the Roval! Last season AJ Allmendinger ($10,700) led 12 laps on his way to earning the win. This year there is plenty of reason to believe we will see the same outcome.

In 2020 only 27 cars finished this race with only 24 of those finishing on the lead lap. This track is typically a bit of a wreck fest, unlike most other road courses. We won’t see anything like with the Superspeedway races, but we can expect a few cautions on Saturday. Because this is a road course we only have 67 laps in this race which means once again we are not looking to focus on dominators, but instead we want place differential plays and drivers who will finish well as well.

One thing to remember about this race is that we ran here in the pouring rain in 2020 and with rain potentially in the forecast on Saturday again we could see another rain-soaked race. A lot of the teams did mention last week that they hoped it did rain, especially the teams that had success here last year.

NASCAR DFS: Top Tier

Since this is a road course, Austin Cindric ($10,300 – P1) is in play and should be considered one of the elite plays on this slate. With Cindric starting from the pole he projects for sub 25% ownership. We can potentially get one of the best road course races in NASCAR low ownership, it’s kind of hard to pass that up.

AJ Allmendinger ($10,700)

Starting Position: 14th

As I mentioned in the open, Allmendinger won this race last season and is the favorite to do so again on Saturday. Allmendinger is two for two at the Roval winning both races that he has run here. Allmendinger is going to be extremely popular, but he has the most upside in this race for me so fading him is just something I can’t see doing, especially if you only play one lineup. There are so many good options in the lower price ranges that fading the probable highest scoring driver just doesn’t make much sense.

Noah Gragson ($10,000)

Starting Position: 10th

Gragson is one of the drivers who talked about wanting it to rain here this weekend and I can see why. Last season at the Roval, Gragson led 16 laps and finished 2nd to Allmendinger. In his first race at the Roval in 2019, Gragson finished 5th. Gragson has run 14 road course races in his Xfinity career since 2019 and he has an average finish of 11.6 with 11 top 10’s and seven top 5’s. There is plenty of value in this field to roster both Dinger and Gragson in your lineups and feel comfortable about it.

TY Dillon ($9,300)

Starting Position: 25th

Ty Dillon has not run a road course race in the Xfinity Series since 2017, but before that, he was very good. Between 2015 and 2017, Ty Dillon ran seven road course races and while he did not win a race, he did had five top 10’s and three top 5’s. Dillon had an average finish of 7.4 in those seven races as well. Ty Dillon has not raced in the Xfinity Series at the Charlotte Roval, but he has run three Cup races. Dillon has an average finish of 20th in those races and his best finish is 15th. I think Dillon has great upside and could be a good GPP pivot off the chalkier plays of Allmendinger and Cindric if you want to go that route.

Other Options: Daniel Hemric ($9,100 – P3), Ty Gibbs ($10,500 – P12): Expensive and projects to be popular but could also win this race and be the highest scoring driver.

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Alex Labbe ($7,300)

Starting Position: 20th

Alex Labbe was a road course ringer when his Xfinity Series career started and he has since become a solid all-around driver, but road courses are still his bread and butter. Labbe has been nothing short of spectacular in his three races at the Roval. In each of his three races, Labbe has improved his finish in each race. Labbe finished 13th back in 2018, then earned a top 10 with a 6th place finish in 2019, and last year Labbe earned his first top 5 with a 4th place finish. The Roval is Labbe’s best road course on the circuit and I expect him to come home with his third straight top 10 here.

Josh Bilicki ($7,500)

Starting Position: 31st

Bilicki is a solid road course racer and will be in the 07 that is usually driven by Joe Graf Jr. In three previous races here at the Charlotte Roval, Bilicki has an average finish of 21st and finished 13th here last season. Bilicki is not a safe play by any means, but he starts far enough back to provide the place differential upside we need to make value at his salary.

Gray Gaulding ($7,600)

Starting Position: 39th

Gaulding is having a rough season, but one of the few bright spots for this team has been his finishes at road course races. In 2021, Gaulding has an average finish of 21.7 at this track type and had his best finish on the season of 13th at Mid-Ohio, the last road course he raced at. In his career at the Charlotte Roval, Gaulding has finishes of 29th and 28th.

Other Options: Austin Hill ($7,700 – P40), Preston Pardus ($7,800 – P37), Sam Mayer (8.700 – P15)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

  1. Kris Wright ($5,700) – P38: Wright is driving for BJ McLeod this weekend, has great PD upside, and has a good history at road course. Oh, and this is a Stewart-Haas Racing prepared car. How do you not love this car?
  2. Landon Cassill ($6,600) – P35: Cassill is another good road course driver as his 19.7 avg finishing position at this track type this seaon would indicate. His worst finish at a road course in 2021 is 27th, but his best was at the Daytona RC, 12th. That track runs similar to the Roval.
  3. Loris Hezemans ($5,100) – P34: Hezemans has only 3 Xfinity Series starts under his belt, and one was a road course in 2021. At Road America this season Hezemans finished 22nd. Like I keep hammering home this is another good place differential play.
  4. Joe Graf Jr. ($4,800) – P30: Graf has not excelled at road courses in his career, but he did manage to navigate the carnage in the rain here last season and finished 15th (started P31). This season he has more experience and is in the #17 RWR car that we love to use each and every week. Could Graf pull out a magical run and finish top 10, maybe, but is a top a 15 more likely, definitely.
  5. Kyle Weatherman ($4,700) – P24: Like with Graf there is some risk for a negative score, but the upside is too great here to pass up. Weatherman usually does well at road courses, and in the two he’s seen more than once he has avg finishes of 15.5 (Indy GP) and 16.5 (Daytona RC). Last season at the Roval, Weatherman got caught up in an early wreck, so I don’t count that but looking at his history at similar track types I expect a solid DFS points day out of Weatherman
  6. Brandon Brown ($6,000)- P16: Brown won his first career race last weekend and you can’t dispute the confidence that gives driver. In his Xfinity career, Brown is an above average road course driver. Brown has a 19.7 avg finish in 14 races. I feel Brown is a low teens play this week.
  7. Spencer Boyd ($4,500) – P33: Boyd is consistantly a mid 20’s driver when it comes to road courses. We won’t see Boyd pushing for the lead or a top 10 most likely, but a top 25 finish at his price will more that suffice to make value.

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles. Since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

Can we run this race to the end dry?

Earlier this season at Talladega the Xfinity Series race was shortened by rain and saw Jeb Burton ($10,600 – P14) earn his first win in one of NASCAR top touring series. Luckily the weather looks clear for this race and we should get the full 113 laps unless the sun sets early (insert face palm emoji). Much like with the Truck Series race earlier in the day and the Cup Series on Sunday we will be focusing on loading up on drivers starting towards the rear, or as the hashtag says, #StacktheBack!

Unlike the Truck Series, we don’t have a projected +50% owned driver, which is nice. There is a more balanced field in this race and more paths to an optimal build. Like I do every week, I ran the optimizer with multiple settings to see what builds might be popular and many builds leave between $2K and $5K on the table which is what I expected. Pricing for this race isn’t as top-heavy as with the trucks. We have a much better selection of drivers to use in the $7K range. Also, the value section is better for this race with better options so we don’t have to go too deep in a player pool down there. I will be leaving some salary on the table for my builds, probably around $1-2.5K but I will probably have a max salary build as well.

NASCAR DFS: Top Tier

Kaulig Racing

Jeb Burton ($10,600 – P14)

AJ Allmendinger ($10,400 – P5)

Justin Haley ($10,200 – P8)

Kaulig has dominated Superspeedway racing in recent years in the Xfinity Series, especially Talladega. This team has won three straight Talladega races, Chevrolets have also won 6 straight and 7 of 8 races. It is hard to bet against these guys when it seems like Kaulig has mastered the Superspeedway program. My preferred pick is Burton, but Haley swept both races here in 2020 so he would be the next best play. Allmendinger will have the lowest ownership because he starts in the top 5 and is the riskiest play.

John Hunter Nemechek ($10,000)

Starting Position: 11th

Nemechek is in the #54 Joe Gibbs Toyota this weekend and should be a threat to win this race. After running the Truck Series earlier in the day, JHN will hop into the JGR car and look to potentially sweep these races. Nemechek hasn’t raced here in an Xfinity car since 2019, but in his two Talladega races, he has finishes of 6th and 7th. If he can keep this car clean he should be a threat to go to victory lane.

Other Options: Noah Grason ($9,800 – P4), Daniel Hemric ($9,400 – P6)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

JJ Yeley ($8,100)

Starting Position: 38th

Yeley is underpriced for his upside and skill at this track. With him being underpriced, I would expect the ownership to be massive, but with people potentially paying up for the Kaulig drivers they may not be able to afford Yeley. In his last five races at Talladega, Yeley has finished between 4th and 11th four times with 22nd being his lowest finish (which would make value on Saturday). I love Yeley on Saturday and will be overweight on him for sure.

Garrett Smithley ($7,300)

Starting Position: 35th

Smithley is something of a Talladega Xfinity Series expert. In his five races here, Smithely has never finished lower than 21st and has finished 12th or better in the other four. Smithley finished 8th in this race last year but this season he is in much better equipment. At the last Superspeedway race (August – Daytona), JJ Yeley drove this #17 car to a 13th place finish. I see Smithley as a top 20 driver with top 10 upside based on attrition.

Alex Labbe ($7,500 – P32), Santino Ferrucci ($7,700 – P33)

I tried to pick one of these two drivers to write up but could not separate them. Both Labbe and Ferrucci give you equal upside and ownership projections at practically the same salary. The only difference between the two is that Ferrucci has never raced on a Superspeedway in the Xfinity Series and Labbe has excelled at them. Ferrucci has been good at all other tracks and has run well on larger tracks in the IndyCar Series so I expect he will fare well here. Labbe has top 10’s in two of his last three Talladega races and has never finished lower than 25th.

Other Options: Jordan Anderson ($7,000 – P29), Jason White ($7,200 – P34)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

  1. Caesar Bacarella ($6,400) – P37: Bacarella was excellent at Talladega in 2020 finishing 17th and then 13th. Earlier this season he wrecked with 6 to go and finished 38th. I look at the race earlier this year as a fluke and will roll out plenty of Bacarella in my lineups this weekend
  2. Brandon Brown ($6,600) – P19: I expect Brown to be wildly underowned on Saturday with him starting from P19 and plan on taking advantage of this. Brown is one of the top SS drivers in this series and has improved his finish every race here. Since 2019, when he finished 15th, Brown has improved to the point that he comes in with back-to-back top 10 fnishes at Talladega.
  3. David Starr ($4,700) – P28: “You done messed up, A-a-ron”. Starr is a superb Superspeedway racer and DraftKings showed him zero respect with this salary. The man has five finishes of 18th or better in his las six races at Talladega. Add in his finishes at Daytona where he has five straight top 20’s including a top 5 if you take out his two wrecks and this is just too easy. Play Starr on Saturday at 15% ownership.
  4. Ryan Sieg ($6,900) – P17: Sieg is another driver, like Brown, who has improved as he gains experience at Superspeedways. In his last two races at Dega, Seig has back-to-back top 5 finishes, including a 2nd place finish here last season. Sieg will potentially be under 20% and could be the difference in a GPP.
  5. Joey Gase ($6,100) – P39: Gase has not done well recently at Talladega, BUT he hasn’t been in good cars. His best results came in the mid 2010’s when he was driving the car he is in on Saturday. Gase has a top 5 and two other finishes of 11th and 16th in four races in the #52.
  6. Joe Graf Jr. ($6,100) – P40: For a driver starting last, Graf doesn’t project to be that highly owned, but there’s good reason. In his three races here he’s never finished higher than 31st. Now if you are playing cash (WHY?!) he is a lock because there is no safer play on the slate, but for GPP’s there are better options.

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Truck series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

Welcome to Demolition Derby Weekend!

#StackTheBack is making a return this weekend as all three series compete at Talladega Superspeedway! For those of you new to NASCAR this track is its own animal (well Dega and Daytona). This is not a track you can get away with running a lineup of drivers starting towards the front. This is also a track where we do not chase dominator points, it is solely a place we look for place differential points. There is a chance that you can get a race where everyone plays nice and stays in line, but this is a playoff race and a spot in the Championship 4 is on the line. These drivers will not take it easy and will be pushing for that win late in the race, which is why we stack the back.

Mitigating the Damage:

Inevitably we will see a lot of upside-down red cars on our lineups if we don’t pick carefully. With only 94 laps in this race, there are not enough dominator points to risk using the pole sitter, in fact, Ben Rhodes ($7,200) projects bottom five in projected points. Last season at this race four drivers starting 25th or lower finished in the top ten, and six started 15th or lower including race winner Raphael Lessard (15th).

As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference

NASCAR DFS: Top Tier

Parker Kligerman ($10,900)

Starting Position: 37th

Kligerman projects as the highest-scoring driver in this race and I can’t really argue with that. It has been a few years since Kligerman has raced in the Truck Series at Talladega, but when he does he usually performs at his best. In five career races here, Kligermanhas two wins and three top 5’s. Kligerman either finishes top 5 or he wrecks. Kligerman is expensive, but we have plenty of cheap options so it won’t be difficult to fit Kligerman in. If there is something close to a lock in this race, Kligerman appears to be that.

Tyler Ankrum ($10,500)

Starting Position: 27th

Ankrum has the best equipment of any driver starting towards the back (20th or lower) and if this race shakes out without many wrecks he can be counted on for a decent finish. In just two races here, Ankrum has finishes of 7th (2019) and 16th (2020). Neither finish is spectacular, but it shows that Ankrum can avoid the big one and keep his truck clean (albeit a small sample size).

Grant Enfinger ($9,100)

Starting Position: 17th

Enfinger is that kind of no man’s land of starting positions this week. Normally starting 17th would make Enfinger extreme chalk, but this week he could fly under the radar. Enfinger is back in the #98 where he has fared extremely well this season. Looking at Enfinger’s history here at Talladega, he has only wrecked once in seven races, he has one win here, three top 10’s and has finished 19th or better in his last 6 races. I believe Enfinger finishes top 10 this week again here.

Jordan Anderson ($10,100)

Starting Position: 31st

Whether it be by skill or pure luck, Jordan Anderson has finished all four of the races he has run at Talladega in his Truck Series career. Anderson finished 6th in this race last season and based on track history his high price is warranted. Looking over Anderson’s career on Superspeeday’s you will see that he is at his best at these types of tracks. Anderson has two top 5’s (Both 2nd place finishes) and five top 10’s in nine career Superspeedway races. I trust Anderson as much as any driver in this field on Saturday to come home clean with a big DFS points day.

Other Options: Sheldon Creed ($9,500 – P9), John Hunter Nemechek ($9,300 – P7)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Lawless Alan ($8,100)

Starting Position: 36th

You know it’s a crazy race when I am actually writing up Lawless Alan at this price, but this is where we are at. Alan has no experience at Superspeedways, but maybe that’s a good thing. To be completely honest, this is a pure place differential and ownership play. I believe people will pay for the three $10K plus drivers and not be able to get anyone in the mid tier this week. Lawless is in good equipment, not great, but good enough for a top 25 if he can avoid the carnage.

Clay Greenfield ($8,200)

Starting Position: 32nd

Greendfield is very hot and cold at Talladega over his eight races here. We have seen Greenfield wreck (3 times) and finish in the low 30’s. We have also seen him run great races and finish 16th or better four times. Greenfield is expensive, but he offers upside at price some most might not want to pay.

Cory Roper ($7,000)

Starting Position: 31st

Roper would be the top ranked driver in this price tier, but he will most likely be popular because his price is affordable. I do think Roper is one of the best FPTS/$ plays on this slate though. Roper has a good history at Daytona, but has never raced at Talladega before. In his three Daytona races, Roper only wrecked once and still finished 20th. In his other two races at Daytona, Roper has finishes of 14th and 3rd.

Other Options: Jack Wood ($8,800 – P24), Tanner Gray ($7,600 – P22), Hailie Deegan ($8,600 – P26)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier

  1. Norm Benning ($5,900) – P39: Benning starts 39th which is next to last in this field and actually has some really good results in his career at Talladega. In his last five races here, Benning has finished 22nd or better in four of those races.
  2. Codie Rohrbaugh ($5,700) – P29: Rohrbaugh is a solid driver in a good truck. There are drivers who are starting further back around his price, but Rohrbaugh is in a better truck.
  3. Bryan Dauzat ($6,400) – P40: Dauzat starts dead last, that’s it, there isn’t much more to write than that. If he can keep his truck on the track long enough to pick up 8-10 spots after a big one he makes value, but that’s a big if.
  4. Keith McGee ($4,700) – P38: McGee has two things going for him: He’s cheap and starts at the back. Luckily those are the only two things that truly matter at Talladega.
  5. Jason White ($4,900) – P35: White has two top 10’s in his last three races at Talladega. Unfortunately these races were nearly 10+ years ago.
  6. Jennifer Jo Cobb ($4,500) – P33: This one’s for you Brian! I will never play Cobb, unless it’s a Superspeedway. Cobb has finished 27th or better in seven of her nine races here, she even has an 11th place finish here in 2018. Risky, but she has paid off of late here.
  7. Willie Allen ($6,000) – P30: Allen is in a good truck that we have seen both Josh Berry and Bretty Moffitt run to quality finishes. I don’t think Allen is on the level of those two, but he could definitely find his way to a top 20 eith attrition.
  8. Dylan Lupton ($6,300) – P25: Lupton is in a truck that when driven by a quality driver can run well. Last week Lupton drove to a 21st place finish, 3rd best finish on the season for the #34.

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles. Since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

Playoff Opener From Vegas!

This week the Xfinity Series joins the Trucks and Cup Series in the playoffs. Vegas is the playoff opener for the series and it will be the “easiest” and “safest” track with Talladega and the Charlotte Roval to follow.

Earlier this season we saw AJ Allmendinger ($9,800) win here at Las Vegas and led 44 laps. We saw the top four drivers in laps led in that race finished 1-4, which is not a surprise considering they are four of the best this series has.

Like with the Truck Series race on Friday night, we are looking to find some good place differential plays mixed with our 1-2 dominators. We have some amazing place differential plays in the mid-tier for this race which makes it easier to focus on the dominators from the top tier. I found it pretty simple to build lineups for this race, and hopefully, I can help you build as easily as I did.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

AJ Allmendinger ($9,800)

Starting Position: 2nd

As you saw in the open, Allmendinger was top 4 in laps led at the first Vegas race while winning. Allmendinger also led over 50 laps at Michigan (similar track type) on his way to victory there. We saw Dinger wreck his way through the finish line at Bristol to win the regular season championship. AJ is coming into the playoffs hot and will be a threat to win this race and sweep Las Vegas

Noah Gragson ($10,700)

Starting Position: 9th

Like Dorothy said in “The Wizard of Oz”, there’s no place like home. For Noah Gragson that rings true as he loves racing at his home track here in Las Vegas. Gragson has five career races run in the Xfinity Series here and his worst finish is 6th. In his 5 races here, Gragson has finished 2nd-6th but has only led 2 laps. I think Gragson can lead here, which I think he will need to do to make value. Gragson is a GPP play in my opinion with his salary as high as it is.

Josh Berry ($10,400)

Starting Position: 15th

Berry is back in the JRM #1 car for injured Michael Annett on Saturday and will look to replicate his performance when he was in the #8 earlier this season. Back in March, Berry finished 7th here in Vegas and I am sure he’d love to improve that finish. Berry also ran well at Michigan a few weeks ago where he finished 4th and led 24 laps in this same car.

Quick Hits:

Ty Gibbs ($11,000) – P6: Gibbs won at Charlotte earlier this season, another similar track to Vegas. With how well he has performed it’s hard to doubt the teenager will be a threat on Saturday.

Austin Cindric ($10,200) – P1: Cindric sits on the pole on Saturday and has three straight finishes of 6th or better here while leading 92 laps.

Daniel Hemric ($9,600) – P7: I saw it every week it seems now, but is this the week Hemric finally gets his win? I don’t know, but he did lead the most laps here in the spring and a top 5 is likely again.

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

I have two groups of drivers that I like in this tier for Saturday and they are both at similar price points.

JJ Yeley ($7,600) – P33

BJ McLeod ($7,500) – P39

Landon Cassill ($7,300) – P37

All three of these drivers offer up amazing place differential and all have shown the ability to run inside the top 25 at times this season.

Yeley will be in the #17, a car that he has had success in this season. In eight races this season in this car, Yeley has seven top 25 finishes and has four top 15 finishes.

McLeod has run Vegas eight times in the Xfinity Series and except for one race in 2020 and 2017 when he had issues, he has been great here all things considered. In those other three races, McLeod has finished between 19th and 27th.

Landon Cassill had a good day here in the Spring when he finished 21st. Cassill has run six Xfinity races at Las Vegas in his career and has run well here. If you remove the two finishes when Cassill was running the Morgan Sheppard car that always started and parked, he has finished between 14th and 21st in all four races.

If you want to go with 2 dominators, which is a build I will be using, you can mix and match these next three drivers with the three above.

Ty Dillon ($8,600) – P28

Brett Moffitt ($8,400) – P27

Ryan Sieg ($7,700) – P20

This will be Dillon’s first race in the 31 car, but he comes into this race with five straight top 15 finishes, including two top 10’s. Dillon will probably float around 20% ownership making him viable for SE or GPP.

Brett Moffitt got caught up late in the race here earlier this season so his finish is not evidence of how well he was running. In his previous two races here last season, Moffitt finished 14th ad 15th.

Ryan Sieg may be the most interesting play in this tier on Saturday night. Sieg has three finishes of 6th or better in his last five, but he also has two wrecks in that same span. It seems like Sieg either shines or drowns here making him an ideal GPP play.

Other Options: Jeb Burton ($8,100 – P14), Brandon Brown ($7,000 – P16)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

  1. Ryan Vargas ($5,300) – P31: Vargas is having a good year, and typically gets overlooked. I think a top 25 is in the cards for Vargas, especially since he finished 23rd here earlier in 2021
  2. Alex Labbe ($5,500) – P17: Labbe has three straight top 20’s, including a 10th place finish at Darlinton. Earlier this season at Charlotte, Labbe finished 7th.
  3. Josh Williams ($6,800) – P18: Williams has never finished lower than 21st at Vegas and is a riding a 5 race streak of top 18 finishes. I think people see the price and starting positiong and back off Williams today, but not me.
  4. Bayley Currey ($6,100) – P36: Currey has three top 25 finishes in four career races here at Vegas. Starting from P36, Currey offers some good upside for cheap.
  5. David Starr ($5,400) – P38: Starr is another cheap high upside play in this tier. In his last four races here, Starr has finished top 30 in all four and has finishes of 19th-26th in three.
  6. Dylan Lupton ($5,800) – P25: Lupton is hoping into the Sam Hunt Racing car on Saturday. This is Lupton’s first Xfintiy race on Saturday and he is in a really good car that probably has KBM funding.
  7. Joe Graf Jr. ($4,600) – P21: Graf is a risky play, but he will probably carry around 5% ownership. Earlier this season, Graf finished 18th here in Vegas.

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Truck series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then, you know the drill, but welcome if you are new to WinDaily Sports or my NASCAR content! I break down the field each week and give you my favorite plays for each race in three different price categories.

Make sure to check out my NASCAR DFS Tutorial to make sure you are ready and understand how I break down the races and build lineups (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-pit-stop-2021-introduction-to-nascar-dfs/). You will notice that all pricing is for DraftKings in these articles since they are the only site with contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

Viva Las Vegas!

It’s time for round two of the NASCAR Truck Series playoffs. Las Vegas kicks off the next round of the playoffs with 8 remaining drivers fighting for 1 of 4 spots in the finale in Phoenix in November.

There are two front runners for the title and they will both be featured in the article for Friday. This week we are not focused on hunting for dominator points with only 134 laps as opposed to the 250 we had last week. Place differential and finishing position are key this week. We only had five drivers lead laps earlier this season in Vegas with only one driver leading more than 16. There were seven total cautions (not including stage breaks) back in March with six of those happening after lap 70.

Lastly, I want to state that the value tier is gross this week. For me, balanced builds are the way to go. I think I have enough plays in the top two tiers that you shouldn’t need more than 1 or 2 value drivers to build lineups this week.

As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Sheldon Creed ($10,600)

Starting Position: 9th

Creed dominated the first round of the playoffs winning two of three races (should have won all three) and led more laps than any other driver. This week Creed is expected to once again be chalky but he is as close to a must-play as there is for me. Earlier this season, Creed had some late-race issues and finished 18th, but prior to that race, Creed had four top 10’s in four races. Creed has never won at Vegas but I think that ends on Friday and the 2 truck grabs the checkers.

John Hunter Nemechek ($10,400)

Starting Position: 1st

Nemechek is once again on the pole, his 6th on the season, but that won’t deter us from rostering him. Earlier in 2021 here Nemechek left with the win and led 94 laps. Nemechek is the driver who I want to use to collect the dominator points from this tier. Creed should pick up some dominator points, but he is the place differential play from the top tier.

Austin Hill ($9,800)

Starting Position: 10th

If Creed and Nemechek are the popular plays, Austin Hill seems to be the guy who will fly under the radar. Hill had a rough first round and was eliminated. After a dismal showing, Hill will want to show that it was a fluke and his team is better than that. If there was a track where Hill could show that it has to be Vegas. Nobody has been better there since this race in 2019 than Hill. In those four races, Hill has won two of them and finished third in the other two. Hill led 68 laps in the two races he won here, but none in the two he didn’t. That’s ok though because at this price Hill can make good value with just a top 3 finish again. Hill is my low-owned sleeper play pick for this tier.

Ben Rhodes ($9,200)

Starting Position: 7th

Rhodes has been good at Vegas in his career, and I expect that to continue on Friday. Earlier this season, Rhodes finished 10th, his sixth in nine races here. Rhodes has three top 10’s in the last four races here and should contend for a top 5 as he will look to earn his spot in the final four.

Other Options: Tyler Ankrum ($9,400 – P16), Todd Gilliland ($9,600 – P8)

Grant Enfinger (10,000 – P23) is a driver I expect to be very popular, but I don’t have any interest. This is a situation where you need to look at what truck a driver is in. Enfinger isn’t in the 98 this week (more on that soon), but instead is in the #9. In this lesser equipment, Enfinger only has two top 10’s in 7 races as opposed to finishing no worse than 11th in 10 races in the 98. He is a safe play, but for his salary, his upside is limited in this truck.

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Christian Eckes ($7,300)

Starting Position: 15th

The DraftKings algorithm should be imprisoned for what they did to Eckes this week. But, even though his price is criminally low, I think he kind of flies under the radar in ownership. Eckes is in the 98 for ThorSport this week and he has been outstanding in the truck in 2021. If you take out the two races he crashed in, Eckes has an average finish of 9.8 in six races and has three top 10’s. Eckes is far and away my favorite play in this tier and I may go crazy and have 100% Eckes this week.

Matt Crafton ($8,800)

Starting Position: 6th

When you go back and look at Matt Crafton’s history in Las Vegas it is incredible. Dating back to 2008 (17 races), Crafton has ten, yes TEN, top 5’s and has only finished outside the top 10 two times, both times he wrecked. Crafton has never won here, but you can’t deny his incredible history here and with how well he has run in 2021 I cannot see him finishing lower than his starting position on Friday.

Tanner Gray ($7,700)

Starting Position: 29th

Gray is yet another driver in this tier who is criminally underpriced. Gray has run three career Truck Series races here at Las Vegas and has never finished lower than 12th. Gray has the potential to be higher owned in this race because he fits nicely in three high-priced driver builds.

Other Options: Dylan Lupton ($8,300 – P36) – Lupton will be in the #34 for Josh Reaume Racing. This is not a great truck but does have top 25 upside and Lupton is the best driver who has been in this ride in 2021. Derek Kraus ($8,000 – P12), Chris Hacker ($7,000 – P27)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier

  1. Brett Holmes ($5,700) – P35: When Sam Mayer drives this truck it has been great, but not so much when Holmes does. That not withstanding, Holmes is capabale of a top 25.
  2. Austin Wayne Self ($5,800) – P13: Self has been the model of consistency this season. In his last 14 races, Self has twelve top 20 finishes and six top 15’s.
  3. Tate Fogleman ($6,300) – P33: Fogleman has burned us recently, but he is a good driver in good equipment. I am confident that he can pull a top 25 on Friday night.
  4. Danny Bohn ($6,000) – P28: Bohn has raced at Vegas two times with an avg finish of 21st place. I would be more than happy with a 21st place finish on Fiday.
  5. Keith McGee ($5,100) – P37: McGee starts dead last so he can only go up. I don’t expect a huge points day from this team, but they project for low ownership. Any time we can get the driver starting last at low ownership we should take advantage of that.
  6. Tyler Hill ($6,200) – P24: Hill did wreck here early in 2021, but he was on his way to another top 20 before he had to pit. Hill is one of the safer plays on the slate.
  7. Howie Disavino III ($4,700) – P25: Disavino has never raced at Las Vegas but he is cheap and has fared fairly wel in his truck career. Disavino has finished top 25 in his Truck Series career.
  8. Chase Purdy ($6,700) – Purdy is not expenssive for the upside he has. In his last seven races, Purdy has four top 15’s

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