Draftkings Nascar

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 if you are new the WinDaily Sports or to my NASCAR content, welcome! 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.

This week the Xfinity Series heads back home to Charlotte for the Memorial Day Weekend holiday. Charlotte is your traditional D-shaped 1.5-mile track that runs similarly to Atlanta and Texas. Unlike Atlanta where tire wear is extreme, Charlotte isn’t nearly as harsh on tires. Last season at Charlotte we had three different drivers lead at least 30 laps of this 200 lap race. Like with the truck race on Friday, I want to roster at least two dominators to maximize my dominator points. If you can fit three dominators in, then go for it, but don’t force it. There is plenty of options in the mid-tier that could work just as well.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Daniel Hemric ($9,300)

Hemric finished second at this race a year ago while not leading a lap, unfortunately. In 2021 though, Hemric has lead plenty of laps and will be a candidate to do so on Saturday. This season, Hemric has led at least 28 laps in four of eleven races and has a fastest lap run in 7 of 11 races. In practice on Friday, Hemric ran the second-fastest lap and will probably qualify inside the top 5 for Saturday’s race.

Austin Cindric ($10,500)

Cindric ran the 6th fastest lap in practice Friday afternoon and will definitely be a contender for the win on Saturday. Last season at Charlotte, Cindric finished 3rd to Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain. In that race last year Cindric led 30 laps, had 18 fastest laps in that race. Cindric also had 100% quality passes (passes made for position inside the top 15).

AJ Allmendinger ($9,800)

Allmendinger was seen as just a road course ringer and superspeedway specialist his entire career, until last season. In 2020 Kaulig Racing gave AJ the chance to run a 1.5-mile oval in Atlanta and all he did was lead 37 laps and win. Allmendinger proved he could win on ovals, and he did it again this season in Las Vegas. My point is, Allmendinger is a top overall driver and not just a specialist anymore and needs to be a favorite to win this race Saturday. Allmendinger was 3rd in practice on Friday and will be one of my higher-owned drivers.

Other Options: Ty Gibbs ($10,800), Brandon Jones ($9,000), Chase Briscoe ($11,000), Tyler Reddick ($10,300)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Riley Herbst ($7,800)

Herbst was the fastest driver in practice on Friday afternoon. I know Herbst has had a roller coaster of a season so far in 2021 and I have been hesitant to play him all year. Herbst has three finishes of 6th or better in the last seven races. Herbst has not led a lap this season, but if his car is as fast as it was on Friday that may change on Saturday.

Harrison Burton ($8,600)

Burton is of the series’ best drivers but has not been priced where I think he should be all season. On Friday Burton has top 10 speed finishing with the 9th fastest lap in practice and will undoubtedly be in contention for a top 10 on Saturday. In 2020 at Charlotte, Burton started P11 and came home with a 9th place finish.

Myatt Snider ($7,400)

Snider is quietly having a very solid season in the Xfinity Series this year. Last week at COTA was only Snider’s second finish outside the top 20 in eleven races. Last season at this race Snider came home with a top 10 and ran over 85% of the race inside the top 15 in this same RCR car. Snider was 12th fastest in practice on Friday.

Other Options: Ty Dillon ($8,200), Josh Berry ($8,800), Justin Haley ($7,900), Ryan Sieg ($7,200)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

Please remember that these are pre-qualifying rankings and that I will update them in discord ONLY after qualifying

1. Dillon Bassett ($4,800) : Was fast in practice (top 10), make sure to check where he qualifies before rostering
2. Jeremy Clements ($6,700)
3. Alex Labbe ($6,400)
4. BJ McLeod ($5,100)
5. Colby Howard ($5,400)
6. Gray Gaulding ($5,600)
7. Stefan Parsons ($5,700)
8. Brett Moffitt ($6,900)
9. Tommy Joe Martins ($5,200)
10. Timmy Hill ($4,500)

Make sure to check in discord throughout the day on Saturday as I may update the value plays. If I find out more info on sponsors and potential start and park drivers.

Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up-to-date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports! You can find more FREE NASCAR content over at WinDailySports.com!

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 if you are new the WinDaily Sports or to my NASCAR content, welcome! 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.

This week all three of the top NASCAR Series head to Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas! This is the first time ANY of these Series will run here so there is no data for us to go back to, we just need to rely on past road course history for the drivers in these races

NASCAR DFS: COTA Breakdown

COTA is a fairly new track, less than 10 years old, and has hosted many of the world’s top series from Formula 1 to IndyCar and even motorcycle races. NASCAR is choosing to run the full 3.426-mile course which means there are not a lot of laps being run. In fact, the three series are running 42, 44, and 68 laps respectively, so dominator points will be at a premium in all three races. Typically, we look more at place differential and finishing position for points when we have races like this with very few laps.

NASCAR is also running same-day qualifying for the races this weekend. Because of this, I will not have starting positions listed in any of my articles this weekend so you need to check in with the NASCAR Discord channel, especially on Saturday, for updates regarding starting positions and any changes I need to make to my player pools.

Like with the Truck Series race before it on Saturday, we will have qualifying on Saturday morning Xfinity is scheduled to go off around 11:05 am EDT. We have five Cup Series regulars dropping down to run this race on Saturday. Two of the biggest names are Kyle Busch ($10,800) and Kevin Harvick ($9,900). I believe both Kyle and Kevin are running this race to pick up laps on this track so they have a head start heading into the Cup Series race on Sunday. There is a difference between the two though, Busch has a car that can win this race, while I am not sure Harvicks BJMM #5 can.

The other drivers dropping down to run this race are Cole Custer ($8,900), Tyler Reddick ($8,500), & Austin Dillon ($7,600). Like with Busch and Harvick I think these three are also just trying to have seat time on this track to get a jump start on their Cup race on Sunday.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Austin Cindric ($10,700)

No matter where Cindric qualifies he will be my favorite driver in the field on Saturday, even with the Cup ringers. Cindric was the fastest car in practice on Friday, barely beating out Daniel Hemric ($9,500). Cindric is a master of the road course and should be the favorite to win this race. In fourteen road course races, Cindric has 4 wins, 10 top 5’s, 11 top 10’s, and an average finish of 6.6. I have no problem paying this price for Cindric and I will have plenty of exposure to him.

AJ Allmendinger ($10,400)

Another dominant driver on road courses is Allmendinger. If anyone in this field can take down Cindric it will probably be Dinger. In just his Xfinity career, Allmendinger has four wins, nine top 5’s, and an average finish of 9.6 in 12 road course races. Allmendinger is a lock for a top 5 as well on Saturday and should end up in the bulk of my lineups as well.

Noah Gragson ($9,700)

Gragson is becoming one of the better road course racers in the Xfinity Series but is still looking for his first RC win. In nine road course races in the Xfinity Series, Gragson has eight top 10’s and six top 5’s. Gragson also has a 7.2 average finish on these types of tracks.

Other Options: Kyle Busch ($10,800), Justin Allgaier ($10,100), Daniel Hemric ($9,500), Kevin Harvick ($9,900)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Cole Custer ($8,900)

Custer is in the #17 that has been primarily been driven this season by JJ Yeley. This car has had some good finishes, considering it is a single-car team. I think Custer can easily pull a top 20 with this car, and with attrition, he could see a top 10. Custer has nine top 10’s and a top 5 in 11 races. Custer was 15th in practice on Friday.

Miguel Paludo ($8,200)

Paludo will be in the JRM #8 that has been piloted by Josh Berry of late. This is one of the top cars in the series and Paludo drove it to a 7th place finish at the Daytona RC earlier this season. Paludo had top 20 speed in practice but should really push for another top 10 on Saturday.

Alex Labbe ($7,800)

Labbe had one of the fastest cars in practice on Friday when he ran the 7th best lap. In 11 road course races, Labbe has four top 10 finishes and a top 5 while averaging a 14.1 average finish. Labbe’s 14.1 road course average is 6 positions better than his overall career average. If he can stay clean, I really think Labbe has top 10 potential on Saturday.

Other Options: Austin Dillon ($7,600), Brandon Jones ($8,700), Tyler Reddick ($8,500), Andy Lally ($8,300)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

Please remember that these are pre-qualifying rankings and that I will update them in discord ONLY after qualifying

1. Myatt Snider ($6,700) — WAY too cheap for top 15 upside
2. Spencer Pumpelly ($6,400)
3. Stephen Leicht ($4,800)
4. Bori Said ($6,500)
5. Preston Pardus ($6,300)
6. Tommy Joe Martins ($5,400)
7. Kris Wright ($4,500)
8. Brett Moffitt ($5,700)
9. Brandon Brown ($6,200)
10. Ryan Ellis ($5,800)

Make sure to check in discord throughout the day on Saturday as I may update the value plays. If I find out more info on sponsors and potential start and park drivers.

Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up-to-date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports! You can find more FREE NASCAR content over at WinDailySports.com!

Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then you know the drill, but if you are new the WinDaily Sports or to my NASCAR content, welcome! 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 that has contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and is the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

This week the NASCAR Xfinity Series hits the track at the Monster Mile for Drydene 200 from Dover, Delaware. Last week we had Justin Allgaier ($10,400) win from P16, but he wasn’t the highest-scoring driver, that distinction went to Josh Berry ($8,900) who finished 2nd. Even though Allgaier had twice as many fastest laps, led 2 more laps, and won but Berry started 8 spots further back and that was the difference. I bring this up because there are days where you don’t need to roster a race winner to have the highest-scoring driver in your lineup, but this week probably won’t be one of those weeks.

Dover International Speedway Breakdown:

Dover has a tendency to produce semi boring races where one driver can just completely dominate a race and that was the case in 2020. Last season in both races a Dover one driver led more than 50% of the laps in each race. In the first race in 2020 here, Allgaier led 120 laps (60% of the race), and in the second race, Chase Briscoe led 107 laps (53.5% of the race). In both races, having the winner was key to cashing and potentially a takedown.

Looking at both races from last season, only 2 drivers in both races finished inside the top 10 while starting outside the top 16. Both of those instances happened in the first race when Jeb Burton (P27) and Justin Haley (P22) finished 7th and 8th respectively. The last little tidbit about Dover I have for you is one to reinforce the fact it is difficult to pass the leaders here. In race 2 last season at Dover there were only 11 green flag passes for the led, and there were even fewer in race 1, just four. Take a track like Phoenix where there was 24 green flag passes for the lead in 2020 and you can see how important getting the dominator right is on Saturday.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Austin Cindric ($11,000)

Starting Position: 16th

I predict that Cindric will be the highest owned driver on the slate, but also could easily be the driver who dominates this race. In two races here last season, Cindric has an average finish of 2.5, had 70 fastest laps, and led 50 laps. There isn’t much more I need to say about Cindric in this race, he had a bad week last week and will be an angry and determined driver on Saturday and he is my pick to win this race.

Ty Gibbs ($11,500)

Starting Position: 14th

Gibbs is another driver I think will be highly owned on Saturday even at his elevated price (highest on the slate). There is no doubt that Gibbs is one of the most talented drivers in this race but Dover can be a difficult track for a newcomer. Gibbs made his first laps at Dover in the ARCA race on Friday night and he of course led all 125 laps and won. This experience should help Gibbs on Saturday, but I would still prefer to pay down the $500 and get Cindric for tournaments.

John Hunter Nemechek ($10,100)

Starting Position: 30th

Nemechek has dominated the truck series this season but this isn’t the KBM equipment he is used to driving. On Saturday, Nemechek will be in the Sam Hunt Racing #26 Toyota. This is a steep price to pay for a single-car team, but they have had success this season with lesser drivers. In nine races in 2021, this car has seven top 20 finishes, including five top 15’s. I really think Nemechek could get this car to a top 10 finish with some attrition.

I am not opposed to double dominator lineups and I will probably have a couple myself. I would pair one of the top-priced drivers listed above with any of these three:

• Noah Gragson ($9,900 – P3) – Gragson is in the Dash 4 Cash and has won the previous 3 races ($300K in total). He will be highly motivated to win the fourth $100K
• Harrison Burton ($9,100 – P5) – Burton is priced appropriately this week but is still a solid play who could lead laps and is always fast.
• Daniel Hemric ($9,400 – P1) – Hemric is on the pole but if he can get out front he could dominate and lead over 50% of the laps. Hemric has 7 top 10’s on the season and hasn’t finished lower than 12th in his last 4 races

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Landon Cassill ($7,700)

Starting Position: 37th

Cassill is in the #6 this week as opposed to the #4 he has been in all season. I think Cassill can still manage a top 20 in this car that has only one finish better than 24th this season. Ryan Vargas ($5,200 P23) will be in the 4 this weekend but I am not too high on him. Back to Cassill, he does have some minimal success at Dover in the Xfinity Series. Cassill has an average finish of 20.9 in 12 races here and I predict another top 20 is in his future on Saturday

Josh Berry ($8,900)

Starting Position: 6th

Berry, like Gibbs, ran in the ARCA race at Dover on Friday night and finished second behind Gibbs. This is the first season for Berry in the Xfinity Series and he has already established himself as one of the top drivers in this series. I think Berry has an outside chance to lead laps and win this race.

I have a lot of interest in the mid tier this week so I will rank the rest after Cassill and Berry

1. JJ Yeley ($8,100 – P31): Yeley was the chalk mid-tier last week and let us down, he has a bounce-back this week and makes value
2. Jeb Burton ($8,300 – P13): Burton had five straight top 10’s, but only has one since. Burton is due for a bounce-back week as well and ran well here last season
3. Riley Herbst ($7,900 – P20): In 2020 Herbst has two top 10 finishes at Dover
4. Zane Smith ($8,000 – P9): Smith will be in the #11 Kaulig Chevy replacing Justin Haley who is out with COVID. Smith is a really good driver and is in top-end equipment. I think Smith will be low owned and has top 10 potential
5. Myatt Snider ($7,400 – P15): Snider has only two finishes lower than 15th this season and in much lesser equipment he finished 17th and 18th last season at Dover

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. Kyle Sieg ($5,700) – P35: Sieg has run two races in the ARCA Series at Dover, so he is familiar with the track and he is in decent equipment with PD upside
2. Josh Williams ($6,700) – P29: Williams had one bad week this season and now gives us great PD upside this week. Williams is a high teens to low 20’s driver this week
3. Gray Gaulding ($6,800) – P40: Gaulding starts dead last and is typically a mid to high 20’s driver. Love his upside this week.
4. Brandon Brown ($6,900) – P19: Brown finished 14th and 16th at Dover last season. He has top 10 upside
5. BJ McLeod ($5,500) – P24: McLeod is cheap enough that if he finishes around his starting position he could make value
6. Timmy Hill ($4,600) – P22
7. David Starr ($4,500) – P21: Both Hill and Starr are good plays for the price if they are running full races. I will update in discord on Saturday
8. Tommy Joe Martins ($5,300) – P17: Hoping for a top 15 from Martins on Saturday. Martins finished 15th and 21st at Dover in 2020
9. Matt Jaskol ($6,300) – P38: Mid to high 20’s upside
10. Colby Howard ($6,200) – P25: I wish he was a little cheaper, but if you have the salary you could do worse.

Make sure to check in discord throughout the day on Saturday as I may update the value plays if I find out more info on sponsors and potential start and park drivers.

Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up-to-date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports! You can find more FREE NASCAR content over at WinDailySports.com!

Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series for the 2021 season! If you’ve been with us before then you know the drill, but if you are new the WinDaily Sports or to my NASCAR content, welcome! 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 that has contests for all three series (Trucks, Xfinity, Cup) and is the site I mainly play on. All plays in the Cup Series article will translate to FanDuel if that is where you play.

After a week off, the Xfinity Series is back on the track at the track that is “Too Tough To Tame”, Darlington! This is a fun track but it can also have plenty of chaos as we saw Friday night in the Truck Series race.

Similar to the truck race on Friday, we have a bunch of top-tier drivers with some great place differential upside that we will want to play. One of those drivers has to be the top-priced driver on the slate, Ty Gibbs ($11,100), but he is not the only one as you will see below.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Ty Gibbs ($11,100)

Starting Position: 29th

Gibbs is the top overall play for me and is a lock for cash games and single entry contests. I plan on playing Gibbs in GPP’s as well because he could very easily be the highest-scoring driver in this race. In three Xfinity races this season, Gibbs hasn’t finished lower than 4th. Gibbs has never raced at Darlington, so he could have some trouble while trying to figure it out but he is such a talented driver at just 18 years old that I don’t worry about him

Josh Berry ($9,100)

Starting Position: 24th

Josh Berry is a solid GPP play for me on Saturday. When you look at Berry’s races this season he is pretty much a top 10 car or he finishes 27th or worse. Berry is another driver who has never raced at Darlington but, like with Gibbs, I don’t worry about Berry having issues figuring out this track and getting a good finish today.

Brandon Jones ($10,400)

Starting Position: 22nd

Jones won at Darlington the last time the series was here in September. In six previous races at Darlington, Jones has four finished of 12th or better and has never finished lower than 23rd. Jones has only led 2 laps at Darlington, the last two of the race he won, so him racking up dominator points may not happen here, but with his PD upside, I still think we can get the value we need.

Austin Cindric ($9,900)

Starting Position: 2nd

Cindric projects as the highest owned driver in this race so I don’t think he will be someone I’d used in GPP’s. He has dominator upside, but he has also never led a single lap at Darlington. If you are playing cash or SE I see Cindric as a solid play to pair with Gibbs, but in large field GPP’s I would fade him. If you are MME though, I could see having 10-15% exposure to him because of the dominator potential. Cindric has never finished better than 4th at this track and outside of his first race here where he crashed, he has never finished lower than 12th. I view Cindric as a safe play, but with limited upside

Other Options: AJ Allmendinger ($10,100 – P1), Justin Allgaier ($10,700 – P16), Michael Annett ($9,300 – P20), Noah Gragson ($9,700 – P5)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

JJ Yeley ($7,700)

Starting Position: 35th

Yeley is back in the #17, and severely underpriced at that, where he has been solid in all three of the races he has run in this season. Even in the races where Cody Ware ran it (outside of Daytona where he wrecked) the 17 has not finished worse than 25th. Yeley is my second favorite driver, actually more like a 1B, next to Ty Gibbs today. They are both a lock for cash games and SE tournaments.

Harrison Burton ($8,500)

Starting Position: 8th

Burton is one of my favorite GPP plays in the field today. I don’t see him picking up too much ownership starting from P8 but I think he could be a sleeper pick to win this race. Burton has only raced here at Darlington twice (both in 2020) and has two top-ten finishes. Looking at the most recent race here, last September, Burton ran all but one lap inside the top 15, and while he didn’t lead any laps he still finished 6th and had a great fantasy day. All of the Gibbs cars were solid at Darlington last year and that should continue on Saturday.

BJ McLeod ($7,400)

Starting Position: 38th

Do I expect McLeod to be chalky? Yes. Do I care? No. McLeod is a great driver who knows how to just drive his race and stay out of trouble. His price has the potential to scare some people off him, but I don’t see that happening. McLeod could easily be top 10 in DraftKings points when this race is all said and done. In seven Xfinity Series races at Darlington, McLeod has an average finish of 23.7 and has been running at the end in six. He isn’t going to dominate this race but he has top 20 potential and I really like this play today.

Other Options: Justin Haley ($8,700 – P4), Ryan Sieg ($8,900 – P11), Brett Moffitt ($8,200 – P13),Brandon Gdovic ($8,000 – P27) –I really like Gdovic for a top 20 today, Alex Labbe ($7,100 – P23)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. Bayley Currey ($5,800) – P39: PD upside, great for cash games
2. Tanner Berryhill ($6,200) – P36: Another great upside play and is in good equipment. I expect a top 25, with top 20 upside on Saturday
3. Gray Gaulding ($5,500) – P37: Finished 15th in his only race here in 2020, has top 20 upside with attrition could be a top 15 car
4. Brandon Brown ($6,900) – P9: Brown is having his best season as a driver and will be very low-owned starting 9th. Don’t be afraid to run him in GPP’s. Brown has top 5 upside if things fall his way
5. Jeffrey Earnhardt ($6,100) – P28: Should be semi-low owned and has good PD upside
6. Josh Williams ($5,600) – P21: Nobody will play him but he is a great PP/$ play in this race
7. Landon Cassil ($6,800) – P19: Cassill has good results all season. GPP play only
8. Ryan Ellis ($5,000) – P33: Good car and a good driver. Top 30 car almost every week with top 20 upside
9. Joe Graf Jr. ($5,900) – P30: Had a promising start to the season, but a few bad weeks may keep his ownership down. I like him for a top 25 this week
10. Matt Jaskol ($6,000) – P40: Could be a good play starting last IF they have a sponsor. I Will post in discord if I see anything

Make sure to check in discord throughout the day on Saturday as I may update the value plays if I find out more info on sponsors and potential start and park drivers.

Make sure you head to the Win Daily Sports Discord for up-to-date info and help directly from our pros! Head over to Twitter and give the @WinDailySports account and me (@MVecchio81) a follow for all things Fantasy Sports! You can find more FREE NASCAR content over at WinDailySports.com!