Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity Series race from Portland! This is the first time the Xfinity Series has been to this track. Portland is a 1.945-mile road course that is nearly perfectly flat and runs clockwise. There are two configurations, one with a chicane and one without and I believe the Xfinity Series is using the chicane layout.
As I described in my weekend preview there are a lot of “road course ringers” being used this weekend. While I think those drivers will be a good compliment to your lineups none of them are winning and dominating this race. Speaking of dominating, since this is a road course we won’t be seeking out dominator points but instead looking for PD upside and drivers who can finish well.
Getting two high-priced top-tier drivers is fairly easy in this field with three mid-tier drivers. We have a couple of decent plays in the $4-5K range that make this possible. Also, remember this is a road course, so looking for dominator points is not something we do. You instead should look to get some PD plays and drivers who will finish well.
Allmendinger is a great road course racer, we all know this, and he is expected to be chalky. After qualifying last night he said his car had some type of mechanical issue and that his team did not know what it was. AJ also said that if they figure it out and fix it they will be coming from the rear for unapproved adjustments. I may have some Allmendinger exposure but because of his ownership and this issue I am a little hesitant to go all-in on him
Starting Position: 19th
Berry is coming off his second win on the season last week in Charlotte and could be the highest-scoring driver in this tier. Berry is unlikely to win on Saturday, but a top 5 is something I can see happening. In practice on Friday, Berry had the 7th fastest lap but had some trouble in the rain in qualifying which led to his poor qualifying position.
Starting Position: 6th
Gibbs is a solid road course driver in one of the best cars in the field. In seven career road course races, Gibbs has two wins and three top 5’s. Gibbs may not offer much in place differential upside, he does have a fast car (2nd in practice) that can get him his third career road course win.
Starting Position: 11th (will start at the rear for going to a backup car)
Gragson had a bad wreck in practice on Friday which resulted in him having to go to his backup car for Saturday’s race. I was worried that they wouldn’t make a lap which would make Gragson extreme chalk, now his ownership should be suppressed because of starting at the rear and being scored from P11. Gragson has never won on a road course, but in 16 races on this track type, he has 13 top 10’s and eight top 5’s. It will take him some time to get through the field, but I see Gragson as a top 5 car on Saturday.
Other Options: Riley Herbst ($9,200 – P14), Brandon Jones ($9,400 – P22), Justin Allgaier ($10,100 – P9)
Starting Position: 25th
Snider is an under-the-radar road course driver. You wouldn’t automatically put him up there as one of the top drivers on this course type but he does have good results. In twelve career road course races, Snider has four top 10’s and an average finish of 16.2. In practice on Friday, Snider had the third-best single lap speed and was a top 5 car.
Starting Position: 23rd
Labbe is one of the best road course drivers in the series and is typically a top 15 car in these races. In practice on Friday, Labbe was not fast, but he only ran three laps so I am not too concerned. Labbe will most likely not carry too much ownership at this high price.
Starting Position: 21st
Burton is yet another driver who could be overlooked because he is not typically known as a road course specialist. While I do believe that Burton is a solid play on this slate, there is another reason I am writing up Burton for this race. Our Motorsports, Larry’s Hard Lemonade, and Jeb Burton are looking to raise funds for those families impacted by the horrible tragedy at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
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Other Options: Sheldon Creed ($8,600 – P7), Connor Mosack ($8,500 – P8), Ryan Sieg ($8,800 – P27), Andy Lally ($8,100 – P15)
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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday afternoon’s Truck Series race from World Wide Technology Raceway. Sheldon Creed has won back-to-back races here, but he isn’t in this race, making John Hunter Nemechek the only previous winner in this race. There are about eleven drivers at $8.5K and up that are in play on this slate. This is typical for the Truck Series because the field is generally top-heavy and with a lack of talented drivers the value is extremely important in this race. Check out my weekend preview for more info on this race and the track.
Depending on what you do with the top tier, lineups should be pretty balanced on Saturday for this race. There is one obvious chalk play in the mid-tier, but otherwise, the ownership should be pretty spread out. As I was building lineups before writing, the majority of them came out with a 2-2-2 build. The value tier isn’t too deep so that is why I am leaning towards the balanced build this week.
Starting Position: 6th
As I said in the open, Nemechek is the only previous winner in the field for Saturday’s race. While JHN is a former winner here, he hasn’t had much success otherwise at this track, but at this track type Nemechek has had success. Nemechek also comes into this race as one of the hottest drivers in the series with seven straight finishes of 6th or better including a win and four top 3 finishes.
Starting Position: 2nd
Smith had his season-long streak (9 races) of top 10’s snapped two weeks ago in Texas, but he started a new streak with a 5th place finish at Charlotte last week. Zane is pulling double duty this weekend taking over for Chris Buescher on Sunday but this race will be his main focus as he contends for a championship. In three career races at WWTR, Smith has two top 10 finishes and has led 64 laps. Smith leads the series in wins in 2022 with three and I don’t think he wins on Saturday but a top 5 with some dominator points is highly likely to happen.
Grant Enfinger ($9,600 – P10): Enfinger has three top 10’s in five career races here at WWTR. In those five races, Enfinger has led a total of 88 laps. Enfinger has the three fastest single lap time on Friday in practice and his truck seemed to be good in the long run as he was one of a few drivers to post their best lap at the end of his run.
Carson Hocevar ($10,000 – P12): Hocevar was so close to his first career win last week, and that win will come but this week he has some of the top PD upside in this tier. Hocevar has three top 5’s in his last five races and I predict he makes it four in six on Saturday.
Matt Crafton ($9,100 – P11): Crafton is one of the most tenured drivers in the Truck Series and he has raced here 18 times in his career. In his last five races, he has not finished lower than 20th and has three top 10’s. On the season, Crafton has five top 10 finishes in his last six races and I expect him to add another on Saturday.
Other Options: Christian Eckes ($9,800 – P5), Chandler Smith ($10,400 – P4)
Starting Position: 36th
Kraus is the obvious chalk play I mentioned in the open. In Friday’s practice session, Kraus was a top 5 truck and because of an unapproved adjustment prior to qualifying, he wasn’t allowed to make an attempt so he will start last. Kraus is going to be good chalk in my opinion, now of course in large field GPP’s you can fade him and hope he finishes near the back but in single entry or cash he is a must-play for me.
Starting Position: 18th
I went over Sauter’s accomplishments at this track in my weekend preview, so if you read that you know why he is in this spot. This is one of Sauter’s best tracks and I expect him to make some noise here Saturday afternoon. In practice, this truck showed top 15 speed, and with some attrition, a top 10 is more than possible.
Other Options: Austin Wayne Self ($7,500 – P28) is a great PD upside play, while also having the ability to finish well. Ty Majeski ($8,700 – P8): Majeski was the fastest truck in practice and should push for his first win again. Tyler Ankrum ($8,500 – P20), Matt DiBenedetto ($8,300 – P16)
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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race from Charlotte! Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! This weekend is full of racing that got started on Friday night with the Truck Series and continues with the Xfinity Series on Saturday. The Xfinity Series race is a 200-lap race resulting in just 140 dominator points. This will be a semi-chalky race on Saturday after both Ty Gibbs and Riley Herbst had issues in practice and will start at the rear. Joining them will also be Jeffrey Earnhardt who had a brake system issue that caused his brakes to lock up. All three should have no issues when the green flag drops on Saturday.
This race should be your typical 2-3 dominator style build with 1-2 mid-tier drivers. There are a few ways to build using the good chalk of Gibbs with 1 or 2 JRM cars. This is possible because of the great value we have in both the mid $6K and $7K ranges. With there being so many good PD plays in this race their ownership should be spread out so there is no need to stress over ownership.
I have said it a bunch of times, but Ty Gibbs ($11,000 – P36) is good chalk. He was fast in practice and this car should end the day in the top 10. This is one of those situations where fading Gibbs could end up keeping you from getting that big payday. We can be different in other ways in this race that eating this chalk is ok.
Starting Position: 6th
If you are looking to balance out the chalk of Gibbs, looking to his teammate in the #18 this week is a good place to start. Trevor Bayne will be making his fourth start this season in this car and has finished inside the top five in two of those races as well as leading at least 24 laps in all three races. In Friday’s practice, Bayne posted the fastest single lap time and was 2nd best in ten-lap average. Bayne is a good driver who will take care of this car and probably end up near the top 5 again at sub 20% ownership.
Starting Position: 2nd
At Charlotte I expect Allgaier to earn his first victory at this track on Saturday. Allgaier has done pretty much everything but win here. Since 2016 when he joined JRM, Allgaier has had three top 5’s and four top 10’s in eight races at Charlotte. In the last three races, Allgaier’s worst finish is fourth and he has led 176 laps in those three races. Combining how well Allgaier has done at Charlotte with how hot he is coming into this race in 2022 makes him one of my favorite plays on Saturday.
Starting Position: 7th
Before his wreck at Texas last week, Gragson’s previous three races mirrored teammate Justin Allgaier’s. Gragson came into Texas with a win and three top 5’s in the previous three races. On Saturday, Gragson will look to get back on the good and unless an issue arises I see no reason why he won’t.
Other Options: Austin Dillon ($10,100 – P13): Dillon is in the 48 car that Reddick won in last week. I don’t think Dillon will win this race, but he will be low-owned and could definitely finish in the top 5. AJ Allmendinger ($10,400 – P8): Dinger has finished top 10 in every race this season, and outside of a wreck I see no reason that streak ends on Saturday. Josh Berry ($9,600 – P4), Sam Mayer ($9,100 – P1), Ryan Preece ($9,300 – P3): It may say BJ McLeod on the entry list, but we all know that SHR prepared this car.
Similar to Gibbs in the top tier, Riley Herbst ($8,500 – P37) will be extremely chalky on Saturday. This car was a top 10 car in practice and Herbst has been Mr. Consistent in 2022 so a top 10 finish is to be expected.
Starting Position: 22nd
Sieg has been one of the most consistent drivers in 2022 but nobody even realizes it. Last week when he finished 35th that was only his second finish lower than 11th in 12 races this season. That poor finish ended Sieg’s streak of 8 straight races with a top 11 finish. Charlotte has not been great to Sieg, but he does six finishes of 18th or better in his career here (12 races). In practice on Friday, Sieg was 5th in single-lap speed and 9th in 10 lap average.
Starting Position: 20th
Hill is having a solid rookie campaign in the Xfinity Series. This is only the second time Hill has qualified lower than 18th making this one of the few races in 2022 that we have some actual PD upside with Hill. Last week at Texas Hill finished 5th, his fifth top 5 of the season. Hill was not incredibly fast in practice but he did have a top 15 car.
Starting Position: 32nd
Brown did not have a great showing in qualifying but he does have a good car in the long run. In his short career at Charlotte, Brown has run well here. In his first career race here in 2019 he finished 20th but in the two races since then Brown has finished 8th and 4th. I don’t know if he has a top 10 car, but a top 20 should be in the cards.
Other Options: Daniel Hemric ($8,700 – P10), Jeffrey Earnhardt ($7,700 – P38), Anthony Alfredo ($7,600 – P30), Jeb Burton ($7,300 – P15)
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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for Friday night under the lights from Charlotte! Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone!! We have a huge weekend of racing ahead with the Truck Series kicking it all off on Friday. This week we only have 134 laps with that translating to just 93.8 dominator points. Because of this getting our dominators right will be key.
Speaking of dominators, this is another Kyle Busch ($14,400) Truck Series week. This will be Busch’s fourth truck race in 2022 and so far he is yet to win, in fact, he has finished 3rd in all three previous races. At his elevated salary and how he has performed this season, I see no reason for Busch to be a must-play and I will probably be underweight on him.
Once again practice and qualifying will happen after this article comes out so you will need to check discord on Friday afternoon for updates.
If you fade Busch, then I would recommend going with one $10K+ driver and one $9K driver in the top tier. I don’t think there is much to like in the value tier this week. I want to get more exposure to the mid-tier this week over the value tier.
Smith is having an outstanding 2022 season, last week notwithstanding. So far this season, Smith has three wins and seven top 10’s in nine races. In two career races at Charlotte, Smith has finished 3rd and 10th and has led 28 laps in those two races.
Nemechek has six straight finishes of 6th or better, four top 5’s, and a victory during that span. Outside of Zane Smith, Nemechek has been the best driver in the field on a weekly basis. For the salary, I would rather take the $700 savings with Smith, but both of these drivers should make value on Friday. JHN won this race last season and has three straight top-ten finishes here as well.
Preece has made four starts in the Truck Series this season and has finished 7th or better in every race. Last week at Texas, Preece started fifth and came home fourth when the checkers flew. Preece will probably be lower owned as he typically starts right around the top 10. I think Preece is the best $9K option on Friday.
Last season in his first race at Charlotte, Smith started 23rd but finished 6th. This season at 1.5-mile tracks, Smith has a win at Las Vegas, two fourth-place finishes, and an 8th. I look at Chandler Smith as a top 10 truck with top 5 upside on Friday night.
Other Options: Ben Rhodes ($9,800), Carson Hocevar ($9,500), Stewart Friesen ($9,100)
For both of these drivers first and foremost, we need to see where they qualify. Looking at Colby Howard, he had his streak of top 20 finishes end at four last week at Texas. Moving over to Chase Purdy, he has been inconsistent in 2022, but he does have four finishes of 16th or better. Purdy has only one DNF so far in 2022 and only two finishes outside the top 20.
Both of these drivers are of interest because of their salary and their ability to make value. If we want to pay up for dominators, we need some good value and both these drivers present that.
Enfinger is at his lowest price since the second race of the season even though he has finished 12th or better in seven straight races. In my opinion, Enfinger is underpriced and should be over $9K for this race on Friday night. Enfinger can be used in place of a $9K driver if you need the salary savings.
Other Options: Ty Majeski ($8,300 – too cheap), Christian Eckes ($8,900), Derek Kraus ($7,700), Austin Wayne Self ($7,100)
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There were a lot of changes in the cars and what driver is in what car/truck in 2022, check out my What’s new in 2022 article (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-whats-new-in-2022/)
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the Xfinity Series race from Texas! Traditionally Texas is not a fun track, it is one of the least exciting mile and a half tracks on the circuit. That being said, we could still get a good DFS day out of Texas on Saturday. There are decisions to be made at the top with William Byron and Tyler Reddick running in this race. Last season we saw Kyle Busch dominate this race leading over 50% of the laps. There is a possibility that this happens again with one of these drivers. At the same time, we could have a full-time Xfinity driver dominate this race ahead of them.
Last season in the fall race at Texas, every driver who started inside the top 10 finished inside the top 10. That is something extremely rare for racing, especially in this series. There were no Cup drivers in this race (Cup drivers can not drop down in playoff races) so that was not a reason. John Hunter Nemechek did lead 92 of 200 laps in that race on his way to winning in the #54 car that Ty Gibbs will be in on Saturday.
This week we go with two dominator builds. Looking at previous races here, two drivers seem to dominate the LL and FL points. You can go with 2-3 mid-tier options, especially with the two chalk drivers we have in this tier. There are some good value plays this week to round out our builds
Starting Position: 7th
Gibbs is in the same car that JHN dominated the fall race at Texas with and Gibbs should be in a similar spot on Saturday. In practice on Friday, Gibbs posted the 8th best single lap time and had the best 10-lap average speed. With other drivers garnering much of the ownership in this tier, Gibbs could go overlooked on his way to victory lane on Saturday.
Starting Position: 15th
Byron is going to be the chalk play of this race and with good reason. Even though he is in a JRM car, Byron will have his Cup Series HMS pit crew for this race (one of the best in the series) and JRM cars get their engines from Hendrick. Essentially, Byron is driving a Hendrick car (it literally says so on his hood) and could dominate this race. There is a good amount of value where you can take Gibbs/Byron as your dominators and build comfortably.
Starting Position: 6th
Allgaier is the more popular play among the Xfinity regulars in this tier and with good reason. In practice, Allgaier was the second-fastest in single-lap speed and has a great track record here in Texas. In eight races since 2018, Allgaier has finished 12th or better six times (he has issues in the other two races) and has led a series-best 193 laps in those races. Allgaier is one of the hottest drivers in the Xfinity Series and if you are playing cash games he is a lock, but in GPP’s you can go here if you want to fade Byron.
Starting Position: 1st
Gragson is your pole-sitter for Saturday’s race, but could still see some ownership. I think people are starting to realize that in the lower series, playing pole-sitters is just fine. Usually, the top teams start near the front and finish there as well and Gragson is no exception. Gragson has started top five in two of the last three races in 2022 and finishes top 5 in all three. Gragson was top 5 in practice on Friday and even though I don’t think he wins this race, a fourth straight top 5 is a relatively safe bet. In his last three races at Texas, Gragson has finishes of 2nd, 7th, and 3rd.
Other Options: Tyler Reddick ($10,000 – P2), Josh Berry ($9,600 – P8), AJ Allmendinger ($9,700 – P13), Ryan Truex ($9,200 – P5)
Starting Position: 38th
Cassill will be the chalkiest of chalk plays, but I don’t know if you can get a takedown without him. Cassill is in the Kaulig #10 car this season and has shown speed each week in 2022. This car has top 10 upside and if he reaches that potential, you probably won’t be in contention for a big day without him. In 11 races this season, Cassill has only finished a race outside the top 15 once (31st at COTA) if you don’t count Fontana where his car went up in flames 6 laps in. I am not looking back at track history here because Cassill has never had a car that is this good while racing here.
Starting Position: 37th
Another super chalky play will be Alfredo. Now, if you wanted to fade one of the chalkiest plays on the slate, Alfredo would be my pick. His upside is not as great as Cassill’s, but his ownership could be 10-12% lower. I will take the higher score over the lower ownership because you can be different in other ways. With all this being said, Alfredo is still one of the top Fpt/$ plays on this slate. In the fall 2020 race here, Alfredo did finish 3rd in the RCR #21.
Starting Position: 10th
There is another chalk play in this tier, but I will save him for the “other options” section and instead give you a pivot off the chalkier plays in this tier. Herbst could be in the low teens to single-digit ownership for this race and could be the difference in a chalky race like this. Herbst finishes 12th in both races at Texas last season, but more importantly, he has been on a roll recently in the 2022 season. Coming into the weekend, Herbst has finished 9th or better in five straight races and six of the last season. Included in those races are three top 5 finishes at well. With him being completely overlooked today, Herbst is my favorite mid-tier pivot for Saturday.
Other Options: Jeffrey Earnhardt ($7,900 – P35) – Earnhardt is the other chalky play I mentioned above. This car has top 20 upside as shown in practice. Sheldon Creed ($8,100 – P21), Daniel Hemric ($8,900 – P11), Brandon Brown ($7,000 – P23)
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There were a lot of changes in the cars and what driver is in what car/truck in 2022, check out my What’s new in 2022 article (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-whats-new-in-2022/)
Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the NASCAR Truck Series from Texas! Unfortunately, Texas is traditionally not an exciting track. Last season only four trucks failed to finish the race, which sounds good but the more trucks out the better chance of our value plays moving up and picking up more points. Also, only 12 trucks finished on the lead lap and ten more finished between 1 and 3 laps down. All this usually makes for a very boring race and Friday night should be no different.
In 2021, two drivers led 74.1% of the laps in this race. This is not a one-off event either, in the first race here in 2020, two drivers led 74.2%. In the second 2020 race, Sheldon Creed led 86.2% of the laps. Looking at these stats over the previous three races, it will be pertinent to get 1-2 of the dominators correct.
Similar to last week, there is a group of drivers that are in a class of their own. I will want to roster two of those drivers and then fill in with a lower-priced top-tier driver. Lastly, we should look to round out with 2 values and a mid-tier depending on salary. Unfortunately, this article is being written pre-practice and qualifying so things may change after we see how that shakes out.
Starting Position: 15th
If you haven’t been paying attention then you may not realize that Zane Smith is the best driver in the Truck Series in 2022. So far this season, Smith has three wins, has finished top 10 in EVERY race, and is top five in five races. Smith is averaging 59 DKFP per race, nearly 17 points more than the next driver ( Ben Rhodes), and has 117 more total points than Rhodes as well. Texas has been a good track for Smith in his short truck career. In three races, Smith has led 38 laps here and has finished 6th and 3rd in the last two races. It’s probably safe to assume that Smith will qualify towards the front and will be a threat to dominate this race and lead a lot of laps.
Starting Position: 5th
Preece has run three races in this number 17 DGR truck in 2022 and has not finished any worse than 7th. This truck has three top 10’s in 2022, and all three were when Preece was behind the wheel. Preece is my favorite option in the low $9K tier, but depending on how qualifying finishes there are two other great options in this range.
Starting Position: 8th
As you already saw, the only driver who has been better than Rhodes is Smith in 2022. Rhodes hasn’t been great at Texas, but he has shown speed in every race this season and similar to Smith, has five top-fives in eight races. One thing that puts Rhodes ahead of someone like John Hunter Nemechek is his propensity for qualifying poorly. In eight races this season, Rhodes has qualified 13th or worse in five races and has finished top 5 three times and top 10 four times.
Other Options: John Hunter Nemechek ($10,900 – P1) – Will potentially be low owned starting from the pole. JHN has the potential to lead a lot of laps on Frida., Carson Hocevar ($9,400 – P20) – I expect Hocevar to carry some ownership, but the upside here is almost too good to pass up. Corey Heim ($9,000 P2) – Like last week Heim is risky, but if he can avoid the carnage he could threaten for his second win on the season. Chandler Smith ($10,000 – P7) – Smith is fast every week and will be again on Friday.
Starting Position: 19th
Purdy has been good in his two races at Texas in the Truck Series. In two career races here, Purdy has finishes of 12th and 17th. In eight races this season, Purdy has never qualified better than 14th and qualified 28th in both of his Texas races. I expect Purdy to be a mid to low-teens driver after qualifying in the low 20’s (my guess).
Starting Position: 3rd
Friesen seems to be up and down when it comes to Texas. In his career in the Truck Series, Friesen has raced here nine times but has wrecked in four of those races. If you take out his wrecks, Friesen has never finished lower than 14th and has an average finish of 6th. If you have the salary or want to go two mid-tier plays over a low $9K driver then Friesen is my favorite play.
Other Options: Matt Crafton ($8,700 – P21), Ty Majeski ($8,900 – P10), Todd Bodine ($7,700 – P24), Matt DiBenedetto ($8,000 – P33) – I do not, I repeat DO NOT like Matty D as he has not been good this season, but it’s hard to pass on an $8K truck starting 33rd with top 20 practice speed.
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There were a lot of changes in the cars and what driver is in what car/truck in 2022, check out my What’s new in 2022 article (https://windailysports.com/nascar-dfs-whats-new-in-2022/)
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