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.
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
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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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 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 as well to make sure you are ready and have an understanding of 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 NASCAR celebrates the past at one of its longest-standing tracks, Darlington! Welcome to NASCAR Throwback Weekend 2021! If you are a long-time fan of the sport you will see a bunch of familiar paint schemes that you haven’t seen in years. In all three series, we will see throwback paint schemes which will make for a fun trip down memory lane.
We start this weekend off with the Truck Series on Friday night for 200 miles of racing (147 laps). Last season was the first time the Truck Series came to Darlington since 2011. With such a large gap between races, we really only have one race to go on for track history. In 2020 we saw Sheldon Creed ($10,100) dominate this race but had issues late and ended up 18th. Ben Rhodes($9,200) won this race last season after only leading 4 laps, but he led the most important one.
As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference
Starting Position: 1st
Nemechek has been the most consistent driver in the Truck Series all season and that should continue on Friday. I honestly believe that Nemechek could lead over 100 laps in this race and win. Nemechek doesn’t have a great track history in the Cup and Xfinity Series, but that was in inferior equipment in those series. Now that he is in a KBM Toyota, arguably the best equipment in this series, Nemechek should be the favorite for this race.
Starting Position: 15th
If anyone can push Nemechek as the top dominator in this race it would be the driver who dominated last year’s race in Creed. In 2020, Creed led 82 of 152 laps, but had some bad luck at the end and finished 18th. I think JHN wins, but Creed is a definite top 5 candidate. Because I think Nemechek leads the most laps, he is my favorite dominator, but Creed is a driver who can lead some laps and has the place differential upside to make this a great 1-2 dominator stack.
Starting Position: 20th
Kraus had a decent run at Darlington last season and ended up finishing 2nd after starting 13th. That 2nd may have been a little bit deceiving since Kraus only spent 38.2% of the race inside the top 15. Kraus has upside starting P20, and it doesn’t matter how many laps he runs inside the top 15, it’s just about where he finishes. If things fall his way, a top 10 is definitely in the cards for Kraus.
Other Options: Ben Rhodes ($9,200 – P4), Grant Enfinger ($10,700 – P17), Parker Kligerman ($10,400 – P36), Zane Smith ($9,600 – P3)
Starting Position: 26th
You have to be careful in which series you roster Timmy Hill, and the Truck Series is the one series I will roster him. Last season at Darlington, Hill had a good race and a quality finish. Hill came home with a top ten (9th) at Darlington in 2020. I wish we could get Hill for a few hundred dollars cheaper, but I think we will see much lower ownership on Hill this week and he could give you leverage on the field this week.
Starting Position: 38th
Currey is one of the best place differential plays on the slate. Like with Hill, I think Currey is a little overpriced, but he has incredible upside again this week. This is Currey’s second race in the number 44 truck that Brett Moffitt drove earlier this season. Niece Motorsports equipment isn’t the best in the series, but it is one of the better teams. Moffitt only had one finish lower than 25th on the season and that was because of handling issues. I think Currey is a lock for a top 20 and could pull a top 10 with attrition.
Starting Position: 6th
Once again I believe Todd Gilliland will go practically unowned this week because of his starting spot. Gilliland has 3 straight top six finishes and has four total on the season. I know I always preach track history, but sometimes a hot driver that people are afraid to play is a great GPP play. In 2020 at Darlington, Gilliland came home with a seventh place finish after he started 15th.
Other Options: Tyler Ankrum ($8,200 – P16), Chandler Smith ($8,000 P8), Spencer Davis ($7,400 – P28)
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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 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 as well to make sure you are ready and have an understanding of 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.
Last season the Truck Series ran at Kansas three times, so we have plenty of data to go off, as do the teams and drivers who were here last year. In 2020, three different drivers won races at Kansas (Austin Hill, Brett Moffitt, & Matt Crafton) and none of the winners led more than 38 laps. Even though he didn’t win any of the three races, Zane Smith ($9,100 – P9) led the most laps with 104 in 2020. I really like Smith’s chances this weekend seeing with how well he did run at Kansas in 2020. He isn’t the top play on this slate because we do have a few Cup Series regulars jumping into trucks this weekend that could prove difficult for Smith to beat.
As with every week, each tier of drivers is listed in order of preference
Starting Position: 29th
Like I said there are a few Cup Series ringers in this race, but none of them have the upside that Enfinger does in my book. Enfinger hasn’t led a ton of laps in his six previous races at Kansas, but he does have consistency here. In six career Truck Series races at Kansas, Enfinger has never finished lower than 11th and has five top 10’s. Enfinger also has three straights top-five finishes at Kansas (all in 2020). Starting at P29 gives him the place differential upside for him to make value without picking up a lot of dominator points.
Starting Position: 2nd
Kyle is once again the most expensive driver in a Truck Series race, and rightfully so. Even though I don’t love Busch this week because of his enormous price tag and limited upside. Of course, Busch could lead 130 laps on Saturday night, but he could also lead 10 and finish second. We know what you’ll get with Kyle, so there isn’t really much I need to tell you. He is the top GPP play in my mind for this race.
I lump these two together because I think they may break up the chalk a little. Both Chastain and Briscoe are in great spots and are in superb place differential spots on Saturday night. Honestly, I can’t even decide which one I prefer; it comes down to salary really. If you need the $500 to fit a better mid-tier or value driver in, go Briscoe. But if you are happy with your lineup and can fit Chastain, do it!
Starting Position: 8th
Creed led 61 laps in the third Kansas race last season (most in the field) but ended up finishing second in that race. As the defending Truck Series champion, Creed has a target on his back this season and is coming off two poor performances but I really like Creed to get his 3rd top 5 and 4th top 10 this season on Saturday
Starting Position: 12th
Matt Crafton may be from California, but Kansas may as well be his home away from home nowadays. Since 2013, Crafton has three wins in ten races, six top 5’s, and nine top 10’s. With the potential upside, Crafton has in this race, and where he starts in the field I believe he is underpriced but also may not be highly owned because I think people will do what they can to fit Kyle Busch in and won’t be able to afford Crafton.
Starting Position: 17th
Christian Eckes ran his first three Kansas races last season and did pretty well for himself in the KBM #18 Toyota. This season he is in the #98 ThorSport Toyota and should be able to do equally as well. Both he and Enfinger have driven this truck to quality finishes all season and it should not be any different on Saturday night. Last year at Kansas, Eckes did not finish lower than 13th in any of the three races and also had finishes of 6th and 2nd.
Starting Position: 36th
Anderson is one of my favorite drivers to pair with Kyle in this race. He provides some salary relief as well as place differential upside. In his 8 races here, Anderson does have four top 20’s and has never finished lower than 30th.
Other Options: Tyler Ankrum ($7,800 – P13), Austin Hill ($8,900 – P7), Ben Rhodes ($8,300 – P3), Spencer Davis ($7,000 – P19)
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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 as well to make sure you are ready and have an understanding of 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 is in Talladega for the second Superspeedway race of the season. I’m not going to lie, I hate these races. They are impossible to predict and are generally accident-filled. My first suggestion for these types of races is to play light. I usually play 5-6 lineups, but I will be scaling it down to 1-2 lineups because it just doesn’t make sense financially to spend all that money. If I do decide to make multiple lineups it will be to play $5-$10 in $1 or $2 contests.
I will do my best to give you some of the plays who tend to fare well at these type of tracks and who actually has some upside in the field. One thing that I will hammer into you over this weekend is the fact that you will have salary left over, a lot of it. You do not, nor should you, spend all $50K because the best way to get on the right side of the cash line or even have a chance at a takedown will be to load up with 4-5 drivers starting 25th or lower. I know as a DFS player it is not in our nature to leaves thousands on the table, but when you look at optimal lineups throughout the years at superspeedways, it just makes sense. Usually, you have anywhere from $1.2K to over $3K salary remaining in the optimal lineups at these types of tracks. I can almost guarantee I will have $1K or more salary leftover in every lineup I build this week.
When building your lineups try to hold to this type of build
1 driver starting inside the top 15
1-2 drivers from 15th-25th
3-4 drivers starting 26th or lower
Yes, you will have salary leftover and that is ok.!
AJ Allmendinger ($10,600 – P11), Justin Haley ($9,200 – P5), Jeb Burton ($8,200 – P9)
Looking back to the two 2020 Talladega races you notice that Justin Haley swept them both. We also see that they had 5 top ten finishes with their 3 cars in the two races. With how well these cars ran I definitely have interest in running 1-2 of these cars in each lineup this week. Last season Jeb Burton raced the #8 for JRM, but he also had a good day in his one Talladega race. Burton came home 3rd in the June race with 2 fastest laps and 8 laps led. With these races being short, we are not chasing dominator poins but inteast finishing position and place differential. I think with all three of these drivers outside the top 5 they offer up limited PD upside, but they do have the potential to finish top 5 which is what we look for to pair with our place differential drivers from the back.
Starting Position: 1st
Cindric is a good superspeedway driver and even though he is on the pole for Saturday’s race, he has the potential to win. If you are playing one lineup, then maybe stay away from Cindric because he can kill your chances if he wrecks early. Typically the early wrecks come from the rear of the field but that’s not to say it can’t happen upfront. Last season in the October Dega race, Cindric wrecked out 75 laps in, but before that, he had finished top 5 in his previous two Talladega races.
Other Options (in order of preference): Noah Gragson ($10,000 – P4), Ryan Sieg ($9,800 – P17), Brett Moffitt ($9,000 – P17)
Starting Position: 40th
White could be the chalkiest play of this tier, luckily DK priced him up some to try and limit his ownership but not enough in my opinion. White managed to avoid the chaos at Daytona and finished 10th after starting 40th earlier this year. I will probably have close to 100% ownership on White this week because he can’t really hurt you and if he is able to escape the carnage he should definitely find his way into the optimal lineup.
Starting Position: 30th
Labbe, like White, is too cheap for his upside in this race. Last season Labbe finished top 10 in both Talladega races and has never finished lower than 25th in four races here. If Labbe can navigate the wrecks, a top 10 is definitely a possibility for the #36 on Saturday.
Starting Position: 18th
In eight races at superspeedways since 2019, Brandon Brown has only one finish lower than 18th (26th at Daytona in 2020). Brown also has four top 10 finishes in those eight races and an 11th place finish. Brown is another driver who seems to know his way around these superspeedways and has some good place differential upside on Saturday.
Other Options: Landon Cassill ($7,100 – P32), Josh Berry ($8,100 – P6), Harrison Burton ($8,500 – P3), Ty Dillon ($7,900 – P16),
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 as well to make sure you are ready and have an understanding of 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.
Last time we saw the Truck Series they were on the dirt at Bristol, luckily they are back on pavement and this race should be more predictable. This race is typically a two dominator race because we have 250 laps to pick up points, but this is a Kyle Busch ($16,500) race. With Kyle running this race we could see him leading the majority of laps. Now, at this high price and the limited place differential upside I can see a reason to fade Kyle this weekend. I will probably be underweight on Busch this weekend. There is another driver who has similar equipment to Kyle and has better place differential upside.
Starting Position: 18th
If you take out the dirt race (and I do), Nemechek has not finished lower than seventh this season. Nemechek drives for Kyle Busch Motorsports and was able to hold his own against his owner a few weeks back at Atlanta he came home third behind Busch. JHN has never raced a truck at Richmond, but in 21 races at similar tracks (Martinsville, Loudon & Phoenix) he has 1 win, 8 top 5’s, and 12 top 10 finishes. I will have plenty of exposure to Nemechek this week as I think he is the real main threat to Kyle this weekend and could lead some laps and has that PD upside we like.
Starting Position: 6th
Last season Smith led 44 laps at Richmond and had 8 fastest laps on his way to finishing 11th. Smith spent the entire race running inside the top 15 last season as well and had an average running position of 6.1. In 2020 at comparable tracks (Martinsville & Phoenix), Smith had top 5 finishes in both races and led 68 laps in those two races. Also, if you believe in these types of things, Smith posted a picture on Twitter of himself finding a four-leaf clover this week, so maybe he has some luck heading into Saturday’s race.
Starting Position: 40th
Sam Mayer is one of the best up-and-coming drivers in NASCAR and is extremely unpriced this week. Mayer will be chalk this week and I am ok with eating some of that chalk because the upside is there with him. Mayer is not in the best truck he’s ever been in, but he is so good he can make the most of it. Last season in this race, Mayer finished 19th after starting from P25 but he ran as high as fourth place. I can see Mayer coming home with a top 10 this week and potentially picking up some fastest lap dominator points.
Other Options: Grant Enfinger ($9,500 – P3) – Enfinger dominated this race some last season on his way to a win. Sheldon Creed ($10,500 – P9)
Here is a special FADE play for this week:
Tyler Ankrum ($11,000 – P30) You may be tempted to play Ankrum for the place differential, but he and his team have just been horrid this season. I need to see something from this truck before I can consider using him this season. Ankrum has not finished higher than 17th in 2021 and has negative fantasy points in 3 of 5 races.
Starting Position: 7th
Crafton turned out a solid performance in this same race last season leading to a second-place finish. In 2020, Crafton led 25 laps, had 27 fastest laps, had an average run position of 7.3 in this race. Crafton hasn’t really led many laps this season, which is normal for Crafton. I like him for GPP’s because I believe the #88 doesn’t garner much ownership this weekend and has top 5 potential.
Starting Position: 1st
Kyle Busch will most likely take over this race at some point, but before he does Ben Rhodes should lead the majority of the early laps. Last season at Richmond, Rhodes led the most laps with 66 and also had 39 fastest laps. I know he is on the pole, and generally, we stay away, but Rhodes has been the best overall truck this season and I think he ends up top 5.
Starting Position: 34th
Hill has only run one race this season, Daytona RC, and he finished 9th after starting from P34. Last season at Richmond, Hill started 15th but came home in P9. Hill didn’t lead any laps, but he did have 3 fastest laps. I think Hill could be a very popular option on Sunday because of his price and starting position.
Other Options: Todd Gilliland ($7,200 – P8), Chandler Smith ($7,900 – P23), Derek Kraus ($8,500 – P19), Spencer Davis ($7,400 – P25)
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