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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 we are in Sin City, which I have renamed Chalk City this week thanks to all the chalk plays this weekend especially in the Xfinity Series. Because of some poor finishes and one driver being disqualified after post race inspection we have some really quality drivers in great spots for huge place differential days. We also have some pretty good value tier drivers as well which will make playing the high priced guys easier.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Austin Cindric ($10,500) should be viewed as we did with Nemechek on Friday night. He will lead the most laps and most likely win this race. I want to paint him with the drivers listed below in this tier for  dominator/place differential combos. Like I mentioned, there is some decent value in this race to make this type of build work.

Tyler Reddick ($11,600 – P40)

Noah Gragson ($11,300 – P34)

Justin Allgaier ($11,000 – P37)

I group these drivers together because they are all going to be the chalk of this tier, and this race. We were concerned going into last weeks race about what Reddick could get out of this car and he got all he could and then some. Reddick was disqualified post race, but luckily DraftKings doesn’t take that into account and pays out based of unofficial results.

Gragson and Allgaier are two of the top drivers in the Xfinity Series and will be competing for a title later this season but have started slowly this season. Gragson is a Vegas kid and ran well here last year running the second fasted green flag average as well as running 92% of laps in the top 15 and finished 4th. As for Allgaier, he led 63 laps and had 32 fastest laps before finishing 8th. I will most likely be trying to fit 2 of these drivers in each of my lineups along wit the next driver.

Harrison Burton ($9,900)

Starting Position: 22nd

Burton was one of the best drivers in the series last season at Las Vegas and I like his odds to have another great race here on Saturday. Unfortunately last season Burton did not have any dominator points but this week we don’t really need those to make value since he starts so far back in the field. In 2020 Burton was top 10 in green flag speed average in both Vegas races and finished 5th and 9th. Burton will be a contender for the win on Saturday and should have an easy time coming home top 10.

Other Options (in order of preference): Riley Herbst ($9,000), Ty Dillon ($10,200), Daniel Hemric ($9,200)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

This weeks mid tier is not great. There are a couple of decent plays, but I would rather try and fit 3 top tier drivers in and use the value tier. I will give you a couple of plays I do like in this tier though.

Ryan Sieg ($8,200)

Starting Position: 11th

Ryan Sieg had two really good days at Vegas last season with two top 5 finishes. In the first Las Vegas race of the 2020 season Sieg came home in 3rd place, led one lap, and had 21 fastest laps after starting 32nd. Sieg followed that up in the fall with a 5th place finish and 10 laps led.

Jeb Burton ($7,800)

Starting Position: 5th

Burton has been one of the best and most consistent drivers in the Xfinity Series this season. Burton has a top 5 in each of the three races this season and will most likely be low owned on Saturday because of his limited place differential upside. With his price being as low as it is, Burton just needs to stay in the top 10 and he should be able to make value.

Other Options: Ryan Vargas ($7,100), Brett Moffitt ($8,400), Myatt Snider ($8,000), Jeffrey Earnhardt ($7,600)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. UPUPDATESGray Gaulding ($6,700) – P36
2. Bayley Currey ($6,200) – P39
3. Joe Graf Jr. ($4,800) – P26
4. Josh Williams ($6,000) – P24
5. Colby Howard ($6,100) – P38
6. Jesse Little ($5,000) – P32 – may start and park. Check discord for updates
7. Stefan Parsons ($5,200) – P33
8. Brandon Brown ($6,900) – P25
9. Matt Mills ($4,700) – P31
10. David Starr ($5,100) – P28 – may start and park. Check discord for updates

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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.

Finally, we have 1.5-mile oval racing this weekend! Now, even though it’s basic 1.5 oval racing, it’s a high tire wear track. What that means is drivers who charge out fast out of the gate will fall off at the end of a run and drivers who sit back and take care of their tires will have speed at the end of the run. Basically, it boils down to a lot of passing and pit strategy and makes for an interesting race.

NASCAR has decided to get rid of the competition caution this week which means our polesitter (Austin Cindric) has a chance to lead a lot more laps early on without the caution being waved 15 laps in. Teams pretty much always pitted at the competition caution last season and it messed with the momentum of the leaders.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

Tyler Reddick ($11,700)

Starting Position: 38th

Homestead is one of Reddick’s best tracks in both the Cup and Xfinity Series. In three career Xfinity Series races, Reddick has three top 5 finishes as well as two wins. Reddick starts 38th, so we get the place differential upside needed to make value at this price

Noah Gragson ($11,300)

Starting Position: 23rd

Gragson was dominant at Homestead last season and had an average finish of 4th in his two races here. In both races, Gragson had top five a green flag speed and led a combined 60 laps. Gragson also had the fastest average speed late in a run in the second Homestead race meaning he takes care of his tires here and can pass late in a run.

Justin Allgaier ($9,900)

Starting Position: 19th

In the second race at Homestead, last season Allgaier had some bad luck towards the end of the race and finished 22nd, but that doesn’t tell the entire story. Allgaier ran inside the top 15 for nearly 85% of the race and had 14 fastest laps. Another sign that Allgaier had a good car was that his average position during the race was 10.6.

Other Options: Austin Cindric ($10,200), AJ Allmendinger ($11,000), Ty Dillon ($10,500), Harrison Burton ($9,600)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Riley Herbst ($8,700)

Starting Position: 29th

Herbst has burnt us both times so far this season with negative points in each race in 2021, but I think this week will be different. Last season in the #18 Joe Gibbs Toyota, Herbst finished 9th and 10th here at Homestead. In the second Homestead race in 2020 Herbst finished 9th, had an average running position of 11.4, and had the 8th best driver rating.

Myatt Snider ($8,300)

Starting Position: 10th

Snider has had a really solid start to his season with two finishes inside the top 13 in his first year as the full time driver for the #2 RCR Chevy. Last season at Homestead Snider the #93 for Ryan Sieg and finished 15th and 7th here. Snider is in much better equipment and with his momentum coming into this race I wouldn’t be surprised to see Snider up front at the end of the day.

Josh Berry ($7,800)

Starting Position: 20th

Josh Berry is back in the JR Motorsports #8 after a 27th place finish last week at the Daytona Road Course. Last season Daniel Hemric had a great day in this same car until a late race accident sent him to a 31st place finish. Hemric had this car in the top 15 for 92.7% of the race and an average running position of 7.7. Now, I am not saying Berry is as good of a driver as Hemric but starting from P20 Berry has some upside that could lead to a high upside low owned play.

Other Options: Jeffrey Earnhardt ($7,500), Justin Haley ($8,900), Alex Labbe ($7,200), Ryan Sieg ($8,000), Jeremy Clements ($7,000)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. JJ Yeley ($5,700) – P39
2. Ryan Vargas ($6,900) – P35
3. Stefan Parsons ($5,100) – P30
4. Timmy Hill ($5,500) – P33
5. Joe Graf Jr. ($4,600) – P16
6. Gray Gaulding ($6,200) – P26
7. Tommy Joe Martins ($5,900) – P27
8. Matt Mills ($4,500) – P17
9. Bayley Currey ($5,600) – P34
10. Colby Howard ($4,900) – P28

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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 will be a completely different race compared to last week’s race at Daytona, but one thing that won’t be different will be Austin Cindric leading laps. Cindric is among a group of 4-5 drivers who are exceptional road course drivers in this field. As we saw on Friday night, the race started with rain tires so if rain is in the forecast there is no need to worry about delays (unless there is lightning) for this weekend. This is another “short” race with only 52 laps so like with the Truck Series Friday we aren’t chasing dominator points, but instead looking for 1, 2 max, dominators.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

AJ Allmendinger ($10,900)

Starting Position: 6th

Allmendinger is one of the drivers who are exceptional road racers. In the past would be brought in as a road course ringer but now Allmendinger has a full-time ride with Kaulig Racing for 2021. AJ has run 11 road course races in his Xfinity career with four wins, nine top 5’s and an average finish of 7.3. Last season at this race, Allmendinger finished fourth after starting from P11. Allmendinger is a favorite to win this race on Saturday afternoon, but my pick is the next driver.

Austin Cindric ($10,700)

Starting Position: 2nd

Austin Cindric is the definition of a dominator when it comes to road course racing. Now, even though he starts second, Cindric should be one of the highest owned drivers but he will be hard to fade. Cindric has run 13 road course races in his Xfinity career with four career wins while leading 195 laps. In his 13 RC races, Cindric also has nine top 5’s, ten top 10’s, and a career average finish of 7th. Needless to say, Cindric is a road course dominator and should be out front on lap 1 on Saturday.

Noah Gragson ($10,300)

Starting Position: 26th

Gragson is one of the top place differential plays on this slate starting from P26. Gragson doesn’t have a win on a road course yet, but he does have eight top 10 finishes in eight RC races. Not only does Gragson have a perfect record of top 10’s he also has one of the best average finishes with a 4.6 average finish, including a 3rd place finish at this race last season.

Other Options (In Order of Preference): Brandon Jones ($9,000), Andy Lally ($9,400), Justin Allgaier ($10,500), Justin Haley ($10,000)

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Riley Herbst ($8,100)

Starting Position: 16th

Herbst is one of a handful of drivers who are pulling double duty this weekend and had a great day on Friday night. There is not a lot to like in the mid-tier for the Xfinity race this weekend and with Herbst running the Truck race already he has a feel for this course making him my favorite play here.

Preston Pardus ($7,600)

Starting Position: 23rd

Pardus is another road course ringer brought in solely for these races. Pardus hasn’t had the most success in this race, but he has the skill to be a top 10 contender. In six career Xfinity Series road course races, Pardus has two top 10 finishes and has led 7 laps.

Other Options: Jade Buford ($8,500), Alex Labbe ($8,800), Myatt Snider ($7,800), Manuel Paludo ($8,200)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. Ty Gibbs ($4,700) – P15
2. Brett Moffitt ($6,300) – P1
3. Gray Gaulding ($6,900) – P30
4. Jeffrey Earnhardt ($6,500) – P37
5. Cody Ware ($6,200) – P38
6. Kris Wright ($4,600) – P19
7. Timmy Hill ($5,200) – P17
8. Tommy Joe Martins ($6,400) – P20
9. Stephen Leicht ($5,600) – P34
10. David Starr ($5,400) – P40

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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop: Xfinity Series for the start of 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.

Like with Friday’s Truck race and the Daytona 500 on Sunday, the Xfinity race should be a fun and action-packed race. I say should be, because there have been years where there were no passing and a lot of single-file race, which makes for a very boring, but safe race. In 2019 we had one of those boring races where 28 of 38 cars finished on the lead lap and only 3 cars DNF, all for mechanical reasons. Contrast that with 2020 where 14 of 38 cars did not finish the race, and only 10 cars finished on the lead lap. I am expecting a race similar to the 2020 version on Saturday.

NASCAR DFS: Dominators

This top tier is loaded for this race, and the season overall. We will need to wait and see what happens in qualifying. I will just give some of the drivers I like best in this tier below and update after qualifying

Both Justin Allgaier ($10,500) and Noah Gragson ($10,100) are exceptional plays in Saturday’s race. They are teammates so they fit the “stacking” theory we used on Friday with the KBM trucks. Gragson won this race last year, so he is definitely one of the favorites on Saturday. Allgaier has never won here, but he does have eight top 10 finishes, and four top 5’s.

Austin Cindric ($10,300) is the defending series champion and should be a favorite at every race this season. Cindric will be one of the few drivers in this race with track time in races going into Saturday’s race having run and qualified for the Daytona 500 in the Cup Series Duels on Thursday.

Ty Dillon ($9,500) will be in the Joe Gibbs #54 for a partial schedule this season, and Daytona is on that list. This may be the best equipment that Dillon has ever driven and he will be a threat to get the win on Saturday. Dillon was the fastest car in practice on Friday, and he will be joined by teammates Brandon Jones ($9,000) and Daniel Hemric ($9,200) in this tier.

Once again all these plays are based on qualifying and I will update in Discord after qualifying is complete Saturday morning.

NASCAR DFS: Mid Tier

Harrison Burton ($8,800)

Burton has raced two Xfinity races at Daytona and he has two top 5 finishes. At this race last year Burton finished second, he then followed that up with a 5th place finish in the Summer Daytona race. Obviously, we want to see where he qualifies, but Burton could be a solid high-end mid-tier play on Saturday no matter where he starts.

Jeb Burton ($8,500)

Burton has his first full-time ride in the Xfinity taking over the #10 Kaulig Racing car that Ross Chastain vacated after the 2020 season. This was a team that competed for a championship with Chastain behind the wheel and should again this year. Burton hasn’t had great success at Daytona with just one top 5 in three races, but depending on where he qualifies, Burton could make for some great value.

Riley Herbst ($7,900)

Herbst is now in the #98 Stewart-Haas Ford this season after spending last year with Joe Gibbs Racing. I think Herbst is a dark horse championship candidate this season in this car. Herbst was second in practice on Friday and also had the 3rd best five-lap average.

Other Options: Myatt Snider ($8,100), Michael Annett ($8,700), Ryan Sieg ($7,700)

NASCAR DFS: Value Tier Rankings

1. Jordan Anderson ($4,900)
2. Landon Cassill ($7,200)
3. Alex Labbe ($6,600)
4. Brandon Gdovic ($6,800)
5. Tommy Joe Martins ($6,400)
6. Matt Mills ($5,000)
7. Colby Howard ($5,700)
8. Mario Gosselin ($4,800)
9. Joe Graf Jr. ($4,700)
10. Ryan Vargas ($5,900)

These rankings are tentative until after qualifying on Saturday morning.

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