Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - South Point 400 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   South Point 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV Track - 1.5 Mile Intermediate After seven months and 26 races, the regular season has concluded and it's time for the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoffs. Before getting into the race itself let's review the playoff structure. There are 10 races broken into four rounds with three races in each of the first three rounds where the field will be cut in half after the third race. Points are reset going into the first race but those drivers who earned stage and race wins during the regular season received playoff points that carry over through the first three rounds. The winner of the regular season(Kyle Busch) also receives an additional 15 playoff points. You can check out the standings going into the first race HERE. The Playoffs start with a trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second time this season. For the first time in the track's history, it will receive a second race on the schedule and not only that but the first race of the 2018 Playoffs. The track is a 1.5-mile D-Shaped Oval Intermediate with 20 degrees of banking in the corners. For fantasy, we will be concentrating on dominator points to construct our core as there have been one driver to lead 100 or more laps in four of the last six races here and each of the last two winners(Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.) have both led 150 or more laps. As always, place differential upside will be determined by qualifying so make sure to grab a copy of my DFS NASCAR Cheatsheet where I update practice adn qualifying ranks and list my top plays leading into the race. Let's now jump in and take a look at some race trends adn pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Las Vegas Kevin Harvick(started 2nd, led 214 laps) Martin Truex Jr.(started 2nd, led 150 laps) Brad Keselowski(started 4th, led 24 laps) Kevin Harvick(started 18th, led 142 laps) Brad Keselowski(started 2nd, led 53 laps) Matt Kenseth(started 18th, led 42 laps) Top 5 Current Track History at Las Vegas Over...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, IN Track - 2.5 Mile Oval Intermediate With just one race to go in the regular, the field is almost set for the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoffs, at least from a points perspective. The only way a driver outside the points would be able to sneak in would be with a win this weekend as the Cup Series makes it's lone trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Big machine Vodka 400. Looking at the race from a fantasy perspective, there are only 167 laps which means dominator points won't be nearly as important this week as finishing position. Only once has there been a driver lead 100 or more laps in the last six races and not once has there been multiple drivers lead 50 or more laps. Qualifying will be the true indicator of how to construct our lineups as there have been 11 and eight drivers to pick up double-digit place differential the last two years. With that said, let's dig into the race trends and pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Indianapolis 2017 - Kasey Kahne(started 19th, led 12 laps) 2016 - Kyle Busch(started 1st, led 149 laps) 2015 - Kyle Busch(started 9th, led 19 laps) 2014 - Jeff Gordon(started 2nd, led 40 laps) 2013 - Ryan Newman(started 1st, led 45 laps) 2012 - Jimmie Johnson(started 6th, led 99 laps) Top 5 Current Track History at Indianapolis Matt Kenseth returns to Indianapolis with back to back Top 5's and Top 10's in five straight races here but take that with a grain of salt as that was in the #20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing. Since jumping into the #6 car for Roush Fenway Racing he has failed to pick up a Top 10 finish and has just three Top 15 finishes. Joey Logano has also been very consistent here recently with a 4th place finish last season and 7th in 2016 and overall has five straight Top 10's at Indy. Kevin Harvick has failed to lead a lap here in the...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Bojangles Southern 500 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Bojangles Southern 500 Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC Track - 1.366 Mile Intermediate Track(23-25 Degrees of Banking) After what seemed like a very long week off, the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series returns this week for one of the premier events in the sport, the Southern 500. It is a throwback weekend where teams and drivers will sport car paint schemes and even costumes emulating drivers and teams from years past. Darlington has been a staple on the Cup Series schedule since back in 1950 and is duly named the track "Too Tough to Tame". It is a 1.366-mile asphalt track that is very narrow and creates a very tough environment for even the best drivers in the world. It was repaved back in 2007 but with 10 years of wear, it has become very abrasive again which will wear tires very fast and put a ton of emphasis on strategy for crew chiefs and teams. The other thing that adds to the difficulty is that each end of the track is different with different banking. As you would expect, it is also a track where the veteran drivers almost always come out on top. For fantasy, we will once again be looking to build around dominator point upside as there has been at least one(two last year) driver to lead 100 or more laps in each of the last six races here. There have also been multiple drivers(three drivers in 2017 & 2012) to lead 50 or more laps in four of the last six races. Passing can be difficult here so unless something dramatic happens in qualifying, place differential will be slightly discounted this week. Only once in the last six races has there been double-digit drivers pick up double-digit place differential points. With that said, let's dig in to the trends for this race and then look at some pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Darlington Denny Hamlin(started 9th, led 124 laps) Martin Truex Jr.(started 8th, led 28 laps) Carl Edwards(started 13th, led 15 laps) Kevin Harvick(started 1st, led 238 laps) Matt Kenseth(started 7th, led 17...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN Track - .533 Mile Intermediate Welcome back race fans. With just three races remaining in the regular season, things are starting to take shape in the standings. Kevin Harvick picked up his seventh win of the season last week but with two penalties during the season still sits 52 points behind Kyle Busch for the regular season points championship. For those outside the playoff bubble(Top 16), it appears a win will be needed to get in the postseason and if that was to happen it would definitely shake up the landscape of the standings. Let's take a look at the few hovering around that bubble for moving on to this week. Jimmie Johnson(572 pts) Alex Bowman(542 pts) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(480 pts) Paul Menard(472 pts) This week the Monster Energy Cup Series heads to the World's Fastest Half-Mile, Bristol Motor Speedway for Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Saturday night. The track is a .533 mile short track that produces some amazing racing with tons of bumping and banging and most times rewards the aggressive driver. For fantasy, we will be looking to target some drivers who can dominate the race and lead a ton of laps as there have been multiple drivers to lead 100 more laps in each of the last six races. Place differential is a little harder to come by and looking at the last six races here, there have not been more than nine drivers to pick up double-digit place differential. With that, let's take a look at some of the track trends and some pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Bristol Kyle Busch(started 1st, led 117 laps) Kyle Busch(started 18th, led 156 laps) Jimmie Johnson(started 11th, led 81 laps) Kevin Harvick(started 24th, led 128 laps) Carl Edwards(started 1st, led 276 laps) Joey Logano(started 5th, led 176 laps) Top 5 Current Track History at Bristol From a fantasy perspective, Kyle Larson has been dominant here at Bristol with three straight Top 10 finishes while leading a whopping 472 laps for...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Consumers Energy 400 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Consumers Energy 400 Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI Track - 2 Mile D-Shaped Oval Intermediate Welcome back race fans. We witnessed another exciting road course race last week at Watkins Glen where Chase Elliott fought off Martin Truex Jr. to win his first career Cup race. It was also just the second win for the Chevrolet camp and first since the Daytona 500 at the start of the year. Despite a fueling issue on pit road, Kyle Busch made his way through the field to pick up a third-place finish and extend his points lead over Kevin Harvick with just four races remaining until the Playoffs. Speaking of the playoffs, let's take a look at the drivers sitting around the bubble. Jimmie Johnson(563 pts) Alex Bowman(523 pts) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(461 pts) Paul Menard(451 pts) It appears those drivers on the outside looking in are going to need a win to sneak into the playoffs unless Jimmie and Bowman have multiple catastrophic races down the stretch. We will just have to tune in to see how it all unfolds. This week the Monster Energy Cup Series returns to Michigan International Speedway for the Consumers Energy 400 this Sunday afternoon. Michigan is one of two intermediate tracks(Auto Club Speedway the other) on the circuit that are two miles in length and both are D-Shaped Ovals. The only difference between the two is about four degrees of banking in the corners but overall they are good comps that have me weighing track type a lot higher than last week. When researching, keep in mind that Clint Bowyer's win here earlier this season was a rain shortened race that had just 133 laps. From a fantasy perspective, there will be 200 laps in the race and looking at the five races before the rain-shortened race earlier this year there have been three drivers to lead 100 or more laps. In those five races, qualifying and track position has also proven to be very important as there have been five, seven, eight, five, and seven drivers to start inside the Top 10 and finish there at the...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Go Bowling at The Glen DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis, a FREE cheatsheet and weekly video to help you cash on DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Go Bowling at The Glen Watkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY Track - 2.428 Mile Road Course Welcome back race fans. A week after being bumped out of the way for the win at New Hampshire, Kyle Busch went to Pocono and picked up his sixth win of the season after starting back in the 28th position. With Harvick and the #4 team receiving a 10-point(driver & owner) penalty for failing inspection multiple times last week, Busch now holds the points lead by 48 points. That is very significant as the regular season champion receives an additional 15 playoff points. With just five races remaining in the regular season, let's take a look at the drivers on the bubble for the playoffs. 15th - Jimmie Johnson(547 pts) 16th - Alex Bowman(496 pts) 17th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(440 pts) 18th - Paul Menard(440 pts) This week the Monster Energy Cup Series heads to Watkins Glen for the second road course race of the season. Sonoma is the more technical of the two(now three) road course tracks while Watkins Glen is the more speedy of the three. For fantasy, dominator points are downgraded even more than Sonoma as there are only 90 laps in the race and only one driver in the last six races has led over 50 laps. As always, qualifying is huge in determining place differential and it shows as there has been just two and seven drivers to pick up double-digit place differential in the last two races here while there was 10+ in each of the four before that. Stay tuned to my cheatsheet for updated throughout the weekend. With that, let's jump in and take a look at some of the track trends, previous winners, and the pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Watkins Glen Martin Truex Jr.(started 3rd) Denny Hamlin(started 6th) Joey Logano(started 16th) A.J. Allmendinger(started 6th) Kyle Busch(started 5th) Marcos Ambrose(started 5th) Top 5 Current Track History at Watkins Glen Denny Hamlin has been the man here at Watkins Glen over the last two years as he won the race in 2016...