Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - O'Reilly Auto Parts 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.   O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, Texas Track - 1.5 Mile Intermediate I hope everyone had a happy Easter and enjoyed the week off from fantasy NASCAR. This week the Monster Energy Cup Series returns with a trip to Texas Motor Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 this Sunday afternoon. This will mark the second season and third race with the new track configuration here at TMS as it was not only repaved before the Spring race last year but also seen four degrees of banking removed in turns one and two. The banking remains at 24 degrees in turns three and four which ultimately gives TMS some uniqueness among all mile and a half tracks. For this reason, I will be looking not just at the last two years and career track history but also how each driver did in the two races last season. From a fantasy perspective, a trend I found interesting when analyzing the last three years(six races) here at Texas is that only twice has the race winner led the field in fantasy points and both times it was Jimmie Johnson. It is a small sample size but one other thing I noticed that I think can be contributed to the track re-config is that last year we saw three(Fall race) and four(Spring race) drivers start outside the Top 20 and finish inside the Top 10. There were no more than two drivers to do this in the previous four races before that and digging even deeper it only happened once in the last 14 races here dating back to 2010. There has also been at least two drivers to lead 50+ laps in five of the last six races and at least one driver to lead 100+ laps in each of those six races(two drivers have led 100+ once as well). With all that in mind, let's jump in and take a look at some of the race trends and pre-qualifying targets. Last Six Winners at Auto Club Speedway 2017 Fall - Kevin Harvick(started 3rd, led 38 laps, 83.5 DK...

DFS NASCAR Podcast for Friday 3/23/17 - STP 500  DFSR’s Chris Durell joins Doug Norrie to discuss this weekend’s STP 500, the first short track race of the season. Chris breaks down how this effects projecting drivers and what it means for driver strategies leading into the race. They discuss how to put together lineups for DraftKings and who some of the higher-owned drivers might be in this format. Chris breaks down some weather concerns for the weekend and how snow could effect both qualifying and the race. They also talk about drivers like Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in the upper salary tiers. Check out Chris's picks for this week's STP 500. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - STP 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. Playing other DFS sports? Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer and Player Lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Want to learn some about NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. STP 500 Martinsville Speedway - Ridgeway, VA Track - .526 Mile Short Track The Kevin Harvick win streak came to an end early in the race last week as he was pressing hard in Stage 1 and an attempt to side draft off Kyle Larson ended up with the #4 car in the wall. He made repairs but it wasn't nearly enough as he finished the race nine laps behind. How big are the stages and new points system(2nd year) you ask? Harvick dropped from first in the standings going into Fontana to eighth after the race. You new leader is 2017 series champion, Martin Truex Jr, who dominated the race leading 125 laps and won by over 11 seconds. Some of the other stories from last week include Kyle Larson's two-mile track streak(four straight wins) come to an end although he did finish runner-up on Sunday. Daytona 500 winner, Austin Dillon, picked up Top 10 this week and seven-time champion, Jimmie Johson, finally picked up his first Top 10 of the season. Overall, it was another exciting race at Auto Club Speedway and if you missed it, check out the highlight below before we move on to this week's race. This week the Monster Energy Cup Series travels back East to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 this Sunday. It marks the first short track race of the season and no better place to start than the Paperclip in Martinsville. It produces some exciting bumping and banging style racing and with that comes a ton of cautions(double-digit cautions in nine of the last 11 races). If your drier's car makes it through the race without some scratches, dented metal, or other damage he just isn't trying hard enough to win here at Martinsville. One of the big storylines going into this race is the relationship between Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott after last fall's playoff race that ended up with Hamlin putting Chase into the wall, ending his shot at his first win and pretty much ending his playoff hopes. From a fantasy perspective, the race is 500...

DFS NASCAR Podcast - Auto Club 400 3/16/18 DFSR’s Chris Durell joins Doug Norrie to talk about this weekend’s NASCAR races. On Sunday it’s the Auto Club 400 and the guys talk about some of the drivers and strategies to use when putting together lineups for DraftKings. They start off talking about Chris’s time at the Daytona 500 as part of the media contingent there. Then Chris breaks down the XFinity Series on Saturday and what to look out for on the track. Then he looks at the Auto Club 400 and whether Kevin Harvick can continue his recent dominance. Chris dissects the track, what to look for in qualifying and how to being forming a DFS NASCAR strategy. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - Auto Club 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. Playing other DFS sports? Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer and Player Lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Want to learn some about NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, California Track - Two-Mile Intermediate It wasn't the same kind of dominance but Kevin Harvick still ended up in Victory lane last week in Phoenix. With that third win a row, he joined some elite company becoming just the 15th driver in NASCAR history to win three straight races. Names on this list include Bobby Allison(2), David Pearson(2), Richard Petty(2), Cale Yarborough, Harry Gant, Daryl Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt(twice in one season), Rusty Wallace(3), Bill Elliott, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson(2), Jeff Gordon(3), Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano. He will now try to become a part of an even more elite group and become just the eighth in history to win four in a row as the Monster Energy Cup Series travels to Fontana, California and Auto Club Speedway for the Auto Club 400 this Sunday. For the third straight week, we have a different track as Auto Club Speedway is a two-mile D Shaped Oval. Like Phoenix, it is flat(14°) but double the length and it is a much wider track with multiple lanes that a driver can run. From a fantasy perspective, we can rely on a more balanced approach of dominator and place differential points than we did at Phoenix or the mile and a half tracks at Las Vegas or Atlanta. Only twice in the last six races have there been more than one driver to lead more than 50 laps. Last year was one of those years as Kyle Larson won from the pole and led 110 laps but on the other side, there have been six or more drivers to gain double-digit place differential in each of the last six races. As alsways, however, qualifying and practice will dictate just how much we can rely on place differential for value. Now let's take a look at some race trends and then dive into some pre-qualifying/practice targets. Last Six Winners at Auto Club Speedway Kyle Larson (started 1st, led 110 laps) Jimmie Johnson (started 19th, led 25 laps) Brad Keselowski (started 8th, led 1 lap) Kyle Busch...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Podcast for Xfinity and Cup Series - Phoenix In episode #4, Chris looks back at the races in Las Vegas where Kyle Larson dominated the Xfinity race and Kevin Harvick dominated the Cup race. He then previews the races for both series at ISM Raceway and provides some strategy and pre-qualifying/practice picks. For the Cup series, be sure to check out Chris's preview article over at DFSR.com as well and be sure to download a free copy of the cheatsheet he provides for both the Xfinity Series and Monster Energy Cup...