Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - AAA 400 Drive for Autism DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.   AAA 400 Drive for Autism Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE Track - 1 Mile Oval Short Track 24° of Banking in the Corner   We can't start this week's preview without talking about the Coca-Cola 600 last week. Not only did Austin Dillon break through and pick up his first career Cup win, he wheeled the iconic #3 Richard Childress car back to Victory Lane for the first time in nearly 17 years. It was a huge breakthrough win for Dillon and an extremely emotional night for Richard Childress who retired the number following Earnhardt's death in 2000. On top of all that, we got our 9th winner in just 12 races this season and STILL have not seen Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhart Jr, or Jamie McMurray in Victory Lane. There are others, as well, who have shown winning upside and could grab a checkered flag before the regular season is over. This week the Monster Energy Cup series heads North to Dover International Speedway for the AAA 400 Drive for Autism. The track is a one-mile short track that gets two stops during the season. The biggest thing that stood out to me when running the last three year's(six races) results was the correlation between starting and finishing position was nearly double in each year's Fall race. What does that mean? Not a whole lot really as the NASCAR has a new lower downforce package this year plus the stage racing and points system. What I do know is that we will want to once again target two or three drivers for a dominator spot as each of the last six races has seen one or two drivers lead more than 100 laps. Place differential is always an important variable when constructing as lineups as well but we can't determine those values until we see practice and qualifying. Good news! After final practice concludes and finalize the cheatsheet I will be making another YouTube video and posting it at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned. Let's dig in and take...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - Coca Cola 600 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.   Coca Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, NC Track - 1.5 Mile Quad Oval Intermediate Track 24° of Banking in the Corner While there was no DFS last week, there was an exciting All-Star race(biased Kyle Busch fan perspective) to watch. After all these years in the Cup series, he finally has a win under his belt at Charlotte Motor Speedway. While it wasn't a points paying race, it won him a cool Million bucks and even if you thought the race was boring, for the most part, it's hard to argue the amazing move Kyle made on the final restart. After a week off from daily fantasy NASCAR we are back for the season's longest race, the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway. It makes up part two of the best weekend in Motorsports as the day kicks off with 101st running of the Indianapolis 500. Before jumping into my favorite picks, let's take a look at some of the race trends from my cheatsheet. I will also be going back to one article a week highlighting the trends like I have been doing in the early week preview and some early picks. I will then be doing a video using my cheatsheet to highlight some of the top plays once qualifying and practice have concluded. You will find the video embedded in the article on Saturday afternoon to evening on regular weeks.   Top 5 Track History at Charlotte (2 Year)   As you can see Martin Truex Jr. has dominated Charlotte over the past two years. He is the defending champ of the Coca Cola 600 after leading an absurd 392 laps last May. He has also finished Top 5 in three of the four races and has a series-best 5.5 average finish. Right behind him is Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch who have very similar average finishes(7.0 & 7.3) and both have a Top 5 and four Top 10's over the past two years(4 races). Joey Logano and Jimmie Johnson are the only other active drivers to win at Charlotte in the past two years and retired driver Carl Edwards was...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Picks for DraftKings - Go Bowling 400 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.     Go Bowling 400 Kansas Speedway - Kansas City, KS Track - 1.5 Mile D-Shaped Oval Intermediate Track 15° of Banking in the Corner Welcome back for another week of daily fantasy NASCAR. With Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s first career win last week at Talladega, that makes eight winners in just 10 races in 2017 including some drivers(Newman, Kurt Busch) who haven't frequented Victory Lane in quite some time. That leaves just 16 races until the cutoff for the playoffs and we have yet to see a Joe Gibbs Racing car and some other notable drivers without a win. The new stage racing and points system has created parity in the sport in which there are 10-15 different cars that are capable of winning races. This week the Monster Energy Cup series heads back to a mile and a half track in Kansas Speedway for the Go Bowling 400 and first night race of the season. For fantasy, we will once again be targeting one or two drivers who can grab those dominator points as one driver has led 100+ laps in five of the last six races. Looking at the qualifying after Friday afternoon and there is also some excelletn place differential values for this race. Let's dig in and take a look at the picks.   Drivers to Build Around Kyle Busch  DraftKings - $9,400 Practice 1 - 1st Practice 2 - 3rd Qualified - 3rd His price has reached a season low despite him coming oh so close last week to picking up his first win and first win for Joe Gibbs Racing. He said after Talladega that he was excited to get to a "Real Track" so I am fully expecting Kyle to not eat his words here. Over the years, Kansas has not been one of Kyle's best tracks but lately has been a different story. He has picked up four straight Top 5 finishes here including the win in last year's Go Bowling 400. He qualified 5th after posting the fastest speed in final practice. All things considered, the #18 is my top pick of the week.     Ryan...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Picks for DraftKings - Geico 500 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.     Geico 500 Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL Track - 2.66 Mile Tri-Oval Superspeedway 33° of Banking in the Corner For a preview of the race please go check out my mid-week DFS NASCAR Preview & Early Picks article. Drivers and teams only managed to get one practice in on Friday so there is limited data so I am weighing two-year track history quite high this week and will be looking for place differential value.Let's jump into the picks.   Drivers to Build Around Chase Elliott DraftKings - $9,200 Practice 1 - 16th Qualified - 8th I talked about Chase Elliott in my preview article and how impressive he was here in his first two trips to Talladega. He finished 12th in last fall's race and 5th in this race last Spring. The issue wasn't the performance, rather the starting position from a fantasy perspective as he started 4th and 1st which limited his upside. He starts 8th tomorrow which isn't completely ideal but does leave some place differential value to be had. He has shown speed all season in the #24 car and you can look for him to draft with Dale Jr. who is also starting inside the Top 10. At a low $9K price tag, he is an excellent play in all formats.   Joey Logano DraftKings - $10,700 Practice 1 - 5th Qualified - 12th Even after receiving a sizeable penalty following his win last week, Joey Logano is an elite play once again this week. No one in the field comes back to Talladega with better track history as Logano has won two of the last three races here. He showed Top 5 speed in the opening practice and even comes with place differential value starting 12th on Sunday. Look for the Ford's to fast once again led by the #22 Penske team.     Also Consider: Dale Earnhardt Jr.     Top Place Differential Value Plays Jimmie Johnson DraftKings - $9,700 Practice 1 -25th Qualified - 30th Even though Jimmie has just two Top 10 finishes here since his last win in 2012, it will be almost...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - Geico 500 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.   Geico 500 Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL Track - 2.66 Mile Tri-Oval Superspeedway 33° of Banking in the Corner Welcome back for another week of daily fantasy NASCAR. This week the Monster Energy Cup series travels to Talladega for the Geico 500 this Sunday afternoon. The second superspeedway race of the season brings a bit of a change-up in strategy after three of the last four races have been at short tracks. Instead of looking for laps led and dominator points we will look to gain an edge with place differential points. Over the past four years, the correlation to starting position has been the lowest of any track on the circuit. Not once has more than four drivers starting inside the Top 10 finished there. Looking even deeper, at least two drivers have started outside the Top 20 and finished inside the Top 10 with five last fall and more than three in six of the eight races. Needless to say, qualifying is going to be very important in setting our lineups this week. Before jumping into my favorite early week picks, let's take a look at some of the race trends for Talladega from my cheatsheet.   Top 5 Track History at Talladega (2 Year)   Chase Elliott was very impressive in his first two races at Talladega last year finishing 12th and 5th. The problem for fantasy was that he qualified 4th and 1st in those races and ranked very low in final DraftKings points. Maybe this time around he can throw a bone to his fantasy owners? I doubt he cares! Talladega hasn't been one of Kurt Busch's best tracks but it hasn't been one of his worst either. Over the last two years, he has run really well with one Top 5 and three Top 10's with an 8.5 average finish. He won the last restrictor plate race at Daytona. Can he find his form this week and pick up his first win at Talladega? As you can see no other driver in the Top 10 in average finish over the last two years has a win here which is...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Picks for DraftKings - Toyota Owners 400 DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly NASCAR picks, analysis and breakdowns 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, NBA Player Lab and our basic NHL projections! 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.     Toyota Owners 400 Richmond International Raceway - Richmond, VA Track - .75 Mile Short Track 14° of Banking in the Corners For a preview of the race please go check out my mid-week DFS NASCAR Preview & Early Picks article. Let's jump right into the top picks for the race on Sunday. Drivers to Build Around Martin Truex Jr.  DraftKings - $9,100 Practice 1 - 1st Qualified - 3rd Practice 2 - 5th Final Practice - 2nd Final Pract 10 Lap Avg Rank - 1st All things considered, Truex Jr. is my top play of the week. He doesn't come back to Richmond with a shining resume like some drivers which should is fine by me as it very well could keep him out of the Top 3 in ownership.  The good news is that Truex has been a lot better here lately with back to back Top 10 finishes here and is extremely fast again this weekend. He qualified third on Friday afternoon then posted the 5th and 2nd fastest speeds in the final two practices and the fastest 10 lap average in final practice. The #78 car was the only car leading up to the race to place Top 5 in all practices, 10 lap average, and qualifying. He has a great shot to get up front and lead some laps and get those dominator points and a Top 5 finish with winning upside.     Denny Hamlin DraftKings - $9,300 Practice 1 - 5th Qualified - 16th Practice 2 - 7th Final Practice - 7th Final Pract 10 Lap Avg Rank - 3rd If you are looking at the rankings on the cheatsheet, you notice that Hamlin and Truex are one, two and that is without weighting the salary value. Great news! Both come in under $9,500 this week and make a great one, two punch in your lineups. Hamlin ranks #1 in my model as he comes with a bit more place differential upside(starting 16th) and a much better track record here at Richmond including winning the fall race in 2016. He was 7th in both final practices...