Daily Fantasy NASCAR Preview & Picks for DraftKings and FanDuel – Coca Cola 600
Daily Fantasy NASCAR Preview & Picks for DraftKings and FanDuel - Coca Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Track - 1.5 Mile Quad-Oval Intermediate 24° of Banking in the Turns It has been a very successful return to racing for the NASCAR Cup Series. We were treated to two races on at Darlington Raceway, one of the most popular and challenging tracks on the circuit and it didn't disappoint one bit. The first race saw Brad Keselowski dominate early, leading 80 laps but Kevin Harvick's dominance at the "Track too tough to tame" continued as he led a race-high 159 laps en route to the win. The second race was a little more spread out in terms of laps led after the Top 20 in qualifying was inverted from race #1. Clint Bowyer led 71 laps early before finding the wall and taking on some damage. Chase Elliott was on his way to victory late when Kyle Busch made a huge mistake and took him out (maybe he should think about a future in formula one instead?) which ended up leading to Denny Hamlin picking up win #2 on the season after the race was called due to rain. Looking at some data from those two races, Hamlin and Harvick were not only the two winners but also the only two drivers to finish Top 5 in both races. Joining them are Martin Truex Jr. and Erik Jones as the only other two drivers with Top 10's in both races. Overall, there were only 14 drivers who finished Top 20 in both races at Darlington. NASCAR now travels to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a four-day, four race extravaganza. It all starts this Sunday with a Crown Jewel event on the Cup schedule, the Coca Cola 600. The big difference for this race on Sunday is that the cars will be on track for qualifying two hours ahead of the race. It will be best, in my opinion, to target your early dominator from a driver inside the Top 5 or if targeting two drivers, both inside the Top 10. The reason is that qualifying should give us a very good look into who has their car setup the best for the early portion of the race. I emphasize "early portion" as this is the longest race of the season and the only race with four stages. With the combined lack of practice and long lay off from racing, I think we get three dominators(leading 50+) in this race. There have been four races at Charlotte since the introduction of the stages and we have seen multiple scenarios play out. At the Coca 600 in 2017, Truex dominated with 233 laps...