Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - O'Reilly Auto Parts 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.   O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX Track - 1.5 Mile Quad Oval Intermediate Track 20° - 24° Banking in the Corners After an exciting caution filled Martinsville race, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series moves on to Texas where everything is bigger! Drivers and teams will face something new this time around at Texas Motor Speedway as the track just completed a repave less than a month ago. The track has always been one that took forever to dry in the event of rain so they did some work to the drainage as well as some other big changes that will most definitely affect the racing. I found some footage on YouTube of a pace car ride that Chris Buescher took after the repave and he went over some of the changes. It is a seven-minute video talking about banking, pavement and track conditions so if you aren't a nerd like me, I will sum it up for you. They took the banking in turns one and two down from 24 to 20 degrees and also widened those corners from 60 - 80 feet wide. This was in an attempt to create some more passing zones as the track is one of the fastest non-plate tracks on the circuit and can sometimes see a leader get way out in front on a green flag run. This now adds another element of the setup for the crew chief and team as one setup won't be perfect both ends of the race track. It will also create some crazy restarts as drivers now have an added 20 feet of track going into turn one. Add that to the already crazy restarts from the stage racing, and we could be in for a very exciting race on Sunday. Below is a video of soem the press conference snippets from Track owner Eddie Gossage on the reasons for the track repave.   Without any testing prior to this week drivers and teams really only have the Buescher YouTube Vidoe for research on the new pave. A couple days ago we...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Picks for DraftKings - STP 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.     STP 500 Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA Track - .526 Oval Short Track 12° Banking in the Corners If you haven't already, be sure to go check out my  DFS NASCAR Race Preview article for all the top trends and stats. First thing to note from the weekend is that Qualifying was rained out on Friday and the starting order was set by owner's points(refer to my cheatsheet). No worries, however, for the rest of the weekend as the forecast calls for Sunny conditions and a high of 68° F. The qualifying set by points gives a big advantage to those drivers and teams who have started the year out hot, specifically Kyle Larson who will get the #1 pit stall this week. While some teams are loving the rainout, others will have some work to do on Sunday. The most notable at a disadvantage are Matt Kenseth(25th), Dale Jr(21st), Jimmie Johnson(17th) and AJ Allmendinger(30th). I mention it being a disadvantage as it is very hard to pass here at Martinsville and cars can go a lap down very fast with it being a short track. I would suggest not using more than two of these drivers who are starting back in the field in your lineups as the risk would be very high.   Drivers to Build Around Kyle Busch DraftKings - $10,300 Practice 1 - 2nd Qualified - 10th Practice 2 - 8th Final Practice - 2nd He is the defending champion of the spring race here at Martinsville and looks like one of the dominant cars again this year. Qualifying being canceled put the #18 back in the 10th starting position which is not that bad as it gives Kyle some place differential upside. He was 8th in second practice and improved to 2nd in final practice to go along with the fastest 5, 10, 15, and 20 lap averages. The #18 M & M's Toyota is my pick to win!     Brad Keselowski DraftKings - $9,500 Practice 1 - 13th Qualified - 4th Practice 2 - 1st Final Practice - 4th The #2 car of Brad Keselowski...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - STP 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.   STP 500 Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA Track - .526 Oval Short Track 12° Banking in the Corners Young gun Kyle Larson dominated the Auto Club 400 last weekend, leading 110 laps(38 fast laps) en route to his second career victory. He has cemented his elite status in the Cup series after opening the season 12th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd and now this win. I predicted a championship in the next three years. Take the under! The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rolls on to Martinsville, Virginia this week for the 2017 season's first short track race. Martinsville Speedway is a half-mile track with 12° of banking in the corner. It is one of three short tracks on the circuit that come in under one mile in length. It is similar to Bristol in its half mile length but the banking is dramatically different creating much different racing). It can also be compared to Richmond as they have similar flat characteristics but Richmond is a .75 mile D-Shaped Oval. The "Paperclip" is a one of kind track that has been around since the beginning. In fact, it is the only track that has hosted a Cup race every year since 1949(series inception). Qualifying will be extremely important this week so we can expect ALL drivers(yes I am talking to you Jimmie) to be out there late Friday afternoon to try and start up front. Passing can be tough and restarts will be key on Sunday and this puts much more emphasis on dominator and finishing points than it does on place differential. Before getting into my early week picks, let's take a look at some of the top trends from Martinsville Speedway.      Top 10 Track History at Martinsville (2 Year)   Kyle Busch is the defending race winner in the Spring after completely dominating with 355 laps led. He has also finished Top 5 in his other two races at Martinsville Speedway over the last two years(missed Sping '15 race due to a broken leg). The most consistent driver here at Martinsville over the past two years has been Martin Truex Jr. despite...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Picks for DraftKings - Auto Club 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.     Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA Track - 2 Mile D Shaped Oval Superspeedway 14° Banking in the Corners If you haven't already, be sure to go check out my  DFS NASCAR Race Preview article for all the top trends and stats. Qualifying and practice have wrapped up and data has been entered in the sheet to produce the final model. It's time to construct some lineups. The biggest story of the weekend so far was the five drivers who missed qualifying and will start at the back. It opens up a ton of place differential value and will most definitely sway ownership in a huge way. This makes it a great week to try out multiple strategies. You can easily stack two or three elite place differential plays but they will be highly owned. This opens up an opportunity to also be contrarian. This doesn't mean making dumb roster moves, it just means making smart ones. You don't have to fade the place differential guys completely just don't center your lineup around a stack of them. Let's jump into the picks.   Drivers to Build Around Jimmie Johnson DraftKings - $9,800 Practice 1 - 24th Qualified - 37th Practice 2 - 4th Final Practice - 16th Jimmie spun into the grass in the opening practice and was forced to go to a backup(1B) car. Then they elected to not even qualify after not getting any practice time and will start 37th on Sunday. Not only does he provide elite value at a sub $10K price, he also has huge place differential upside. It gets better. Because he didn't qualify, the #48 will start on fresh tires and should be able to make up ground quickly. Look for Jimmie to push close to the Top 10 early into the second stage. He will be high owned but elite in all formats with a very high floor and ceiling.   Joey Logano DraftKings - $10,300 Practice 1 - 5th Qualified - 35th Practice 2 - 12th Final Practice - 6th Logano and the #22 team will also start near...

Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview - Auto Club 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.   Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA Track - 2 Mile D Shaped Oval Superspeedway 14° Banking in the Corners Another exciting race at Phoenix this past weekend saw Ryan Newman grab a late race lead and his first win in awhile. If you haven't already, be sure to check out my Recap Article over at JagerBombs Fantasy Sports Blog. The blog site is going through some updates so some of the videos and links are not showing up. Just so you don't ask why I have gone crazy and forgot to include them. LOL. On to Fontana! This week the NASCAR haulers have taken the 320 drive West to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for the 2017 Auto Club 400 on Sunday afternoon. Auto Club Speedway has a long history in NASCAR and one that dates back to World War II. The site of the speedway was an old steel mill that was used during the second World War to build ships that sent troops overseas. In 1995, Roger Penske started construction of the speedway and in 1997 the racing started at what was then California Speedway. The first ever winner was none other than future Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon who ended winning two of the first three races. For seven years from 2004 to 2010 the track was home to two races in the NASCAR Cup series as it became hard to fill the seats for two separate events. It turned out to be a great move as the fans have continued to show up in bunches every since. As the track surface has gotten older over the years, the racing has continued to get better. A track that was prone to long green flag runs and spread out race cars has now seen a last-lap pass for the win in three of the last four years. Add to it a new lower downforce package and we should be in for another exciting finish this year. Coming into this week there are a handful of drivers who will be looking to get back on track or at least onto the track....