Daily Fantasy NASCAR Race Preview & Picks for DraftKings - FireKeepers Casino 400 Chris Durell will be bringing you his weekly race breakdown, top trends, and pre-qualifying targets to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. You can also grab a copy of his free DFS NASCAR Cheatsheet that includes a ton of stats and a customizable model. 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. FireKeepers Casino 400 Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI Track - 2 Mile D-Shaped Oval 18° of Banking This week the Monster Energy Cup Series heads to Michigan International Speedway for the FireKeepers Casino 400 on Sunday afternoon. While last week was a tough race for passing with the new package, that is not expected to be the case at Michigan which has more banking and should lead to more drafting, big runs, passing, and lead changes. That is great news for Michigan fans as this track has provided one of the highest correlations between starting and finishing position in the sport. For fantasy, we have seen a driver lead 100 or more laps just twice in the last five races and expect that trend to continue with the new rules package that should lead to a lot of lead changes. We will have to confirm in the two Friday practices but I also think stacking teammates is fully in play here again this week with the drafting I think we see. Last Six Winners at Michigan Kevin Harvick(started 3rd, led 108 laps) Clint Bowyer(started 12th, led 8 laps) Kyle Larson(started 9th, led 2 laps) Kyle Larson(started 1st, led 96 laps) Kyle Larson(started 12th, led 41 laps) Joey Logano(started 1st, led 138 laps) Weekend Schedule Practice #1 - Friday @ 2:05 pm ET Practice #2 - Friday @ 4:05 pm ET Inspection - Saturday Pre-Qualifying Qualifying - Saturday @ 12:05 pm ET Race - Sunday @ 2:00 pm ET Track History at Michigan  If it's consistency you are after, look no further than Chase Elliott who returns to Michigan with a Top 10 finish in all six career races which includes three runner-up finishes. The only knock here is that he has not led a lap over the last four races here and is averaging just 43.4 DraftKings points per race(7th best) but on FanDuel he is averaging 55.3 points per race, second to only Kevin Harvick. Kyle Busch returns to Michigan with...

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...