NASCAR Draftkings Daytona 500 2/17/19
NASCAR is back!, and like every beginning, to a NASCAR season, the series starts with the “Great American Race”, the Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 is one of the toughest races of the year for DFS players as so much can happen during the race as you watch anxiously waiting for the “big one”. Let’s look and try to find the values in each pricing group to make an optimal NASCAR DFS lineup.
$10,000 and up
Denny Hamlin – $10,000
$9000-$9999
Kyle Busch – $9,600
This will be one of Busch’s lowest price points of the NASCAR season due to his lack of success at Super Speedways, however, he has shown speed throughout the week being one of the fastest cars in the third timed practice and starting in the 31st spot he is bound to make up positions in the race and can be a points machine if he can avoid trouble.
Aric Almirola – $9,200
Aric Almirola is one of the better Super Speedway racers in the field and has had 4 straight top 15 finishes in the Daytona 500 and really caught fire at the end of last season as one of the fastest drivers in the field. The move to Stewart-Haas Racing last year is the biggest part of that newly found success, he has had a fast car all weekend and needs to be considered a real contender for the win this Sunday.
Ryan Blaney – $9,000
$8,000-$8,999
Martin Truex Jr – $8,800
Others I like – Erik Jones 8,200
$7,000-$7,999
Paul Menard -$7,400
Others I like – Kyle Larson $7,800 Ryan Newman $7,000
$6,999 and below
Chris Buescher – $6,300
Chris Buescher is another great value as in both races at Daytona last season he brought home the fifth position both times and in the last three Daytona races, he has an average finish of 6.33. If Buescher can keep up his impressive Daytona finishes he should easily produce good numbers for a driver under $6,999.
Michael McDowell – $5,900
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