Smartly, we permit you to down final week with two choices in our DraftKings lineup getting swept up in crashes on the Daytona 500 and just one completing within the height 10 (thank you Bubba Wallace!).
However good day, superspeedway racing isn’t a ensure. And we would love to inform you issues get extra predictable this week however…
Sadly they would possibly not. Atlanta Motor Speedway has develop into the de facto 3rd superspeedway since its repave and whilst the racing is likely one of the very best within the game, it is develop into one of the vital tricky tracks to handicap. That does not imply we would possibly not take a look at!
And there are some traits and quite a few darkish horses to love right here.
A snappy refresher: Issues are amassed by means of completing place in addition to the differential between the place a driving force begins and the place he finishes. Each and every spot ahead equals issues, each and every place backward ends up in a lack of issues. Additionally, quickest laps (0.45 issues) and laps led (0.25 issues) assist as neatly.
We commence with a $50,000 funds and get to select six drivers. Simple sufficient, proper?
Proper. So, let’s take a shot at redemption this week, we could?
Ryan Blaney ($10,200)
Blaney has the most productive profession moderate end at Atlanta (11.4), has 5 top-10 finishes in his final six begins there and hasn’t began worse than 6th in a Gen-7 automobile. Whilst that would possibly not assist a lot in the case of place differential, will have to that development dangle up, he will have to be close to the entrance and main laps. And, he wishes a excellent one after a coarse week in Daytona.
Brad Keselowski ($9,300)
Every other Daytona 500, every other heartbreak for Unhealthy Brad, who simply can not break out rotten good fortune on the International Heart of Racing. However once more, he confirmed quite a few superspeedway velocity and prowess, making an attempt a go for the lead with 8 laps to head ahead of all of it went incorrect. He completed 2d on this tournament final yr and was once 6th within the rain-shortened summer time race.
Ross Chastain ($8,600)
Talking of being there close to the tip, Ross had a possibility for a home-turf win ahead of being taken out in a crash on the start-finish line with the sector taking the white flag. Whilst his effects at Atlanta were not terrific in 2023 (thirteenth and thirty fifth), he completed 2d in each races in 2022 within the Gen-7 automobile. If Daytona was once any indication, he will be an element Sunday.
Erik Jones ($8,000)
A quiet top-10 for Jones at Daytona and now we head to what has sneakily been one among his very best tracks. In 4 races within the Gen-7, Jones’ finishes at Atlanta are: 14th, fourth, 8th, eleventh. And his moderate end of 14.2 during the last six races here’s 6th very best amongst drivers within the box, proper in between Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano. He is tricky to overcome for the cost tag.
Austin Cindric ($7,000)
Cindric went skidding around the Daytona grass with Chastain however was once even nearer to the entrance, operating 2d with two laps to head. The 2022 Daytona 500 champ was once robust all day Sunday, scoring 9 issues in Degree 2 as neatly. He isn’t been overly impressive right here, however his final 3 finishes at Atlanta had been 3rd, eleventh and twelfth and on this value vary, you might want to do so much worse.
Corey LaJoie ($6,800)
It is not regularly that we construct a lineup across the most cost-effective driving force, however LaJoie is a must-start in any fable lineup this week. He matched his career-best end Sunday with a fourth within the Daytona 500, and he has back-to-back top-five finishes on this tournament. With the sources Spire Motorsports helps to keep pushing into its three-team Cup program, you won’t have the ability to get LaJoie at this value for for much longer. Profit from it now.
NASCAR Atlanta odds
(Odds are in step with Onerous Rock Guess)
- +1000: Joey Logano
- +1100: Denny Hamlin
- +1200: Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell
- +1300: Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell
- +1400: Kyle Larson
- +1500: Kyle Busch
- +1750: Martin Truex Jr.
- +2000: Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick
- +2250: Bubba Wallace
- +2500: Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher, Erik Jones, Austin Cindric
- +3000: Ty Gibbs, Daniel Suarez
- +4000: Michael McDowell, Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Corey LaJoie
- +6000: Carson Hocevar, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, Noah Gragson, Chase Briscoe
- +7500: Zane Smith, Josh Berry
- +10000: Daniel Hemric, Todd Gilliland, Justin Haley, Harrison Burton
- +15000: Kaz Grala
NASCAR TV time table this weekend
Friday, February 23
- 3:05 p.m.: Craftsman Truck Sequence qualifying (FS1)
- 4:35.: Xfinity Sequence qualifying (FS1)
Saturday, February 24
- 11:35 a.m.: Cup Sequence qualifying (FS1)
- 2 p.m.: Craftsman Truck Sequence, FR8 208 (FS1)
- 5: Xfinity Sequence, Raptor King of Difficult 250 (FS1)
Sunday, February 25
- 3 p.m.: Cup Sequence, Ambetter Well being 400 (Fox)