The NASCAR Cup Series has the week off, so we’re going to take a look back at the past 16 races from a daily fantasy NASCAR DraftKings perspective. We’ll also briefly look ahead to the latter half of the season and into the playoffs.
It’s been quite the debut for the Next Gen car. We’ve seen four first-time winners, one new course (so far) and quite a bit of parity. Additionally, some drivers that were expected to dominate and win several races don’t have any wins, while four have two each.
As far as DraftKings goes, though, wins don’t always equal great fantasy scores. Here are some drivers who have done surprisingly well, as well as others who missed the mark (as far as DFS purposes).
Pleasant Surprises (and Good Average DraftKings Scores)
Ross Chastain
There was a lot of uncertainty all around this season, but perhaps none surrounding anyone more than Ross Chastain. No one knew quite how well he would adjust to Trackhouse Racing Team, even though he had much of the same team when he was with Chip Ganassi Racing. Chastain broke out in a big way, winning his first career Cup race at Circuit of the Americas and adding a second at Talladega Superspeedway.
It’s no surprise that he has the best average DraftKings score so far of 48.21875. Though Chastain earned his first two wins on a superspeedway and a road course, his strength seems to come at ovals over 1 mile in length. He has the second-best average DraftKings score in that category, 51.0833. What likely boosted his average was the Coca-Cola 600, where he placed 15th and earned 102.95 fantasy points.
It’ll be interesting to see just how far the entire Trackhouse organization can go this season. Chastain should continue to do well on the intermediate racetracks, and could be a wild card on road courses and plate tracks (including Atlanta Motor Speedway).
Chase Elliott
The series points leader didn’t earn his first victory until Dover Motor Speedway, but he was in contention on multiple occasions. Chase Elliott had amassed one top five and seven top 10s before that victory and led 50 laps at Phoenix Raceway. He probably would’ve won at Martinsville Speedway had he gotten out ahead of William Byron on pit road.
Based off of these results, you can see why he has the best average DraftKings score at tracks 1 mile or less in length (not including the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track). Elliott averages 71.425 fantasy points on this track type. His 10th-place result at Martinsville…
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