The NASCAR Cup Series travels from Las Vegas, Nev. to the Sunshine State this weekend. Let’s see who you should consider placing in your daily fantasy NASCAR DraftKings lineups for the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, airing Sunday (Oct. 23) at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Cup drivers take on a 1.5-mile racetrack for the second week in a row, but this ain’t your normal intermediate. Homestead is shaped more like a wide paperclip or something similar, with a long and straight frontstretch and backstretch. Also, at 19 years of age, the track surface is quite a bit older than some of the other tracks of the same length, so tires wear down a bit more there.
Since it’s a high tire wear track, certain drivers will run very close to the wall, which often helps their speeds. So for DraftKings, you’ll want to play drivers who have performed well at other tracks that eat up tires (like Darlington Raceway or Auto Club Speedway).
But don’t forget to check out who was quick at the last few 1.5-milers like Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway. They may be shaped differently, but they’re still relevant for this track.
A couple more stat categories you can examine are Homestead’s track history and the speed results from the test held there recently. Of course, the test didn’t have every driver, as multiple drivers shared the same car, but certain ones did stand out from the rest.
Before I share the drivers I’m playing on DraftKings, here’s what happened last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
| Salary | Driver | DraftKings Score |
| $11,100 | Denny Hamlin | 68.5 |
| $10,100 | Tyler Reddick | 47.75 |
| $8,700 | Bubba Wallace | -11.15 |
| $7,900 | Daniel Suarez | 35.1 |
| $6,200 | Michael McDowell | 20 |
| $5,800 | Justin Haley | 51.95 |
| $49,800 | Total | 212.15 |
This lineup probably would’ve been just fine if Bubba Wallace hadn’t done what he did — hitting the wall and coming back across the track and into Kyle Larson. After all, it was the same car that he won at Kansas Speedway a few weeks ago. Wallace had just won stage one, too. Instead, we have a negative DraftKings score and are on the wrong side of the green in the $3,000 Quarter Jukebox tournament.
The top score in that contest was 377.45 and had Ross Chastain, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Haley.
As far as DraftKings scoring, the rules are as follows: 0.45 points for each fastest lap and 0.25 for each lap led. Additionally, drivers can earn a…
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