They say everything is bigger in Texas and last weekend that held true.
Not only did Chase Elliott collect a huge win that snapped a long winless streak, but I collected my biggest payday of the year by taking him as the top-finishing Chevrolet driver. I hope you won your groups and collected a payday too, dear reader.
This weekend though, is a whole different beast, one that is far bigger than Texas.
The NASCAR Cup Series returns to the fast, wide, and treacherous high banks of Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. This place is the largest oval in the sport, weighing in at 2.66 miles in length. Just like at her sister track of Daytona International Speedway, Talladega provides intense pack racing in which the draft rules the day. Unlike Daytona, however, the start/finish line is not in the tri-oval, but the frontstretch. This has provided some crazy finishes over the years.
Some of NASCAR’s most memorable moments have happened on the storied grounds of this track, such as Bill Elliott‘s record qualifying time, Dale Earnhardt‘s final win, and Carl Edwards’ insane pirouette into the catch fence off Brad Keselowski‘s front bumper.
The key to winning this race is much easier said than done: survive. The pack racing mentioned above can summon the fabled crash known as The Big One in which most of the field can find itself. If you can survive it, and make the right moves in the pack, you stand a good chance of competing for the win.
Varying strategies have proven to work here, such as staying up at the front of the pack or riding around toward the back. The one place you don’t want to find yourself is mid-pack, possibly going three, four or even five-wide around this place.
Coverage begins on Sunday (April 21) at 3 p.m. ET on FOX.
Trying to pick a team to win here is very tricky, and you can save some salary by picking dark horses to run well here. Before we get into that, though, here’s a quick rules rundown:
Points will be awarded on DraftKings for finishing position, position differential, fastest laps and laps led. The driver who wins the race scores 45 fantasy points, while second gets 42 points, third gets 41 points and so on, at least through the top 10. The 11th-place finisher scores 32 points, 21st gets 21 points and 31st gets 10 points.
However many spots they lose or gain on the track is added to or subtracted from the score. Then, if the driver leads a lap, they will earn 0.25 points for each…
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