The window to make the playoffs continues to narrow in the NASCAR Cup Series — and as it does, so too do your wallets if you’ve been betting all season.
However, you do not want to miss this week. The series returns to the historic high banks of Daytona International Speedway, which provides one last realistic chance for a Cinderella to win and get in before the regular season ends at Darlington Raceway next week.
Desperation will be high, which means you have to choose your lineups and bets wisely. But don’t count anyone out. You could truly hit it big both fantasy and betting wise if you pick a dark horse and they pull it off.
Let’s take a look at how last week at Michigan International Speedway turned out for me before we get into this one.
Not a bad week by any means, but certainly have had better. I’m excited for Daytona; it’s been pretty good to me in the past, and hopefully it will be for you, too.
Here’s a quick rules breakdown:
Drivers will be awarded points based on their 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 are added to or subtracted from their score. Then, if the driver leads a lap, they will earn 0.25 points for each lap led and 0.45 points for each fastest lap.
DraftKings NASCAR Scoring Rules
Fantasy Forecast
1. Chase Elliott ($9,600)
Elliott looked to have the best car in the field at certain points last week in Michigan but somehow found himself finishing way back in 15th.
I saw an interesting take on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week about how this season for Elliott is comparable to Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2009 season. I believe the take was that somehow he always finishes in like 14th just like Earnhardt did in ’09.
In the spirit of that take and the Pied Piper, as Earnhardt was known as on superspeedways throughout his career, I’m picking the No. 9 first this week.
He’s only won a Gatorade Duel there in his Cup career but has a NASCAR Xfinity Series victory and very nearly won the race a year ago. Elliott also has a chance to lock up his second regular-season championship. His salary is decent and leaves you room to shore up the middle part…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at …