After another fantastic race at Kansas Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs rolls into “Sweet Home Alabama” this weekend.
Talladega Superspeedway has definitely been circled by the 12 remaining drivers eligible to win a championship for a while. This place has been known to wreak absolute havoc in determining who advances to the next round and who doesn’t for many, many years.
Teams who weren’t fortunate enough to advance out of the Round of 16, and those who were never there to begin with also have had this race circled, though for a different reason entirely:
Anybody can win at Talladega.
Keep that in mind when assembling your lineups for this week, for sure. Looking back, the last race at the drafting track of Daytona very much had a surprise winner. This week could be no different.
Now, there’s no fantasy or betting recap for last week’s event at Kansas, but I’ll elaborate on that more later. Instead, here’s a quick rules breakdown as always.
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 drivers 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. Ryan Blaney ($10,000)
Once again, we find ourselves in the defending champion’s playground.
Blaney has quickly become one of the most prolific drivers to ever compete at Talladega, compiling some unbelievable statistics.
He has three career wins (including this very race last season), as well as a career average finish at Talladega of 14.8. That’s pretty impressive for such an unpredictable track. Blaney didn’t perform very well here in the spring, but he most often runs better in the fall anyway.
All my numbers are showing No. 12 is the man to beat this weekend.
2. Chase Elliott ($9,500)
Driver No. 9 escaped Kansas last weekend above the cutline after an abysmal practice session that saw his engine expire. After finishing ninth, he also has momentum rolling his way at one of his best tracks.
Elliott’s two…
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