Daily fantasy nascar dfs driver rankings for fanduel and draftkings for the toyota owners 400 at richmond raceway. Our database contains nascar driver averages at nascar tracks and track types. Last race was the inaugural draftkings contest for nascar iracing and our driver picks crushed it. Nascar cup series results richmond raceway click on the race to see the complete results for that race. Ty dillon ty dillon has proven to be a midpack enascar driver. Plus, if you choose to subscribe you can discuss this article with the author and the rest of the rotowire community. Nemechek is a driver who has turned heads both as a rookie cup series contender p11 in his first daytona 500 in february. The following are our driver projections for the 2020 season. Mrns pete pistone unveils this weeks power rankings following the toyota owners 400 at richmond raceway. This must be an aspect of nascars new rules are rules initiative. Our nascar driver rankings have the top 35 drivers, each with a commentary on their 2017 outlook including impacts from crew changes and team changes no matter what fantasy auto racing game you play, we can help you pick drivers during the season. We are working hard to bring you all the info youll need for your fantasy nascar league. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors.
To predict how many draftkings points each driver will score tonight, i plugged my final driver rankings for tonights race into my projection model, and the starting lineup. Aug 05, 2015 2015 nascar sprint cup driver rankings. Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to nascar stock cars fulltime, which later became an industry trend. Start time in the lobby can be moved due to event qualifier. Allmendinger qualified for the chase for the sprint cup last season by winning at watkins glen. But a pit road speeding penalty negated busch leading over 100 laps and he did his best to drive back to an eighthplace finish. Of the eight drivers who have competed in only one race thus far, only one competed in the race at virtual richmond raceway. Click on a driver to view a summary of that teams ratings and statistics. Early season rankings earlier than week 8 may fluctuate significantly from week to week until an adequate number of races have been completed. Again, im not overly enthusiastic about the majority of these either, but one headtohead driver matchup pops as arguably the best overall bet for todays nascar iracing event at richmond. Our expert stable of nascar writers, both on staff and from other major publications, will vote for the top 10 on a 10987 321 basis, giving 10 points to their firstplace driver, nine for.
In this article, we analyzed and ranked each of the sports 33. Et on fox, fs1 andor the fox sports app to determine which drivers could be undervalued please note that quin houff, dale earnhardt jr. Kyle busch, who opened at 41, is the vegas favorite at 31. The iracing pro invitational returns this week after the weekend off for easter. Kyle busch has six career wins at richmond raceway and 17 top 5s to go with those victories. View loop data statistics at this track for jeff gordon. Especially considering the crazy wreck fest that it ended up being. Ive used my lineup optimizer to compile my top 30 draftkings nascar driver lineups for todays richmond i race. Jimmie johnson jimmie johnson should come home with a respectable result at richmond. With his cup seriesleading third win sunday at bristol, its not surprising that kyle busch was a unanimous pick to remain no.
The major news coming off the easter weekend was the word that rolled off kyle larsons tongue. Nascar cup series rankings are updated on mondays throughout regular and post season. At richmond, i think theres a good chance dillon will once again finish around that range. Kyle busch early on it looked like busch was going to continue his richmond mastery with a third straight win. This article is part of our nascar draft kit series. Nascars loop data also shows him in fifth with a 105. Click on the race number to see the results of that race. Apr, 2019 nascars loop data also shows him in fifth with a 105. Then, to calculate each drivers pricepoint, i simply divided each drivers price by their predicted points. Our nascar driver rankings have the top 35 drivers, each with a commentary on their 2017 outlook including impacts from crew changes. Follow your favorite team and driver s progress with daily updates. With this in mind, i compared draftkings sportsbooks nascar iracing betting odds to driver salaries for sundays toyota owners 150 at richmond 1 p. Sep 21, 2019 results, points after 2nd race of cup playoffs at richmond.
Ive posted my final richmond ii driver rankings, which improve upon the below early rankings. Here are my early driver rankings for this weeks nascar cup race at richmond. Browse through 2019 nascar cup results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. On the other hand, sportsbooks are offering props and driver matchups for the toyota owners 150 1 p. Sep 16, 2015 nascar 2015 nascar sprint cup driver rankings. Timothy lee richmond june 7, 1955 august, 1989 was an american race car driver from ashland, ohio.
Nemechek is a driver who has turned heads both as a rookie cup series contender p11 in his first daytona 500 in february and in the pro invitational series, where he has finished in. This website uses cookies and similar technologies. The 2017 nascar sprint cup will kick off with the clash on february 18th at the daytona international speedway in florida. Richmond raceway driver ratings monster energy cup series. Blaney came home 17th at richmond and is 10th in the playoff standings. Two big questions heading into raptorswarriors game 2. Here are my draftkings driver points and pricepoint predictions for tonights richmond ii race. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. Richmond raceway driver ratings monster energy cup. Austin dillon austin dillon just isnt a good enascar driver. Wins, finishes, top15 finishes, average running position while on lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, led most laps and leadlap finish.
Jan 03, 2020 this article is part of our nascar draft kit series. Laps led by driver in 2020 nascar cup series season. Driver power rankings after 2018 toyota owners 400 at richmond by asher fair indycar. Et saturday with the toyota owners 400 at richmond raceway. The monster energy nascar cup series will travel to richmond raceway for a saturday night short track race. Toyota owners 400 at richmond raceway nascar picks and best.
Dale picked william byron, who won the race and was by far the highestscoring driver on draftkings at 83. Below are our preseason rankings broken down by the yahoo class system. The loop data for the past 15 cup races excluding daytona, talladega, sonoma and watkins glen. Driver jeff gordons nascar cup series results at richmond. Hell likely be ready to go to victory lane for the fifth time this year and the first time in the. Richmond raceway driver averages for the past 10 monster energy nascar cup series races. Apr 19, 2020 on the other hand, sportsbooks are offering props and driver matchups for the toyota owners 150 1 p. Sep 23, 2019 this must be an aspect of nascars new rules are rules initiative. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for jeff gordon. The rankings below are based on a mixture of expected output and draftkings nascar salaries for that day.
Nascar monster energy nascar cup power rankings 2018. Richmond raceway driver ratings monster energy cup series mrn. Byron started ninth and finished 12th in this race last year, and has qualified on the front row for three of this seasons eight races. Driver averages at richmond in recent races since feb 2018 martin truex jr. Browse through 2020 nascar cup results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. Early week driver rankings for richmond fantasy racing tips. The 33yearold driver is a 21 favorite to win the toyota owners 400, which are the best odds any driver has had to win a race yet this season. Fantasy nascar driver rankings for 2016 rotoexperts. Nascar news and rumors nascar tracks nascar race results finishes by track type. He won the 1980 indianapolis 500 rookie of the year award and had. Follow your favorite team and drivers progress with daily updates. Rankings below are based on a mixture of expected output and draftkings nascar salaries for that day. Dillon joins this weeks power rankings for one reason. In a 24hour period, larson was suspended by nascar, iracing and chip ganassi racing itself.
For nascar dfs statistical analysis on every driver in the field, check out this weeks race sheets. We reserve some of our best content for our paid subscribers. To compile them, first i plugged my final driver rankings for the race and the starting lineup into my driver points projection model to project how many draftkings points each driver will score at richmond i. Results, points after 2nd race of cup playoffs at richmond. Right after the year 2019 began, we published our waytooearly driver power rankings for the 2019 nascar cup series season. The richmond pole has been swept by a driver twice in the past three years. Drivers in bold have won a race in the 2020 season. Sean engel is a fivetime dfs tournament winner and 15 year dfs nascar veteran.
We also have a statistics and history of nascar car numbers. Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. Nascar standings including driver point standings and earnings, owners standings, and manufacturers standings for sprint cup, nationwide, and truck series. He competed in indycar racing before transferring to nascars winston cup series. Toyota owners 400 at richmond raceway nascar picks and.
Richmond raceway driver averages monster energy cup series. Then i ran those points projections through a knapsackproblem. Hes run very well here recently and has 7 straight top 11 results. We have average finishes in recent races and average finishes for all active nascar drivers at richmond. The ordering is not based on the highest projected fantasy totals, but rather by value of each driver.