With the 2022 Super Bowl taking center stage of the sports world this weekend, the NASCAR scene will be taking the weekend off. However, it will get back into the swing of things immediately, as the 2022 Bluegreen Vacation Duels at Daytona will begin on Thursday, Feb. 17. With just about a week until the duels kick off, let’s get into some NASCAR DFS tips that will be of value when we are making our NASCAR DFS picks for DraftKings and FanDuel fantasy racing lineups.
NASCAR DFS Preview: 2022 Bluegreen Vacation Duels
Bluegreen Vacation Duels Information
- Track: Daytona International Speedway
- Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
- Length: 2.5-mile (asphalt)
- Banking: 31 degrees in the turns, 18 degrees in the tri-oval, 2 degrees on the back straightaway
- Race Distance: 60 laps
- Race Sheets
- Dominator Points:Â
- DraftKings: 15 – laps led, 24 – fastest laps
- FanDuel: 6 – laps led
- Past winners: Aric Almirola (Duel 1, 2021), Austin Dillon (Duel 2, 2021)
- Betting favorite: Will not be posted until the Wednesday evening prior to the Duels
- Entry List: All 36 Chartered Teams plus the unchartered vehicles of Greg Biffle (NY Racing), Kaz Grala (Team Money), Jacque Villanueve (Hezemans Racing), JJ Yeley (MBM), Noah Gragson (Beard Racing), and Timmy Hill (MBM).Â
- Weather: High of 74, partly cloudy
- Watch: FOX Sports 1
- Listen: MRN (MRN.com, NASCAR.com, NASCAR Sirius/ XM Channel 90)
On Track Schedule (All Times Eastern)
- Wednesday, Feb. 16
- Single vehicle qualifying, to set the field for the Duels – 8:05 PM
- Thursday, Feb. 17
- Duel 1 – 7:00 PM
- Duel 2 – 8:45 PM (approximately)
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2022 Bluegreen Vacation Duels NASCAR DFS Picks
The original NASCAR Cup Series qualifying heat races, the Duels, have been the standard for setting the field for the Daytona 500 for decades. Single-car qualifying on Wednesday night, the 16th, will set the order for the two Duel races on Thursday evening. While the drivers who run the fastest and second-fastest qualifying times will have their starting orders for the Daytona 500 cemented, the rest of the field will be set by their finishing positions in these Duels.
For the chartered teams, where they finish is mostly a formality. However, for the teams without a charter, out finishing one another is of paramount importance, as these teams will have to fight for the four open spots. Only two open spots will be awarded from each race, meaning one driver from each Duel will be going home and not racing in the Daytona 500.
Expectations are that racing should be fairly clean, at least for Daytona standards, as most of these teams still do not have a full fleet of cars or even replacement parts should a wreck occur that does not completely wipe out a vehicle. However, for these one-off programs like Beard Motorsports, doing whatever it takes to get in the race could be all that matters, as getting in this field could dictate finances for the rest of the season and any future events.
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