NASCAR DFS: Top NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Value Picks | DraftKings & FanDuel NASCAR Fantasy

The field is set for Sunday’s race at Charlotte with Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch on the front row. Let’s delve into this week’s top Fantasy NASCAR picks and value plays for DraftKings and FanDuel NASCAR DFS lineups for the Coca-Cola 600.

Fantasy NASCAR Picks: Coca-Cola 600 Values

Kyle Busch, 4th ($11,100 DraftKings, $14,000 FanDuel)

There is a slew of dominator options atop the starting grid to anchor a cash team with. The early temptation is to just grab Denny Hamlin, as he starts on the pole, but there is a considerate risk in rostering a driver who’ll be without his regular crew chief, especially since they’ll need to come up with a strategy that will keep him competitive over the span of 600 miles. Thus, pivoting from Hamlin to Kyle Busch is the safer option with the potential for more upside as well. In his past three Coca-Cola 600 events, he’s yet to finish worse than fourth and in this year’s two races at 1.5-mile ovals (Las Vegas and Kansas) he has finishes of fourth and third.

At Texas last weekend, though, a weak corollary, Busch was going to run away with the All-Star Race before cutting down a tire and getting plowed into by Ross Chastain. His Saturday practice speeds were a little on the slower side but late afternoon practice numbers for a race that will be run primarily under the lights shouldn’t concern DFS players too much. Furthermore, Busch got a good refresher in running at Charlotte under the lights in Friday’s Trucks Series event. Although he wasn’t a factor in that Friday night race, the time in that Truck may have been what he needs to win another Coca-Cola 600 as he did in 2018 when he led 377 laps.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 29th ($7,400 DraftKings, $7,000 FanDuel)

Stenhouse becoming a staple cash play still feels weird but the man they call “Spinhouse” has buckled down after a stretch that saw him go eight straight races without a top 20 finish. Now, since his second-place effort at Dover, he’s gone three-straight races with finishes inside the top 10 and Charlotte is lining up to be his fourth potentially. In the 2019 version of this race, Stenhouse ended his evening in fifth and in last year’s Coca-Cola 600, his night ended in 12th. Coming in with momentum, Stenhouse should be a staple of cash teams, but chances are he could get lost in the shuffle as his salary has jumped and bigger names posted slower laps or no lap at all.

Brad Keselowski, 35th ($6,600 DraftKings, $5,500 FanDuel)

Not much ink to spill here but some context to this starting position. Keselowski spun out in turn four of his qualifying effort and posted a lap that was essentially a non-effort with a lap just short of a minute. He now rolls off the grid in 35th adding extra cushion to a driver who was going to be a floor play anyways. Potentially, the only format Keselowski should be deployed in is cash.

Kyle Larson, 36th ($11,300 DraftKings, $14,500 FanDuel)

After posting the fastest single-lap time in the A portion of practice, Larson got squirrely while riding near the fence and scraped his vehicle. The damage doesn’t appear to be bad enough to warrant a backup car, yet the No. 5 squad decided to spend qualifying working on fixing the cosmetic damage instead of running a qualifying lap. This, in turn, means the driver with the highest opening odds to win Sunday evening’s race (BetMGM, +500) will have to march through the field if he wants to make it two consecutive Coca-Cola 600 victories.

At these salaries, Larson is potentially going to need more than just a top-five finish to be optimal in tournaments. However, 400 laps present ample opportunity for Larson to ascend to the front and knock down a slew of fastest laps in the process. Furthermore, in the three corollary races to Charlotte of Auto Club Speedway, Las Vegas, and Kansas, Larson has three top-two finishes with the most average quality passes. Larson is all but a block play in cash games, especially with the value that the driver mentioned below opens up to play him. However, in tournaments, DFS players will have to decide if Larson is just a floor play or hits and exceeds his ceiling by leading laps.


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Corey Lajoie, 37th ($4,900 DraftKings, $3,000 FanDuel)

After wrecking out during practice, the 7 team of Corey Lajoie was forced to go to a backup meaning Lajoie never had a chance to post a qualifying lap. Thus, he rolls off the grid in the 37th position and becomes the value play of choice on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Lajoie was already going to be an interesting tournament option, regardless of where he qualified, thanks to finishes of 12th, 23rd, and 19th in his past three Coca-Cola 600 races. Now, with 15+ place differential potential at a very reasonable price tag, he becomes the punt play of choice in cash and a very hard driver to find pivot options away from in tournaments.

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Phill Bennetzen is the creator of the RaceSheets; all-inclusive stats and data NASCAR DFS spreadsheets for the Trucks, Xfinity, and Cup Series. Phill and the RaceSheets can be found at racesheetsdfs.substack.com

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