1 week agoNoah Gragson qualified 24th at Martinsville. Although he lost positions in both of his first two starts here, he finished better than he qualified in both 2024 races, especially last year's fall race when he drove from 25th to 11th and unexpectedly beat all the other Stewart-Haas Racing cars. However, now he is driving for Front Row Motorsports, which probably is not as fast on short tracks. Gragson and his teammates all qualified pretty close with Zane Smith starting 19th and Todd Gilliland 25th. They'll probably all run rather similarly, but even though Gragson has won here in the Xfinity Series, it seems likely he will run worst of the trio because Smith outqualified and Gilliland has pretty consistently run in the top twenty while the others haven't.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
2 weeks agoNoah Gragson of Front Row Motorsports will start third for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This is Gragson's best starting position of his Cup career at Homestead. In two previous starts at the Miami track, Gragson's best finish is 19th, and he has yet to score a finish with positive Place Differential in the Cup Series at the site. In the Xfinity Series at Homestead, however, Gragson is a previous winner with four top-5 finishes in five starts. In the 2025 Cup season so far, Gragson has one top-10 finish and three finishes with positive PD scored in the first five races. In practice for Sunday's race, Gragson ranked 26th in overall lap averages but displayed top-10 speeds in all other categories. Gragson is best recommended for tournament lineups this week due to his low upside from his starting position, as his practice speeds do indicate that he will likely maintain a top-10 finish.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: DriverAverages.com
3 weeks agoAlthough Noah Gragson crashed out last week at Phoenix when he seemed to be the best underdog DFS choice, the hometown native seems to have a little value at Las Vegas since last year he drove from 30th to sixth on a track type where the Stewart-Haas Racing cars usually struggle. However, even though he finished far ahead of his fellow SHR cars, his average running position of 17th suggests he was very lucky and won't repeat that performance. Additionally, he qualified a lot better this time (21st) for a Front Row Motorsports team generally regarded as worse, although his teammate Zane Smith did qualify in the top 10. Gragson probably isn't one of your best options this time, but at $6,900, he's a relatively cheap option who might be suitable to fill a DFS lineup.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
4 weeks agoNoah Gragson may fade in the background more than any other NASCAR Cup Series driver lately, but his record at Phoenix is really solid as he finished 12th in both events last year and he was actually by far the highest-placed finisher for Stewart-Haas Racing in their final race in last year's finale. Although he qualified only 33rd in his first Phoenix race for Front Row Motorsports, he'll probably have speed because FRM is a Team Penske satellite and Penske has repeatedly gone on all in on Phoenix. Although the TV coverage won't likely pay much attention, expect him to gain a lot of positions in the race. Since he is only valued at $6,800, he's not only a good option for DFS lineups - he's practically a must-have.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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