NASCAR DFS Tiered Rankings: Echopark Texas Grand Prix

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Welcome to RotoBaller's Tiered Rankings for the fourteenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Echopark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. For those that are viewing these rankings for the first time, here is how the sheet works.

There are two sets of DFS tiered rankings featured below, with one set of rankings focused on DraftKings DFS contests while the other is focused on FanDuel. Every driver that will officially be starting in this week's race will be listed in a particular tier based on their salary for each site. The tiers feature drivers that have similar price ranges and are ranked based on their final outlook, which is determined by a combination of a driver's expected performance for this week's race as well as their salary.

These ranks will help you make tough lineup calls, telling you which drivers must be started over others in each tier. DFS players from any skill level can use these rankings in order to create a lineup that will cash out.

Circuit of the Americas is a brand new track to NASCAR making its debut this week. Although the Cup Series raced on other various road courses, the layout for COTA is a bit different overall. There is no past data to base these projections from other than races on other road courses such as the Daytona Road Course, which the Cup Series ran earlier this season. Despite the unknowns of COTA, there are drivers that have plenty of road course experience outside of NASCAR that will play a factor as well as those that participated in a tire test earlier in 2021 at COTA and those participating in the Xfinity Series race. Because of ongoing pre-race events through the weekend, these rankings will be updated based on qualifying and practice results so check back before locking lineups on Sunday. Good luck RotoBallers!

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Normally, you can expect these rankings to be published on Thursdays or Fridays for every week that there is a Cup Series race, depending on the schedule of pre-race events. These rankings will also be updated as pre-race events progress throughout the week when applicable and also will include an analysis of each tier of drivers at the conclusion of all pre-race events.

* = This driver will be starting from the rear in this week's race