Christopher Bell Sets Up Well For Phoenix

Christopher Bell has undeniably had some awful luck the first month of this 2022 NASCAR season. However, he qualified fourth for Sunday's Ruoff Mortgage 500. Bell has a knack for performing pretty well on this type of track. He wound up literally a thousandth of a second behind William Byron for third-fastest car on Saturday. […]

William Byron Leads Hendrick Cars In Qualifying

William Byron narrowly missed out on the front row by qualifying third for the Ruoff Mortgage 500. Byron turned in a lap of 27.216 seconds. Byron's car was fastest in a couple of the sectors but seemed to back off a bit around Turn 4. That was just enough of a difference. The No. 24 […]

Denny Hamlin Shows Something In Qualifying At Phoenix

Maybe Denny Hamlin took what happened last week personally. Maybe Hamlin was dogging it a bit in the practice session. Whatever it was, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver looked great in qualifying. He ended up second and will start on the front row Sunday next to Ryan Blaney. Hamlin's 27.2 second lap came up just […]

Ryan Blaney Snags Pole At Phoenix

Ryan Blaney sped his way to the pole position for Sunday's race at the Phoenix Raceway. Blaney thought he was a little slow in Turn 4 but had enough cushion. He supplanted Denny Hamlin by a whisker. His 132.709 mph lap cemented what most saw in the practice session where Team Penske ruled the roost […]

Aaron Wise Must Find His Putter This Week

Aaron Wise just misses three or four putts when he has no reason to. It was what kept him out of the top 10 last Sunday at The Arnold Palmer Invitational. Several missed key putts on the back nine led to a double-bogey on 18 that pushed him back to a tie for 17th. It […]

Chris Kirk Carries Value Once More This Week At Sawgrass

This has been a nice three-week stretch for Chris Kirk. After missing the cut in three out of four tournaments, Kirk has a 14th, 7th, and then a fifth last week at The Arnold Palmer. That is some heady stuff from the American golfer. Considering his metrics are pretty good, his averages are not always […]

Keegan Bradley Has Game For The Players Championship

The one thing that holds Keegan Bradley back typically is putting. Everything about his game plays well to Sawgrass. He nearly finished in the top-ten at The Arnold Palmer last week. He just needed to make a few more putts as Bradley could not get one round under 70. Again, this week the American golfer […]

Cameron Tringale Looking For Big Week At Sawgrass

Cameron Tringale is another one of those golfers that just cannot put two consecutive weeks together. He looks like a top-10 or top-20 player one week then cannot make a cut the next. This pattern has repeated for eight tournaments and goes back to October of last year. The good is when he makes the […]

Mackenzie Hughes Has Some DFS Value At Sawgrass

Mackenzie Hughes has yo-yo'ed his way around the golf courses over the past month. One week he misses putts and the cut. The next week he improves. That has been the pattern so far in 2022. One thing that has been better in most of his rounds is ironically the putting. He has gained 0.736 […]

Erik van Rooyen Could Struggle Again At Sawgrass

Everything that could go wrong for Erik van Rooyen did last week at the Arnold Palmer. The 73 in Round 1 was bad enough. The 79 was an unmitigated disaster that left the South African lost for words. The double bogey on the 15th was a real dagger. Erik van Rooyen hit too many errant […]

Patrick Reed Still Flailing Heading Into The Players Championship

Those that were hoping for some kind of better result for Patrick Reed last week were sorely disappointed. Reed missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer after a 72-76 opening two days. The last six weeks have seen the American golfer miss a cut in three straight tournaments. Ever since that weekend at the Farmer's […]

Collin Morikawa Has Game To Win At Sawgrass

Collin Morikawa has not quite struggled like Jon Rahm has early in the season. Morikawa has some impressive results so far in 2022. That includes a top-five at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions and a tied for second at The Genesis Invitational. His final round 65 last month almost netted him a victory. Morikawa's metrics […]

William Byron Posts Another Top-Five Result For Hendricks

William Byron was consistently up front throughout most of the race on Sunday at Las Vegas. Though Byron only led eight laps in all, he finished in second after the opening stage. Then the No. 24 car followed up with a fourth place result. Byron ultimately wound up fifth after rallying back. Four of the […]

Kyle Busch Finds Way Up To Fourth Place At Las Vegas

Kyle Busch started from the rear of the field on Sunday after his crash on Saturday. It turns out the No. 18 car had a rough Sunday afternoon as well. Despite all that, Busch found ways to rally every time. The younger Busch even managed to lead 49 laps out of the 274. He moved […]

Ross Chastain Falls Back In Overtime, Still Finishes Third

Ross Chastain led the most laps out of any driver on Sunday at Vegas. Chastain led 83 laps in all. Also, the Trackhouse Racing driver won Stage 2 convincingly. He started 18th on Sunday afternoon but wow was he downright fast at times. It seemed that Chastain had the car with his No. 1 Chevy. […]

Kyle Larson Finishes Second On Sunday In Vegas

Kyle Larson tried to play possum late in the race on Sunday and then strike. That strategy got thrown out the window when he was assessed a speeding penalty during his next-to-last pit stop. The No. 5 car rallied hard, but it was too late. He came up just short this time around -- a […]

Alex Bowman Wins At Vegas

Alex Bowman had one fast race car, especially early on. He easily won Stage 1 and then kind of just vanished for a good bit. The No. 48 car managed to lurk and lurk, and lurk. He struck at the right time as the Hendricks Motorsports Racing Driver led 16 laps in all on Sunday. […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 3/6 - PrizePicks

Hello once again everyone!  We head to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400 this week and the third 2022 edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you […]

Aric Almirola Might Have Tougher Time At Vegas Sunday

Aric Almirola is in his last season of full-time racing. One would never know it after fifth and sixth place results. Even Fontana was a bit lucky and so was Daytona. Almirola and the Stewart-Haas Ford were in position to possibly win but just could not get there. This week is a bit different. Almirola […]

Kevin Harvick's Past Success Could Help Him At Vegas

Kevin Harvick starts all the way down in 25th on Sunday. That is not necessarily a bad thing for the No. 4 Ford. Losing his crew chief might be less than optimal, though. Harvick has led 14.2% of the laps in the previous six races on the Vegas track. Furthermore, that has resulted in five […]

Kyle Busch Starts From Rear For Sunday Race

Kyle Busch knew it was not good on Turn 3 Saturday. It was too late to save the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car. Busch slammed into the wall after his left-rear tire gave way. As a result, the backup car was brought out. With that, it was too the rear he goes. The younger […]

Bubba Wallace Could Struggle At Vegas

Bubba Wallace and the 23XI Racing car struggled at Vegas last year. Other than the 2020 early race where he finished sixth, the No. 23 car has been outside the top-15 every other time. That is not a good sign heading into Sunday's race with the Next-Gen cars. While Wallace has shown improvement over last […]

Daniel Hemric Gains Intrigue For Pennzoil 400

Daniel Hemric showed a little something last week with his ninth-place result at Fontana. He was able to keep his wits about him and stay in the top 10 during the most crucial part of the race. The younger NASCAR drivers are making their presence felt. Hemric last raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in […]

Brad Keselowski Starts 15th On Sunday From Vegas

Brad Keselowski arguably ended a couple more drivers' races last week. Keselowski races aggressively and that will not change. He has a peculiar consistency on the 1.5-mile Vegas track. His average finish is an active best at 5.67. Despite that, he leads just 3.1% of the laps and has not won in his previous six […]

William Byron Could Carry Speed At Vegas Sunday

William Byron was turning in some fast laps during the Saturday practice session. That being said, the Hendricks car will start outside of Row 7 from Las Vegas. Byron was one of six cars that turned in a sub-30 second qualifying lap. Now, how does this work when it comes into longer runs? The Next-Gen […]

Alex Bowman A Bit Of A Mystery At Pennzoil 400

Alex Bowman and the Hendricks Motorsports Racing team looked great in the first practice session on Saturday but qualifying was not quite so kind. As a result, he begins 13th on Sunday from Las Vegas. Bowman was mired in car issues last year and finished two laps down (27th) both times. The idea is does […]

Martin Truex Jr.'s Consistency On Display At Vegas

Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing car have enjoyed some solid numbers at the speedway. This week, he begins 12th on the 1.5-mile tri-oval. It does not seem like he is the fastest during these longer final stages but he is fast enough. The 107 laps this week will be a […]

Ryan Blaney Another Penske Driver To Watch At Vegas

Ryan Blaney has shown some solid consistency at Las Vegas. In his past six races, he has four top-ten results and an average finish of 9.17. He has had a few issues which has kept him from finishing even better. Blaney and the Team Penske Ford had consecutive fifth-place results in 2021. While he only […]

Austin Dillon Shows More Potential At Vegas

Austin Dillon nearly rewarded those who rostered him with a win last week at Fontana. He finished second just a hair behind Kyle Larson. Dillon was around a quarter of a second back when all was said and done. His car was several mph faster in certain sectors. The No. 3 Chevy can be a […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Begins Ninth On Sunday From Vegas

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and JTG Daugherty Racing have a nice opportunity on Sunday. They begin the Vegas race from the ninth position. Stenhouse Jr. was in it to win it late at Daytona. He then netted a top-ten at Fontana against plenty of odds. Stenhouse Jr. does have a couple of top-ten finishes in the […]