Shane Van Gisbergen Will Start 12th In First COTA Cup Start

Shane Van Gisbergen will start 12th in his first Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Sunday's race at COTA will be Van Gisbergen's first of several Cup races scheduled for 2024 as he races full-time in the Xfinity Series. In SVG's two previous Cup Series starts, he scored a win at the Chicago […]

Todd Gilliland Is A Sneaky DFS Play With Upside For COTA

Todd Gilliland will start 26th for this week's EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, his highest starting position to date at the Texas road course. In his previous two Cup starts at COTA, Gilliland has two top-20 finishes, including a finish of tenth in last year's Cup event at the site. The […]

William Byron Is One Of The Top Favorites To Win At COTA

In qualifying for Sunday's EchoPark Texas Grand Prix, William Byron scored the pole position, the 13th of his Cup career, and his second consecutive pole at Circuit of the Americas. Through three previous Cup races at COTA, last year was Byron's best performance at the site, where he led 28 laps from the pole position […]

Christopher Bell Is A Comfortable DFS Play For COTA

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell will start this week's EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas from the fourth position. The starting position is Bell's highest starting position yet at a COTA Cup race and will mark the third time he will start a Cup event there from the Top 10. In […]

Martin Truex Jr. Matches Career-Best Finish At Bristol

Martin Truex Jr. finished the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway as the runner-up for the victory on Sunday. Truex ran in the Top 10 throughout most of the entire race and was a contributing factor to Joe Gibbs Racing's dominance at Bristol this week. The driver of the No. 19 Toyota led 54 […]

Ryan Blaney Fades to 16th at Bristol After Handling Struggles

During the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Ryan Blaney finished in the 16th position after a hard-fought day. Blaney began Sunday's race on the pole, where he would trade the lead with several drivers and lead a total of 14 laps. Blaney ran mostly inside the Top 10 as the race progressed, getting […]

William Byron Is One Of The Top DFS Options For Bristol

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron will start the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway from the eighth position after qualifying. This marks the third consecutive race Byron obtained a top-10 starting position. In nine starts at Bristol, the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet has four top-10 finishes, all of which were scored in […]

Ty Gibbs Starts 19th At Bristol After Damage In Practice

After hitting the wall in practice, Ty Gibbs nabbed a starting position of 19th for this week's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Following two top-10 starting positions in the last two races this year, Gibbs will make his second-lowest starting position of the year at Bristol. In two BMS starts, the driver of […]

Justin Haley Scores A Starting Position Of 32nd For Bristol

Justin Haley will start 32nd for Sunday's race at Bristol, his fourth-consecutive starting position of the year at least 30th or worse. In three starts at BMS in the Cup Series, Haley has two DNFs due to accidents and a best finish of 12th from the September 2022 race while driving for Kaulig Racing. In […]

Denny Hamlin Should Compete For The Win At Bristol

In qualifying for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin scored a starting position of third, marking the second time he will start in the top five this season. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is one of the most successful drivers in the field at BMS with three wins, 17 top-10 finishes, […]

History Indicates Brad Keselowski Being A Favorable Bristol Play

RFK Racing's Brad Keselowski will start the Food City 500 from the 17th position on Sunday, continuing his streak of starts outside of the top 15 since the beginning of the year. Keselowski is one of the top drivers based on Bristol history with three wins, nine top-10 finishes, and the third-most laps led of […]

Joey Logano Should Be Rostered With Caution At Bristol

For Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano will start fourth, which will be the fourth time this season Logano has started a race inside the top five. In 27 starts at Bristol, Logano has two wins, 10 top-10 finishes, and 766 laps led. Except for overall lap averages, Logano displayed speeds […]

Is Tyler Reddick Worth Rostering At Bristol This Week?

Tyler Reddick will start Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol from the 23rd position, his worst starting position of the year so far. In five starts at BMS, the 23XI Racing driver has three top-15 finishes with only one inside the Top 5, which he scored in 2020 while driving for Richard Childress Racing. In […]

Martin Truex Jr. Could Work As A Tournament Play At Bristol

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. obtained a starting position of 11th for the Food City 500 on Sunday. In 33 starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Truex has four top-10 finishes, while he only nabbed one top-10 finish in the past 10 Cup events at the site. Truex ranked 23rd in five, ten, and […]

Michael McDowell Scores Career-Best Phoenix finish of Eighth

Michael McDowell finished eighth in Sunday's race at Phoenix Raceway. Starting from ninth, McDowell quietly remained in the Top 10 for the first stage by placing eighth. McDowell, however, faded back during the second stage to the middle of the pack and nearly went a lap down as a result. During the final stage of […]

Ty Gibbs Continues Hot 2024 Start by placing Third at Phoenix

Ty Gibbs finished third at the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway. During Sunday's race, Gibbs was the early dominator, leading most of the first stage before falling to second behind Tyler Reddick. After falling behind in the second stage, the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver took advantage of a two-tire call on […]

Ross Chastain Collects his third Top 10 finish of the year at Phoenix

In the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Ross Chastain obtained a quality sixth-place finish. After starting 12th, Chastain would run around his starting position and compete for a top-10 finish for most of the day. Despite failing to collect stage points during the race, Chastain would take advantage of pit strategy later to compete […]

Chase Briscoe Recovers with Pit Strategy for Top 10 Phoenix Finish

In Sunday's race at Phoenix, Chase Briscoe finished ninth after starting eighth. The driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford looked solid during the early portion of Sunday's Cup event at the Arizona track and racked up stage points at the end of the first stage. After falling back in the middle portion of […]

Fantasy Players Must Take Notice of Bubba Wallace at Phoenix?

In qualifying for the Shriners Children's 500, Bubba Wallace collected a starting position of 22nd. This marks Wallace's second starting position outside of the Top 20 going into the fourth race of the year. In 12 Phoenix starts, Wallace has six top-20 finishes, including top-15 finishes in both races at the site last year. The […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Will Start the Shriners Children's 500 From 20th

For the Shriners Children's 500, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will start from the 20th position. In 22 Phoenix starts, Stenhouse has 11 top-20 finishes but only placed inside the Top 10 twice. The driver of the No. 47 Chevrolet has been inconsistent recently, with two top-20 finishes in his last eight Cup races at PR. Through […]

Should Fantasy Players Roster Tyler Reddick At Phoenix?

23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick obtained a starting position of sixth after qualifying for Phoenix. In eight starts at the Arizona track, Reddick has two top-5 finishes, both of which were scored in the last two March races. The driver of the No. 45 Toyota also has four finishes with positive Place Differential in his […]

Derek Kraus Will Make his First Phoenix Cup Start on Sunday

Derek Kraus is returning to the No. 16 Chevrolet this week for Phoenix after finishing 28th in his Cup Series debut last week at Las Vegas. As a result of his qualifying run, he will start Sunday's race at PR from 26th position. Most of Kraus' previous NASCAR experience at Phoenix is from the Truck […]

Is William Byron A Favorite to Consider Rostering at Phoenix?

William Byron obtained a starting position of fifth in qualifying for the Shriners Children's 500, his second top-5 start position of the year after starting fourth at Las Vegas. In 12 starts at Phoenix, Byron has seven top-10 finishes, including each of the last three Cup events there, and is the defending race winner in […]

Chase Briscoe is A DFS Risk Despite Strong Phoenix History

Stewart-Haas Racing driver Chase Briscoe will start this week's Cup race at Phoenix Raceway from the eighth position. With his starting position this week, Briscoe continues his streak of top-10 starts, with his third in a row this year going into the fourth race of the year. Historically, Phoenix is one of Briscoe's best tracks. […]

Christopher Bell Will Compete as A Top Favorite at Phoenix

In this week's qualifying session for Phoenix, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell scored a starting position of 13th. This will be Bell's second consecutive race at Phoenix, starting from the 13th position after he failed to finish due to an incident last November. In eight starts at PR, the driver of the No. 20 […]

Martin Truex Jr. Collects His Seventh Consecutive Las Vegas Top 10 Finish

Martin Truex Jr. ends Las Vegas with another solid top-10 finish. After starting seventh, Truex remained in the Top 10 most of the day and finished in the Top 5 at the end of the first two stages. Truex would lead four laps, have a day with no mistakes on pit road, and steadily run […]

Tyler Reddick Falls Short Of Vegas Victory Despite Great Run

During Sunday's race at Las Vegas, Tyler Reddick arguably had the fastest car in the field but fell just short of victory. Despite starting 18th, Reddick would make his way through the field methodically multiple times in the race towards the front but failed to pass Kyle Larson several times for the lead and, eventually, […]

Roster Chase Briscoe With Caution At Las Vegas On Sunday

During qualifying for Las Vegas, Chase Briscoe scored a starting position of sixth for Sunday's race. Briscoe has one top-10 finish and gained positive place differential three times in six Cup starts at Las Vegas. After finishing 10th in the Daytona 500 and wrecking last week at Atlanta, Briscoe is showing solid speed through pre-race […]

Daniel Hemric Is A Favorable Driver To Round Out Las Vegas Lineups

Kaulig Racing driver Daniel Hemric will start this week's Pennzoil 400 from the 34th starting position. In three Cup Series starts at Las Vegas, Hemric has three top-25 finishes, with his best finish being 17th in September 2019. In practice, Hemric's single-lap time ranked 20th of all drivers, while his overall lap average ranked 18th. […]

Ryan Preece Will Race Las Vegas In A Backup Car

Ryan Preece spun and crashed during practice three laps into his first run. As a result, Preece will start 36th, his lowest starting position of the year so far, with a backup car. In eight Las Vegas starts in the Cup Series, Preece placed in the Top 20 twice, gaining positive place differential four times. […]