Michael McDowell Matches Worst Qualifying Run Of 2024 At His Home Track

Although he finished the 2024 season as the NASCAR Cup Series pole leader, Michael McDowell's qualifying run in his last race for Front Row Motorsports was quite the opposite as his 35th-place qualifying run matches his worst of the season from the spring Martinsville race. The poor qualifying run is rather puzzling, as McDowell's last […]

Jimmie Johnson Faster Than Usual In Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson is arguably the second-greatest Phoenix driver of all time behind only Kevin Harvick, but all four of his wins came at the height of his championship power run in 2007-2009 and he has not raced there since the 2020 season finale, his last race as a full-time driver where he did manage his […]

Daniel Hemric May Overachieve At Phoenix To Help Land 2025 Offer

Daniel Hemric delivered his all-time career highlight when he won the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship at Phoenix and scored his only national series win in so doing, but in the NASCAR Cup Series, he hasn't been so hot. Although he has earned two top twenty finishes, he has never finished better than 17th for […]

Justin Haley Earns Best Starting Position At Phoenix

Justin Haley qualified 13th for Sunday's race at Phoenix, beating both of his Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Zane Smith. Although Haley has finished all seven of his previous races at Phoenix, he has only finished better than 24th once, when he finished 17th in the March 2022 event. It is possible that his […]

Noah Gragson Closes Out Stewart-Haas Racing Career With Average Qualifying Run

Noah Gragson qualified 21st for Stewart-Haas Racing's last ever race at Phoenix on Sunday. He was actually pretty fast there in the spring event as he started seventh, finished 12th, matched his best average running position of the season, and had his fifth-best driver rating. Nonetheless, it seems like he's gone through the motions somewhat […]

Todd Gilliland Lacks Speed This Weekend

Todd Gilliland qualified a lackluster 32nd in a race where his outgoing Front Row Motorsports teammate Michael McDowell qualified an even worse 35th. Gilliland had speed in the March event at Phoenix, where he led the only 14 laps for a non-Toyota driver after long-pitting, although he faded to 17th at the end. Besides that […]

Austin Dillon Sometimes Fast On Short Tracks, But Not At Phoenix

Austin Dillon's only good runs seem to happen at shorter ovals these days, such as his sixth-place finish at Gateway, his win at Richmond, and last week's seventh-place finish at Martinsville, although he was stripped of 50 points in that race for following Chevrolet's manufacturer orders to stay behind William Byron to help him advance […]

Phoenix Is Kyle Busch's Last Chance To Extend Winning-Season Streak

Sunday's race at Phoenix marks Kyle Busch's last chance to extend his record streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons in the NASCAR Cup Series to 20. However, the odds of him doing that seem astronomically remote given that he starts 25th, and the Richard Childress Racing cars have not seemed to have winning speed on […]

Jeb Burton Returns To Cup Series With Dangerously Slow Team AmeriVet

Jeb Burton surprisingly makes his return to NASCAR Cup Series action with Team AmeriVet, which has not started a race since Ty Dillon drove for them in the Coca-Cola 600. Burton's No. 50 team failed inspection four times, was not allowed to set a qualifying time, and will have to serve a stop-and-go penalty under […]

Alex Bowman Has Rarely Shined At Phoenix Since His 2016 Breakout

Alex Bowman first attracted significant attention in the NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix in 2016 when he won the pole and led 194 laps en route to a sixth-place finish. That race now stands out as an extremely bizarre outlier in his career as not only does that remain his highest laps led count, he […]

Phoenix Championship Race DraftKings NASCAR Lineup Picks and Projections (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Well, this is it. We've made it through another NASCAR season, as the Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix is set to take place on Sunday afternoon. We will soon know whether Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Joey Logano, or Tyler Reddick is our […]

NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race: DraftKings, FanDuel NASCAR Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway this weekend to close out the 2024 season. Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron remain alive in the hunt for the title. Of those four, the driver who earns the best finish on Sunday will take the championship. The two Penske drivers—Logano and Blaney—are […]

Phoenix Championship Race NASCAR Algorithm-Predicted Finishing Order (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Well, this is it. We're down to the final race of the season, and the Championship contenders have been narrowed down to Ryan Blaney, William Byon, Joey Logano, and Tyler Reddick. On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will crown a new Series Champion […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race: DraftKings DFS Preview for Phoenix (11/9/24)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Phoenix on Saturday for the final race of the season. Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, Austin Hill, and A.J. Allmendinger will race for the title, with the winner of the title being whichever of those drivers finishes ahead of the other three. Of the three title contenders, Custer is the […]

NASCAR Truck Series Championship Race DFS: DraftKings Lineup Picks for Phoenix (11/8/24)

It all comes down to this. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to Phoenix Raceway on Friday for the final race of the 2024 season. A championship is up for grabs this weekend, with Grant Enfinger, Christian Eckes, Ty Majeski, and Corey Heim battling it out for the title. Last year, Eckes won this race, […]

Stacking Dennys NASCAR Podcast - 2024 Phoenix Cup Series Championship Race DFS, Betting Picks

Lead RotoBaller NASCAR analyst Jordan McAbee is joined by co-host Nick Giffen in an all-new episode of Stacking Dennys - one of the top podcasts in the NASCAR betting and DFS industry. Jordan and Nick discuss their DFS strategy and betting picks on the board for the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix […]

Ryan Blaney Wins At Martinsville And Has Chance To Earn Second Straight Championship

Ryan Blaney will be defending his Cup Series Championship at Phoenix next weekend after all. Despite a disappointing second-place finish at Homestead just one week ago, Blaney put on a very impressive effort at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon to grab his second straight win in the fall race at the track while simultaneously punching […]

Christopher Bell Penalized At Martinsville, Removed From Championship Four

At the end of the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, it looked as though Christopher Bell was going to advance to the Championship Four at Phoenix and compete for this year's title, but NASCAR had other plans. The series decided that Bell committed a safety violation and penalized him by moving his finishing position back, […]

Tyler Reddick Not A Factor At Martinsville And Looks Ahead To Phoenix

Tyler Reddick finished 34th after struggling throughout the entire duration of Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Beginning the race from the 31st position, Reddick's car was off from the start as he failed to move up through the field and fell off the lead lap. The No. 45 Driver ended the first stage in […]

Kyle Larson Misses Advancing Through Playoffs Despite Top-Three Finish

Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson settled for a third-place finish in Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Starting the race from ninth, Larson did not encounter any issues and advanced to sixth by the end of the first stage, collecting a few stage points. In the second stage, Larson ascended a few more positions, even […]

Brad Keselowski Has A Solid Top-10 Performance At Martinsville

RFK Racing's Brad Keselowski placed ninth at the end of Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Starting from the 18th position, Keselowski quietly made his way forward during the race's first stage without issue. The No. 6 Ford driver ended the first stage in 10th and gained one single stage point. In the second stage, […]

Chase Elliott Loses Out On Winning At Martinsville

Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports ended Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in the second position after a day of ups and downs. Beginning the race from the second position, Elliott had one of the fastest cars of the day and went on to dominate the first stage after taking the lead from Martin Truex […]

Speeding Penalty Foils Martin Truex Jr.'s Last Realistic Shot At Winning

Since Phoenix isn't really one of Martin Truex Jr.'s best tracks while Martinsville is, Sunday likely marked Truex's last chance to win in the NASCAR Cup Series. Although he won the pole and led the first 41 laps of the race, he sped on his first pit stop before later being involved in a crash […]

Denny Hamlin Fails To Advance To Championship 4 But Runs Well

After crashing in practice and not registering a qualifying time, Denny Hamlin's odds of advancing to the Championship 4 in the NASCAR playoffs were unbelievably remote entering the race, especially since he was below the playoff cut line and would likely have to win. Although his car was sufficiently repaired and he had speed, he […]

Shane van Gisbergen Earns Best Oval Finish at Martinsville

Shane van Gisbergen earned his best-ever oval finish in the NASCAR Cup Series in Sunday's race at Martinsville. Although he still didn't run very well since his average running position was 25th and he only had the 21st-best driver rating in a race where his teammate Daniel Hemric honestly ran better, he stayed out of […]

William Byron Tentatively In Championship 4 Pending Ruling On Manufacturer Orders

William Byron didn't necessarily need to win at Martinsville to advance to the Championship 4, but if a driver below the cutline won, Byron needed to overcome a 22-point deficit to Christopher Bell, which seemed unlikely. Byron ran well and led 51 laps but got overtaken by Kyle Larson on the lap 406 restart and […]

Xfinity 500: DraftKings, FanDuel NASCAR Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway this weekend for the Xfinity 500. This is the final race of the Round of 8, the final playoff round before the title is decided at Phoenix. Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick have already clinched spots in the Championship 4, but two more are up for grabs. […]

Daniel Suarez Will Start 20th At Martinsville

Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing will start 20th in this week's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. It will be the third consecutive race at the site where Suarez will start 20th or worse. In 15 starts at Martinsville, Suarez has six top-20 finishes and an average finish of 22.9. After 34 races this season, Suarez […]

Zane Smith Might Be An Underrated Value Play For Martinsville

Zane Smith qualified 36th for this week's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, marking one of his worst starting positions of the season. In two starts at Martinsville in the Cup Series, Smith's best finish is 31st, which he obtained in the April race at the site. In the Truck Series at Martinsville, Smith was a […]

Tyler Reddick Is A Top DFS Recommendation For Martinsville Lineups

Tyler Reddick obtained a starting position of 31st after qualifying for the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. This is the lowest starting position of Reddick's Cup career for a race at the site in the Cup Series to date. In nine races at Martinsville, Reddick has five top-20 finishes, including earlier this year when he […]