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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is back in action on Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Baptist Health 200. Though three races, the top of the point standings is shaking out about as expected, with Ty Majeski leading Corey Heim by five points.
Among the surprises so far are that Stewart Friesen is all the way up in fifth place, and Gio Ruggiero is eighth. Meanwhile, Layne Riggs and Rajah Caruth sit outside the top 10, with Caruth especially needing a good run as he's 18th in points.
Let's look at some NASCAR Truck Series DFS lineup picks for the NASCAR Truck Series Baptist Health 200 on DraftKings. Be sure also to check out our NASCAR Premium Tools for Truck Series, including our DFS Lineup Optimizer and powerful Research Station. This slate locks on 3/21/2025 at 8:19 p.m. EDT.
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Kyle Larson - $13.0K
Okay, look, I get it. Kyle Larson is arguably the best race car driver on the planet, so he will cost a lot when he dips down to a lower series. That's especially true at Homestead, a track where he has a win in the Cup Series and has led 96 or more laps four times.
How much of a hold does Kyle Larson have on the sportsbooks?
Opening outright lines @BetRivers:
• Hard Rock Bet 300 (Xfinity): -134
• Baptist Health 200 (Truck): -118— Seth Woolcock (@Between_SethFF) March 19, 2025
Still, paying up for Larson at $13.0K will be risky. Will he really be that much better than the rest of the field? I hate to give hypotheticals here, but unless he's on the pole with a shot to just run away and dominate, or he starts outside the top 15 to give him place differential upside, I'll probably fade.
Corey Heim - $10.5K
While Corey Heim isn't the points leader yet, it's likely only a matter of time. The two-time Truck Series runner-up has already won two of the three races this season, including Vegas last week, where he led 42 laps and won despite starting 16th.
Heim was on the pole at Homestead last year and led 68 laps before finishing fourth. In three career Truck Series races here, his worst finish is fifth, and he's led 125 laps. That's 31 percent of his total laps at this track.
Ross Chastain - $10.0K
Usually, you can only count on the Niece truck crew chiefed by Phil Gould to be competitive, but the team isn't going to have Ross Chastain driving a 20th-place truck.
Last year, Chastain ran five races for Niece, winning at Darlington and never finishing lower than 15th. Of course, that was in the Gould truck, and this race isn't, but talent should win out. Expect Chastain to run solidly inside the top 10.
Chandler Smith - $9.8K
Chandler Smith is only fourth in points, but his three top 10s through three races suggest to me that he's going to be Heim's biggest challenger all season long.
While Homestead hasn't historically been his greatest track, Smith did qualify on the pole here last year in the Xfinity Series, leading 29 laps before fading to a 13th-place finish.
Ty Majeski - $9.5K
Points leader Ty Majeski will probably lose that lead to Corey Heim at some point, but this weekend should offer him a shot to stave Heim off for at least one more race.
That's because Majeski has been really good at Homestead, winning here in 2022 and never finishing lower than 10th in four Truck Series starts at the track.
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Grant Enfinger - $9.3K
The last time the Truck Series was at this track, Grant Enfinger took this No. 9 truck to victory lane, leading 32 laps on his way to the win last fall. Overall, he has five top 10s in eight starts here and hasn't finished outside the top 20 since his Homestead debut in 2016.
Daniel Hemric - $8.8K
Daniel Hemric's not running as well in this truck as Christian Eckes did, but he's still an experienced driver in a truck that's capable of winning most weeks.
Incredible avoidance and save by Daniel Hemric on the final lap pic.twitter.com/xrVvyHmRl7
— Matt Spalding (@MattJBasketball) February 15, 2025
Hemric's also run well at Homestead in the past. He has four top 10s in six Xfinity Series starts at the track, as well as two top 10s in his three Truck Series starts. I expect this to be the week he starts to show what he can do in this truck.
Brandon Jones - $8.6K
Brandon Jones returns to the Truck Series for the first time since 2020, when he ran four races for Kyle Busch Motorsports and won at Pocono, his first Truck Series win.
I'm not sure what to expect out of Jones in this No. 1 truck. William Sawalich struggled in it last week at Las Vegas, but Jones is a more experienced driver. This is likely to be a risky play because there's so much volatility, but it's one that could definitely pay off.
Rajah Caruth - $8.0K
It's time for Rajah Caruth and this Spire Motorsports team to get things going in the right direction. Caruth sits just 18th in points, but he finally got a little something going his way with last week's seventh at Vegas. Now, he can keep that momentum going at a track where he has two top 10s in two career starts.
Ben Rhodes - $7.8K
It seems like this No. 99 truck lost some speed last year and has yet to really find it again, but two-time Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes should still have an outside shot to contend for a top 10 or even top five at a track where he's led double-digit laps three times.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Value Picks
Stewart Friesen - $7.7K
Near the end of last season, there were rumors that this No. 52 team would shut down. Instead, Stewart Friesen sits fifth in points after a strong start to his year and looks to build on that at Homestead.
Friesen has five top 10s in eight Homestead starts, including three in a row. He was sixth here last season, and his only finish worse than 14th at his track came in his first race here in 2016.
Tanner Gray - $7.3K
I don't necessarily think we'll see Tanner Gray win his first Truck Series race this year, but it does feel like he's poised to have the best season of his career. After finishing third at Vegas, Gray already has more top fives than he did all of last season.
For the first time in Tanner Gray's Truck Series career, he felt like he could win on Friday night at Las Vegas.
"It’s frustrating when you know you have a truck that can win and don’t close it out." https://t.co/GpPW72TiCK
— Dustin Albino (@DustinAlbino) March 15, 2025
Homestead has been a decent track for Gray. He's never recorded a top 10 here, but he has finishes of 11th and 12th across his five starts, with positive or neutral place differential four times.
Connor Mosack - $7.2K
It's been a rough start to the season for Connor Mosack, but it's hard to ignore how well he ran here last year as he started 10th and finished third while driving for Spire. I wish the price was lower, but there's potential appeal pending qualifying. I'll make sure to include a Mosack update this evening.
Matt Crafton - $6.8K
Matt Crafton's slide toward the middle of the pack continues. One year after posting his lowest points finish since 2006, Crafton currently sits a spot lower in 15th place.
But the veteran driver always seems to run well at Homestead. His 11th-place finish here last year ended a string of nine consecutive top 10s at the track. His average finish here is 10.1.
Matt Mills - $6.0K
Another risky play here. With Ross Chastain in the No. 44, this Matt Mills truck will be a distant third among the three Niece Motorsports trucks this weekend. But Mills is averaging 4.7 place differential points per race in 2025 and is coming off a top-20 at Vegas. He's started exactly 24th in all three races so far this season, so if he starts around there, then I'll sprinkle him in some lineups.
Andres Perez De Lara - $5.9K
Look, I know Andres Perez has struggled a bit to start his Truck Series career, but pricing a Spire truck at $5.9K feels absurd. This is the defending ARCA champion in a really strong truck. He's going to start figuring things out pretty soon. At this price, I'll keep sprinkling him into lineups until that happens, at which point I'd expect a massive jump in DFS salary.
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