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NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 DFS: DraftKings Lineup Picks for Charlotte (5/24/25)

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STOCK DFS PICKS

Justin Carter's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for the NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Read his daily fantasy NASCAR advice and Xfinity sleepers. (2025)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Charlotte this weekend, part of a huge tripleheader weekend for NASCAR's top series. Friday night saw Corey Heim dominate in the Truck Series race. What will Saturday's Xfinity race bring?

Last time out at Texas Motor Speedway, Cup Series driver Kyle Larson — driving in place of the injured Connor Zilisch — took the victory. Justin Allgaier dominated early, leading 99 laps, but ultimately crashed out of the race.

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Top Contenders

Interesting starting lineup here. Austin Hill and William Byron in Row 2 feel like the favorites to lead early, because I don't trust Taylor Gray and Connor Zilisch that much.

Chase Briscoe and Justin Allgaier are definitely still contenders, but both drop a bit in terms of race-winning upside as they start ninth and 10th, respectively.

Place Differential Plays

Place differential targets:

  • Sam Mayer (11th)
  • Jesse Love (19th)
  • Austin Dillon (20th)
  • Daniel Dye (24h)
  • Harrison Burton (25h)
  • Brennan Poole (26th)
  • Parker Retzlaff (34h) — my top value option now

Drivers To Fade

These drivers start a bit too high:

  • Taylor Gray (First) — maybe not a full fade, but I need to see Gray contend more consistently before I play him as a polesitter
  • William Sawalich (Sixth)
  • Jeb Burton (14th)

 

Top Plays

William Byron ($11.5K)

After finishing second in his first Xfinity Series start of the year, can William Byron get his first Xfinity win since 2017 this weekend?

Considering the speed we've seen out of this No. 17 car, he'll have a good shot. This car has run seven races in 2025, placing in the top five every time a Cup Series driver has been in it. (We can ignore the two Corey Day starts when talking about Byron.)

Justin Allgaier ($11.0K)

It's been a very strong year for Justin Allgaier, who has two wins and eight top fives already in 12 races. He led 99 laps at Texas, but a crash on Lap 155 ended his day prematurely.

Allgaier won Vegas and Homestead earlier in the year, showcasing just how unstoppable he can be on these intermediate tracks. Even with three Cup Series drivers in this field, Allgaier is who I'd bet on to win if you asked me to pick a winner straight up.

Chase Briscoe ($10.5K)

Chase Briscoe hasn't run an Xfinity Series race since 2022, but his move to Joe Gibbs Racing in the Cup Series has opened up some chances for him to run Xfinity for the team as well.

Briscoe has 11 wins in this series, including nine of them in 2020. None of those wins were on the Charlotte oval — though he had a Charlotte roval win — but he does have three wins at 1.5-mile tracks. He should be a strong contender, though the JGR cars don't look quite as good this year as we're used to seeing them run.

Austin Dillon ($10.3K)

2013 Xfinity Series champion Austin Dillon drops down to make his first Xfinity start since 2023. We know these RCR cars are fast this year, and now there will be one in the field piloted by a driver who has a Cup Series victory at this track.

Of the three Cup drivers in this field, Dillon is the least likely to actually win this race, but that doesn't mean you have to count him out completely. He might need a bit of luck, but far weirder things have happened.

Sam Mayer ($10.0K)

Sam Mayer hasn't won yet in this No. 41 car, but he's running up front consistently. He was fifth at Vegas, second at Homestead, and fifth at Texas, so he should certainly be on your radar at intermediates.

The star power in this field might also lead to Mayer being a little underutilized than he should be, giving you a potential edge if you go heavy on him and he has a strong run

 

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Mid-Tier Options

Jesse Love ($9.8K)

Jesse Love's two career victories were both on superspeedways, but his only non-superspeedway top five in 2025 was at Vegas, a track that compares favorably to Charlotte Motor Speedway. While Love likely won't be battling for the win, he should have a fast car that sticks in the top 10 most of the day.

Austin Hill ($9.5K)

Austin Hill isn't the biggest threat to win this weekend, but two of his 13 career wins have come on intermediates, so I wouldn't count him out, even with a very stacked field.

This season, Hill has finished fourth at Vegas, third at Homestead, and fourth at Texas, leading 57 laps in the process in that one. He keeps finding himself near the front at this kind of track.

Sheldon Creed ($9.3K)

There's been a notable dip in performance for Sheldon Creed this season as he moved to Haas Factory Team, with his average finish dropping from 11.7 down to 17.4, but he was top 10 at Vegas and Homestead, plus he showed speed at Texas before crashing.

In fact, if he hadn't crashed out in three of the last four races, his overall numbers would look a lot closer to last year's numbers. Bad luck is the biggest issue for Creed right now.

Brandon Jones ($9.0K)

Brandon Jones has really figured out intermediates. He was sixth at Vegas, seventh at Homestead, and ninth at Texas, and technically, Darlington — where he won — is an intermediate too, though it doesn't race like the other ones.

This is a track where Jones should find himself solidly inside the top 10, with a shot at a top five if things fall into place and a couple of the stronger contenders have issues.

Carson Kvapil ($8.1K)

I like the idea of paying down a bit for Carson Kvapil over playing his slightly more expensive JRM teammates Connor Zilisch and Sammy Smith.

Part of that is that while Zilisch has run solidly well on intermediates, he's also returning from injury this week. I worry he might be just a tad rusty. And then Smith has been mediocre at these tracks, making him hard to trust.

Kvapil hasn't blown anyone away on the 1.5-mile tracks, but he seemed to be improving on them before a disappointing 19th-place finish at Texas. I kind of view all the non-Allgaier JRM cars as risky options right now, but without much separation between the trio, playing the cheaper one offers more lineup flexibility.

Taylor Gray ($8.0K)

It's been a hit-or-miss year for rookie Taylor Gray, who has three top fives but is also just 14th in points. He was second at Texas though and showed speed at times during the Vegas and Homestead races. This could be a good weekend for the No. 54 team.

 

Value Options

Harrison Burton ($7.5K)

Harrison Burton is quietly running well on intermediates: eighth at Vegas, 11th at Homestead, and then sixth at Texas. That last one marked the third race in a row overall that this No. 25 car has landed in the top 10.

Daniel Dye ($7.4K)

Daniel Dye is quietly having a solid rookie campaign, posting five top 10s and sitting 13th in points. Following his 11th-place run at Texas last time out, Dye has 11 top-20 finishes in a row, bouncing back well from an early crash in the season opener at Daytona.

Parker Retzlaff ($7.0K)

Parker Retzlaff has been solid this season at intermediates. At Texas, he went +20 in place differential, going from 34th to 14th, and he was also top 20 at Homestead. Kind of a boring play, but provided he starts outside the top 20 like he has in seven of his 11 starts this year, there will be upside.

Jeb Burton ($6.9K)

Jeb Burton might not be running quite as well as his cousin Harrison at intermediates, but his 10th-place run at Texas last week was impressive. And like his cousin, that marked three top 10s in a row for Burton and this No. 27 team.

Brennan Poole ($5.9K)

It's been a good season for Brennan Poole, who has two top fives already, his most since 2017. He isn't super fast on intermediates, but his worst finish on one this season is 22nd. That's solid for a driver priced this low.

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