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This week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series makes its first visit to COTA in Austin, Texas.
We've got qualifying on Saturday morning, so this article is missing a hugely important component of lineup building. Still, we can look at some drivers whose success on road courses puts them in line to have solid showings, though you'll want to make sure you recheck all your lineups after qualifying.
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Austin Cindric #22 ($10,700)
We've got some Cup drivers in this race, but the higher priced ones don't feel like must plays, aside from maybe Kyle Busch. Kevin Harvick, for instance, will be in a B.J. McLeod car and while we assume it's going to be Stewart Haas prepped, you never know, right?
Anyway, I think some Xfinity regulars might get overlooked this week, even a guy like Austin Cindric.
Cindric makes his living on road courses. Of his 11 Xfinity wins, four have come at road courses. His average finish at this track type is 6.6. He hasn't race here, but virtually no one has, so I won't hold that against him. Cindric could lead a ton of laps here and end up with the win.
A.J. Allmendinger #16 ($10,400)
Speaking of Xfinity regulars who are good at road courses, say hi to A.J. Allmendinger!
Allmendinger's Xfinity road course average finish is 9.6, so not quite as good as Cindric, but he's still one of the two best road course racers in this series, and he's won a Cup Series race at a road course as well.
Allmendinger seems to have worse luck than Cindric, but if things go right, he'll be up front all day challenging for a win and leading laps.
Playing both Cindric and Allmendinger could be risky because of the lack of laps led available here and the need to target place differential. Too bad we won't know how to make sense of PD points until Saturday!
Cole Custer #17 ($8,900)
Alright, let's get a Cup guy in here.
Custer will be making his first Xfinity start since 2019, when he won seven races. While he's never won at a road course in Xfinity, he does have nine top 10s in 11 starts, with an average finish of 10.2.
Custer will be in this 17 car that Rick Ware's been running in Xfinity. But this isn't a Rick Ware car in the way that Cup Series Rick Ware cars are Rick Ware cars. It's actually a solid vehicle that can get some strong finishes, especially with an experienced driver like Cole Custer driving it. Should be another strong run on Saturday.
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Jeremy Clements #51 ($6,900)
Really like the pricing on Clements this week, especially if he ends up starting deeper in the field with some place differential upside.
Clements has an average finish of 19.1 on road courses, with his one win in the series coming at this track type. He also has six road course top 10s in 34 starts. Three of those have come since 2019.
He's also having a strong season so far, with four top 10s this season. He sits 10th in points. He hasn't been the greatest DFS play because of the qualifying formula that never really puts him far enough back to maximize his upside, but I'm still a big fan of him this week.
Boris Said #13 ($6,500)
Boris Said's back! And he's in a car that isn't great, but also isn't too terrible. David Starr got a 21st place finish from the car at Homestead, for instance.
Said's an experienced road racer who should maximize this car's performance. Playing him will depend a ton on qualifying, as you won't want to play the 13 car if there's no place differential upside. But if the car's speed leads to a mediocre qualifying run, Said's experience can lead to a solid end result here.
I will say I have concern because his last time running in one of the top three NASCAR series was 2017. But one thing in his favor that most of this field doesn't have? The fact he's raced here before. That should be a huge, huge advantage at a track that's new to stock cars.
Brandon Brown #68 ($6,200)
Ooh, this pricing.
Brown currently sits 13th in points with an average finish of 16.3. He's one of the most consistent drivers in this series, and he's already got five top 10s this year, the second-most of his career. He was eighth at the Daytona road course.
Road courses haven't always been great to Brown, but he seems to be figuring them out some. He had two top 12s last year at them, for example.
Of course, so much depends upon qualifying. If Brown ends up starting outside the top 20, I love this play. If he gets a good qualifying run in, I'll like it a whole lot less. We'll have to see what happens.
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