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Ready for an Xfinity doubleheader weekend???
We'll have a pair of races at Dover this weekend, both called the Drydene 200, and we also have a pair of Cup Series races. Hope you like racing!
Here at RotoBaller, we want to help you make informed decisions about your DFS lineups, which is why I'll be breaking down the slates for the Xfinity Series. Let's look at some NASCAR Xfinity DFS lineup picks for the Drydene 200 on DraftKings. Be sure to also check out our NASCAR Premium Tools for Xfinity Series including our DFS Lineup Optimizer and powerful Research Station.
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Xfinity DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings
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Chase Briscoe #98 ($10,600) - Starting 10th
Sure, Austin Cindric is probably going to be the most popular high-dollar pick, because he's been the dominant driver in Xfinity lately and is the polesitter at a track where polesitters tend to lead a lot of laps.
But I think a smart idea is to pivot to a less chalky top guy like Chase Briscoe. Starting 10th provides him with decent place differential upside, and Briscoe had a pair of fifth-place finishes last year at Dover, leading 71 laps in the second race here.
He also has five wins this season, and while none of them have come in the past six races as his performance has come down to earth and he's dropped out of the points lead, he has four top fives over that span.
Jeb Burton #8 ($9,200) - Starting 27th
Jeb's time in the JR Motorsports 8 car has been...underwhelming.
He has a third place finish, as well as a sixth at Texas, but he's finished outside the top 20 in his other three starts. It's been hard to get a read on him.
Still, the place differential upside for a JR Motorsports car starting 27th makes Burton a really intriguing play, and while his performance so far suggests that there's a lot of risk in him, the upside -- a top 10 finish from his starting position -- makes it worth the risk.
Anthony Alfredo #21 ($8,700) - Starting 26th
Alfredo's in the same pricing range as Burton and the same starting range on the lineup, so of course I'm going to be interested in both of them.
The 21 has run 19 races this year. Alfredo's run 10 of them, lacing in the top 10 in six of those races. He has the highest top 10 percentage of the team's drivers, and his only finish outside of the top 20 happened because of a suspension failure.
If Alfredo keeps this car clean, he's looking at at least a top 15, with the upside to finish even higher than that. At this cost and with this much place differential, I'm taking Alfredo all day.
Michael Annett #1 ($7,900) - Starting 8th
I don't think a lot of people are going to want Michael Annett in their lineup this week since Annett hasn't historically been that good, but I also think that narrative has been needing to shift over the last two years. Sure, in 2018 Annett had just three top 10s, but last year he had 19 and a win, and this year he has 10 already in 19 races.
Annett starts eighth. With just three top fives, there's not much place differential upside. But Dover's been a good track for him, so I think Annett has a good chance to stick around the back half of the top 10. He finished top 10 in both races here last year, and top 15 in all of his last 11 Xfinity races at the track. In fact, in 16 starts, he's only finished outside of the top 15 twice.
At his cost, Annett's a solid play based on his past production here. It's worth noting that he's never started in the top 10 here despite his relative success at the track.
Brandon Brown #68 ($7,700) - Starting 21st
Another week, another Brandon Brown recommendation.
Brown only has four top 10s this year, but he has an average finish of 16.6 and in the 15 races that he's finished, he's finished in the top 15 all but once, and in that race at Kentucky he ran into some issues that hurt his overall production.
When everything goes right, the 68 is a solid top 15 car. He starts 21st. There's enough place differential upside here to make Brown a strong value play.
Jeffrey Earnhardt #0 ($5,500) - Starting 30th
The thing about Jeffrey Earnhardt is that you have to see which JD Motorsports car he's in.
When driving the 15 for the past two weeks, he finished outside of the top 30, which helped contribute to his low DFS cost. But when driving this 0 car, Earnhardt had been on a hot-ish steak, finishing top 20 in three consecutive races. Earlier in the year, he had a run of five top 20s in six races in this car. He's finished top 25 in every race in the 0 except for Kentucky, when he DNFed due to suspension issues.
Earnhardt is a great low-priced guy this week, someone who has place differential upside and a low-enough DFS cost that you can stack some higher-priced options into your lineup. That's a big reason why I'm high on this team this week.
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