NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard (7/30/22)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series takes to the road course of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday as part of a busy weekend in the city, as all three NASCAR series will run—though the Trucks are across town at Lucas Oil Raceway—plus IndyCar will run as well.

Last week at Pocono, Noah Gragson drove to victory lane, his third win of the season. He currently sits fifth in points, 90 points back of leader A.J. Allmendinger, who is on pole for Saturday's race.

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 Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard on DraftKings. Be sure to also check out our NASCAR Premium Tools for Xfinity Series including our DFS Lineup Optimizer and powerful Research Station. This slate locks on 7/30/22 at 3:40 p.m. ET.

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Ross Chastain ($10,200) - Starting 18th

Chastain offers a really good mix of place differential opportunities and race-winning upside. He'll start 18th in the 92 car this week, which isn't an elite car, but should be good enough for Chastain to contend on a road course.

Last year, Chastain ran this race in the 10 car for Kaulig, where he finished sixth. He showed qualifying speed in the Cup race last year when he started ninth, but he only finished 29th.

This is the second start this year in Xfinity for Chastain in this 92 car. At COTA, he qualified second and led 14 laps. He didn't get the finish he wanted, as he ended up crossing the line in 17th, but seeing him lead laps in this car is a good sign for Saturday.

AJ Allmendinger ($10,100) - Starting 1st

Grabbing someone and hoping for laps led/fastest lap points at a road course can be a tricky strategy, as the fact there are fewer laps here than at other races means that the place differential points are slightly more valuable than usual.

But if you're going to play someone who starts up front and hope that he pays off, you might as well go all-in and take polesitter A.J. Allmendinger.

While the Kaulig cars haven't had the same raw speed we're used to seeing from them this year, Allmendinger has still managed to lead the point standings. And road courses are his specialty.

In two Xfinity starts here, Allmendinger has finished fourth and second. He led eight laps here last year, but couldn't beat Austin Cindric, who led 29 laps and won. But of the top five finishers in that race, only Allmendinger and Noah Gragson will run Saturday.

Oh. And Allmendinger won the Cup Series race here last year.

Austin Dillon ($8,600) - Starting 20th

Dillon steps into the 68 car this week, which had been driven by Brandon Brown until sponsorship issues forced Brown out of the car.

(Note: Brown is racing this week. He's in the Mike Harmon 47 car. He starts 38th, so you might think "oh, Brandon Brown starting 38th! I'll roll the dice on him in fantasy. Don't. That 47 car is bad. Brandon Brown is a good driver, but I doubt even he can save the 47.)

Dillon ran this race last year to get some additional track time here and finished sixth. That experience didn't help much the next day as he crashed and finished 31st in the Cup Series race. But hey—he did lead a lap in the Cup race!

With Dillon starting 20th on Saturday, there's some solid place differential upside.

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Miguel Paludo ($8,000) - Starting 19th

Here's the thing with Paludo: at some point, he's going to put this 88 car in contention.

He's run twice this season. At COTA, he was solid, finishing ninth. At Road America, he crashed out on lap 39 and finished 26th.

Last year, he was seventh at the Daytona road course for JRM, but then was 34th with a mechanical failure at COTA and 27th at Mid-Ohio.

Paludo is a good road course driver. JRM is the top team in Xfinity. The luck has to turn around if he keeps making these road course starts, right?

Brandon Jones ($7,600) - Starting 36th

Brandon Jones hasn't set the world on fire at road courses during his Xfinity career. In 29 road course starts, he has 10 top 10s, which isn't great when you consider the level of equipment he's driven.

But, uhh...I don't care about that track record when he starts 36th. Jones' average finish at road courses is 15.1, which is 21 spots higher than where he starts. There's huge place differential upside for this 19 car.

And yes, we should point out that Jones' best finish at this track is 36th. He didn't complete a single lap here last year because of a lap one crash, and in 2020 he had a mid-race mechanical failure. But in 2020, he did lead two laps. He can't have terrible luck here three times in a row, right?

Scott Heckert ($4,800) - Starting 32nd

I really, really, really love the value with Heckert on Saturday.

Heckert has run two races this season in this 5 car, finishing 32nd at COTA and 13th at Portland. If he struggles on Saturday then...well, he cost you $4,800 and you can still finish in the money if the rest of your lineup does well.

If he has a top 20 run like he did at Portland? Then you could be looking at some really nice $$$. I can easily see a world in which Heckert is in the top-performing lineups of this slate, even if this B.J. McLeod-owned car is usually tough to trust and has three DNFs in the last four races.

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