10 mins agoThe No. 47 team brought a sporty race car for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to work with in the Food City 500 this weekend, as Stenhouse was not only the quickest car in practice on Saturday, but he also qualified second for Sunday's race. This is the best starting position that Stenhouse has ever had at Bristol Motor Speedway. Now the question becomes: Can he stay up front? Thunder Valley has been a struggle for Stenhouse of late, as he has just one finish better than 20th in his last 10 starts here. However, that one finish was a 10th-place effort back in 2023, so there's some hope for him this weekend. As far as playability in DFS tournaments, Stenhouse ($6,500 on DraftKings) is super risky because of his high likelihood for negative place-differential points. However, if the No. 47 Chevrolet can get out and lead laps early, those dominator points could soften the blow from the inevitable negative place differential. In all likelihood, it's best to stay away from Stenhouse in DFS this weekend. After qualifying, Stenhouse remarked, "It's not a surprising run, Bristol's my favorite track. We've worked on ways to find speed and it's great to see it pay off. We'll see what happens tomorrow, I feel we were good at managing tires last year."--Jordan McAbee
Source: PRN