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A busy weekend at Nashville Superspeedway concludes on Sunday with the NASCAR Cup Series' Ally 400.
After taking last week off, the Cup Series roars back to life. Chase Elliott sits atop the points standings, with Ross Chastain currently 16 points back in second place. Chastain is the biggest surprise of the 2022 season, as his Trackhouse team has been competitive every week. His teammate Daniel Suarez comes into this race off of his first career Cup Series victory at Sonoma two weeks ago.
Below are my NASCAR DFS lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel this week. This slate locks on 6/26/22 at 5:21 p.m. ET. If you have any questions or want to talk NASCAR, you can find me on Twitter at @juscarts.
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Kyle Busch
Starts 36th - DraftKings $11,000 | FanDuel $13,500
This is the obvious chalk play of the race. Busch didn't run a qualifying lap because of damage to the car in practice, so he'll start 36th. Huge place differential upside for Busch in this one. This feels like one of those races where Busch will either make or break your chances of winning: if he works his way through the field and into the top 10, it might be tough to win money if you don't have him.
Busch finished 11th in this race last year. He's also got a lot of Xfinity experience at Nashville, including wins in 2009 and 2021. He's led over 100 laps here three times in NASCAR's secondary series.
Ross Chastain
Starts 7th - DraftKings $10,500| FanDuel $12,500
Among the drivers who start in the top 10 who have a shot to win this race, Chastain is my favorite play. There's a little value here over the Larson/Elliott group and not nearly as much risk as there is with Denny Hamlin.
Chastain was second here last year, back when the 42 was owned by Chip Ganassi and didn't have nearly the ceiling or the consistency that the No. 1 car has in 2022 under Trackhouse ownership. If Chastain was that competitive in a car that shouldn't have been running that far up front, what will he do this time when he's in one of the best cars on the track? Consider him a threat to win Sunday's race.
Chase Briscoe
Starts 28th - DraftKings $8,100 | FanDuel $8,000
Some nice place differential upside for this No. 14 car on Sunday, as Briscoe rolls off in 28th.
Briscoe was top 20 in practice. He crashed out of this race last year, but he did lead five laps before that. He was in the top 15 for most of that race and definitely did a lot better than his final finish suggests.
Briscoe is someone who should contend for a top 15 or better on Sunday.
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Austin Cindric
Starts 24th - DraftKings $7,900 | FanDuel $7,300
Cindric is basically discount Briscoe this week. Slight bit less place differential upside. Slight price discount. Slightly worse this season than Briscoe has been, though both have a victory.
Cindric ran the Xfinity race here last year but crashed on lap 160, finishing 32nd. He was running well when he was caught up in someone else's mistake:
Cindric ended up leading 53 laps in that race.
Like Briscoe, Cindric should contend for a top 15 finish on Sunday. There's a little more risk here since the margin for error is smaller, but with Cindric running pretty well lately, I'm going to end up going pretty heavy on him in my lineups for the Ally 400.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Starts 25th - DraftKings $7,100 | FanDuel $7,000
Stenhouse finished 10th in the Wise Power 400 on Feb. 27. His next top TWENTY was in May.
But after struggling for months, Stenhouse ran off four top 10s in a row before fading some in the last two races.
He finished sixth here last year and seems to run pretty well on concrete tracks: Dover and Bristol are concrete tracks and are considered to be Stenhouse's best non-superspeedway tracks. I'm not sure why he seems to run so much better on concrete, but he does, and you should make sure you're playing him on Sunday.
Todd Gilliland
Starts 33rd - DraftKings $5,100 | FanDuel $3,000
This is my favorite punt play of this slate.
Gilliland has finished 25th or better in five consecutive races, including a pair of top 20s in that span. He's been a solid driver this season but has been brought down by the equipment he's in.
One reason I like Gilliland in this race is that his last visit to Nashville was in the Truck Series race here last year, when he finished second. This is a track that suits Gilliland's driving. I'm not expecting him to light the world on fire on Sunday, but you can get something who goes +13 in place differential at this price, which is a win.
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