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Justin Carter's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Call811.com Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville. Read his daily fantasy NASCAR advice and Xfinity sleepers.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Martinsville this weekend as part of a tripleheader weekend for NASCAR's top three series on the schedule's smallest track. Xfinity took last week off, but two weeks ago Chandler Smith won his first Xfinity Series race, taking the checkered flag at Richmond.
Last year, Brandon Jones won the spring race here and Ty Gibbs won in the fall. Martinsville had been off the Xfinity schedule for years before returning in 2020, with a 2006 race here being the lone one since 1994.
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 NASCAR Xfinity Series Call811.com Before You Dig 250 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 4/15/23 at 7:45 p.m. ET.
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Josh Berry
Starting 6th - $10,500
Any time we're at one of these short tracks, Berry should be viewed as a top option. He has top 10s in half his short track starts, including a win here back in 2021, with Berry leading 95 laps.
His other three finishes here aren't as good: 28th, 19th, 20th. But Berry led 40 laps in the most recent Xfinity race here, and if it wasn't for a lap accident, he would have had a shot at a really good finish.
Berry isn't my pick to win this race, because the guy I'm about to talk about is better positioned for that. But I'd definitely throw some dollars down on Berry here. It's a good track for him and he's had some good momentum, with six top 10 finishes in a row this season.
Cole Custer
Starting 1st - $9,300
Custer's return to Xfinity has been weird, as teammate Riley Herbst has consistently outperformed him. But I think Custer is starting to get the hang of these cars again, as he was fifth at Richmond and then qualified on the pole for Saturday's race.
While Custer has no Xfinity Series starts at Martinsville, he's run six Cup Series races here with an average finish of 19.7, which is pretty good when you consider his overall average finish in 111 Cup races is 20.5, and his average short track finish is 21.6. Definitely feels like one of his better tracks, even if he never got a Cup top 10 here.
Having the pole helps too. In October, polesitter Brandon Jones led the first 66 laps of the race, and last April polesitter Ty Gibbs led 197 laps. That clean air gives Custer an advantage if you're searching for laps led points.
Brandon Jones
Starting 10th - $8,400
Jones was great here last year. He won in April, leading 28 laps, and then he started on pole and led 98 laps in the fall race before finishing 23rd after the 19 was involved in a last-lap crash while leading. That was the infamous Jones vs teammate Ty Gibbs thing.
But Jones has left JGR now, and his early tenure at JR Motorsports has been rocky. His average finish is 20.3, and he has no top 10s yet. Last year, his average finish was 13.4.
What better track to get back on track than Martinsville, though? He was excellent here last season, and I think there's a very good shot Jones gets his first top 10 for JRM this weekend.
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Anthony Alfredo
Starting 38th - $7,300
Alfredo was unable to get out on the track to turn a lap in qualifying, so he'll be starting at the tail of the field, which will offer DFS players a ton of place differential upside.
While this is a B.J. McLeod-owned car, it isn't driving like the McLeod cars we're used to seeing. Alfredo has had some legit speed this season, with an average finish of 20.3 through seven races, which includes five top 20s, with a pair of 14ths being his best finish. Considering his starting spot, a top 20 would be a good result here.
Alex Labbe
Starting 24th - $7,100
While Labbe's schedule is a little scaled back this year, he's made the most of the starts that he's gotten, with an average finish of 18.0 so far. That factors in two starts for RSS Racing too, which were his worst finishes of the year. In this Mario Gosselin-owned 91 car, Labbe was 15th at COTA and 11th at Richmond.
Additionally, Labbe has been really solid in his career at Martinsville. The Canadian driver has made five Xfinity starts here, and while he struggled in the first two, his last three finishes here were eighth, 15th and 13th. Good track record with a little place differential upside makes Labbe a solid play.
Jeb Burton
Starting 31st - $6,700
In his first season for Jordan Anderson Racing, Jeb Burton's been solid, with an average finish of 16.9. Sure, it isn't as good as his Kaulig days, but DraftKings also isn't pricing him like he's still in top equipment. And he's finishing four spots better on average than he did at Our Motorsports last year.
With Burton starting 15 spots below his average starting spot, I love this as a place differential play. Sure, there's an upper limit on what he can do, as he has no top 10s yet this season. But he's a solid driver in a solid car, and he's finished 11th or better in three of his five Xfinity starts here. He crashed out in the other two, so can't hold that against him too much.
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