Ross Chastain's Poor Qualifying As Usual Makes Him a Strong DFS Option at Talladega
Source: Racing Reference

Read More News
October 19, 2025
Although Trackhouse Racing's speed has seriously stagnated on ovals lately, that doesn't matter at Talladega where many races aren't decided on speed. Ross Chastain won here once in 2022 when he almost stumbled into the lead and led only one lap after Erik Jones's drafting help crashed behind him. He factors for the lead more often than not, but his fourth-place finish in the 2022 fall event was the only other time he earned a top ten. Still, he is always fast at drafting tracks and at 24th, he starts worse than most of the drivers you could argue are better than him, which means he'll likely earn a fair amount of Place Differential points. Additionally, at $8,100, he's cheaper than most of those same drivers so although there's never a truly great option for DFS at Talladega, Chastain is almost as safe as it gets.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
Read More News
Our goal is to put out the highest-quality content and tools. Ads help us pay RotobBaller's award-winning writers as much as possible they are vital to the site's operations and team.
We would appreciate your support by either turning off your adblocker or signing up for our ad-free subscription tier.
Thanks for being a reader!