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This weekend features an exciting Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Qualifying has already been completed at it looks like Brad Keselowski, Aric Almirola, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, and Martin Truex Jr. will make up the top-5 to start the race. MKF has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points for their position (20 for 1st place, 19 for 2nd place, 18 for 3rd, and so on).
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Pick 1: More or Less Fantasy Points (2/2)
Recommended Prop Pick: Joey Logano UNDER 18.5 Fantasy Points and Kyle Busch OVER 18.5 Fantasy Points
Joey Logano has run really well over his career at Bristol Motor Speedway. He has two career wins and two top-5 finishes over his last three races there. Kyle Busch has 12 top-5 finishes at Bristol throughout his career, which includes eight wins. Three of those wins have come in his last five outings at Bristol.
Regardless of results though, considering some numbers and theories can establish some well-developed ideas to make some money on MKF this week. First and for most, if either of these drivers finishes out of the top-10, the vast majority of the time they will be below that 18.5 fantasy point threshold.
For example, in all of Logano's top-10 finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway he averages 74.5 laps led. That translates to 7.45 fantasy points. If you combine that with a 10th- place finish, that only equals 17.45 fantasy points. However, when you do that same analysis for Busch, he averages 117.7 laps led per top-10 finish. That, combined with a top-10 finish, would put him well above the 18.5 fantasy point threshold.
Due to his recent results at Bristol and his ability to get out front for large chunks of the race, the OVER on Kyle Busch has to be the play this weekend. Siding with the UNDER on Logano stills allows him to lead for nearly 80 laps as long as he drops out of the top-10 by the end of the race. That is too good to pass up on.
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Pick 2: Rapid Fire Fantasy Points (2/2)
Recommended Prop Pick: Kyle Busch (-0.5) and Kevin Harvick (+0.5)
The first part of the prop bet, Kyle Busch (-0.5), is explained in detail above.
As for Kevin Harvick vs. Martin Truex Jr., Harvick seems to be set up significantly better in this race than Truex, and he comes with a +0.5 fantasy point buffer. Over Truex's last 15 races at Bristol, he has only cracked the top-10 one time with an eighth-place finish in 2017.
Over those 15 races, he has only led a total of 214 laps. As for Harvick, he has seven top-10 finishes over his last 10 outings at Bristol, including a win and runner-up. Harvick will be starting a little farther back than Truex but there is no doubt that he has a better chance to not only finish higher by the end of the race but also to rack up some laps-led points. The +0.5 fantasy point line just sweetens the pot.
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Pick 3: More or Less Fantasy Points (2/3)
Recommended Prop Pick: Joey Logano UNDER 18.5 Fantasy Points, Kyle Busch OVER 18.5 Fantasy Points, Kevin Harvick OVER 17.5 Fantasy Points
I have already talked about all the drivers in this prop bet. This is just more of an introduction to the different types of contests that MKF offers. This contest, rather than having to get every piece of the puzzle correct, only requires you to get two of the three correct for 1.5x your buy-in.
For those more familiar with other DFS sites, this contest is more similar to cash formats (head to heads or double-ups) and the contests above are more like tournament formats. So, moving forward, always feel free to find some lower-risk contest like this one to utilize the drivers talked about!
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