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Aric Almirola Could Move Up At Kansas
While Aric Almirola has plenty of risks, he did finish 13th or better in three of his previous four results at Kansas. 2017 even saw him end up 9th which was a +16 place differential. The Stewart Haas Racing driver could have the Kevin Harvick build in use for Sunday too. Though he has never […]
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Bubba Wallace One To Avoid At Kansas
Bubba Wallace has seen Kansas not be all that kind to the racing driver. As a matter of fact, the 23XI Racing driver has never finished better than 18th. That 2020 Fall race was his best place differential at +6. He starts 27th and could move up a little but even that seems not so […]
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Alex Bowman Has Place-Differential Possibilities At Kansas
Alex Bowman is the one Hendricks Motorsports Racing driver that has been forgotten some. Bowman will start the Sunday afternoon race at Kansas from the 25th position. The No. 48 car has four top-ten results in his previous seven races. That translates to an average finish of 9.86. That is right near Kyle Larson's 9.6. […]
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Erik Jones A More Intriguing Option At Kansas
Erik Jones begins this Kansas race from the 17th position on Sunday afternoon. That may be good news based on his 10.14 average finish. That includes five top-ten results in his previous seven races on the 1.5-mile speedway. The risk lies in the fact that with the Richard Petty Motorsports driver ended 25th during the […]
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Daniel Suarez Likely To Fall At Kansas On Sunday
Daniel Suarez and Trackhouse Racing have the Spring race at Kansas kind of figured out. However, when the leaves fall and the weather changes, so do the fortunes. Suarez has ended up outside the top-20 all four times. Suarez has never led a lap on the track but worse, the No. 99 car likely intrigued […]
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Matt DiBenedetto Does Have DFS Upside At Kansas
Matt DiBenedetto and his time with Wood Brothers Racing is almost at an end. However, one of his best results of the season was a fourth-place at Kansas. Lost in the shuffle is this. DiBenedetto finished in 15th (2019 Fall race). Then, there was the 12th last Fall. In that race, the No. 21 driver […]
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Austin Dillon Unlikely To Be Much Of A Factor
Austin Dillon may just finish right around where he starts on Sunday. The Richard Childress Racing driver begins 14th. Most of his results have been ranging from 10th-17th since 2017. Dillon typically does not get too close to the front either. In his career, the No. 3 car has led just six laps. Again, the […]
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Kurt Busch Could Lurk Around Top 10 At Kansas
Kurt Busch had a bit of a lost time the past two races on the Kansas track. He started 28th this Spring and still ended up in the top-15. The No. 1 driver had three top-tens before an engine issue in the 2019 Fall race. The Chip Ganassi vehicle does carry some good speed. However, […]
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Tyler Reddick Starts Outside Top 10 On Sunday At Kansas
Tyler Reddick begins the Kansas race from the 12th position on Sunday afternoon. The Richard Childress Racing driver finished 25th in the only Fall race for the No. 8 car. He has two top tens during the early races though. That explains his 13.5 average finish overall. What does one make of limited data? That […]
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Kevin Harvick Expected To Finish Well At Kansas
Kevin Harvick and Kansas just seem to go together. Harvick was struggling early this season mightily, came to the track, did not lead a lap, yet finished second. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver enjoys these low-wear tracks but particularly this one. This is a driver that has led the second-most laps over the previous three years […]
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Christopher Bell A Long Shot At Kansas Motor Speedway
Christopher Bell cannot be automatically counted out at Kansas but is realistically a long shot on the track. He finished tenth last year during the Fall race. The two "early" races have seen less fruitful results for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. Also, the chances he leads a lap coming from the tenth position looks […]
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William Byron Has Good Numbers At Kansas
William Byron has favorable results at Kansas. While he has not won or come all that close, the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver could factor into the "Chase" somewhat. Byron has four straight top-ten results on the track. His best finish was fifth during the Fall 2019 race. There is only one time where Byron has […]
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Joey Logano Has Mixed Numbers Everywhere At Kansas
Joey Logano needs to win or hope for Martinsville. His blown engine last week has created this situation. The No. 22 Ford driver won just last Fall on the Kansas speedway. His Mustang has been excellent on this track at times and not so good. He also won in 2015 and nearly did in 2016. […]
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Martin Truex Jr. May Be A Risk At Kansas
Martin Truex Jr. has consistently finished in the top 10 on the Kansas track. He has six top-10 finishes and a win over the past three seasons. The problem may be that his Furniture Row racing car was must faster on this low-wear track than his current Joe Gibbs car. The No. 19 can contend, […]
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Chase Elliott Is The Most Consistent Driver At Kansas
Chase Elliott needs a very good to great result at Kansas. Would a win be ideal? Absolutely. The No. 9 car has won once in the past three seasons. Also, he has the best average finish among all drivers at 6.00. This includes five top-10 finishes, and all five of those are sixth-place results or […]
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Kyle Busch A Threat To Win Hollywood Casino 400
Kyle Busch has been one of the best Joe Gibbs Racing drivers not to win the Fall race at Kansas. Over the past three Fall races, the younger Busch has finished no worse than fifth. It is odd though that the No. 18 car has only led four laps during that entire span. However, he […]
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Brad Keselowski A True Wild Card At Kansas On Sunday
Brad Keselowski has five top-six finishes in his last six races on the Kansas speedway. That includes a win in 2019. The only problem is that the Team Penske driver has had his share of issues too. The last two Fall races have seen Keselowski lead less than ten laps and have dropped later in […]
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Ryan Blaney Looks Strong Heading To Kansas
Ryan Blaney and his Team Penske car have to be considered a threat to win at Kansas on Sunday. Now, Blaney becomes interesting (starts second on metrics) if he continues to use the Brad Keselowski build. Blaney has three top-tens during the past four Fall races at Kansas, That includes a third in 2017. Expecting […]
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Denny Hamlin Has A Fighting Chance At Kansas
Denny Hamlin has an interesting ledger with Kansas over the past three seasons. In seven races, the No. 11 has won twice with another top-ten result as well. He has led 14.6% of the laps in this span along with a 9.14 average finish. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has led 50 or more laps […]
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Kyle Larson Favored Yet Again At Kansas
Kyle Larson has already qualified for the Championship Four at Phoenix in two weeks. Despite that, his focus is still Kansas. Asking the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver to go easy is almost pointless. While Larson has not won a race at Kansas over the past three years, he has led the most laps (21.72% laps […]
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Nolan Patrick Scores In Vegas' Loss
Nolan Patrick wound up with some power-play time on Friday night for the Vegas Golden Knights. Patrick played 63 seconds on the man advantage which is progress. More importantly, the center scored his first goal of the season. Also, the center had five shots on goal, generated three scoring chances, and delivered a couple of […]
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Robin Lehner Suffers Home Loss For Vegas On Friday Night
Robin Lehner only stopped 26 of 30 shots in a 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. The Vegas Golden Knights' starting goaltender had good stretches. He made several key stops during a two-man disadvantage. Then, Lehner had a few bad moments. One included getting beat by Zach Kassian on a breakaway. The […]
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Zach Whitecloud Injured In Latest Vegas Loss
Las Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (hand) has been one of those hidden fantasy gems in fantasy hockey. The defender was injured in the second period of Friday night's loss to the Edmonton Oilers. The defenseman had two blocked shots and an assist on the night. When he blocked the second shot of the […]
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Connor McDavid Dishes Two Assists As Edmonton Wins Again
Centerman Connor McDavid did it again with two more assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 on Friday. The back end of a back-to-back featured a little more scoring, and McDavid was used more as well. He played just over 20 minutes, had seven shots on goal, four scoring chances and […]
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Leon Draisaitl With Big Night For Edmonton Again
The Edmonton Oilers are rolling along, and centerman Leon Draisaitl has been a significant reason why. Draisaitl scored twice and added an assist in the 5-3 victory on Friday night. The three-point night now gives the forward 11 points on the young season through five games. Draisaitl had seven shots on goal, along with five […]
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Zach Hyman Nets Pair Of Goals Again In Oilers Win
Zach Hyman did it again on Friday night as he scored two more goals in a 5-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. Hyman simply is doing his job by scoring those close-in goals off opportunities. Hyman's versatility is well documented for Edmonton. He can win some faceoffs, kill penalties, and work well on the […]
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OwnersBox Week 3 NHL Lineup Picks: Contest of the Week - Weekly Fantasy Hockey
Welcome back RotoBallers! The NHL season continues in Week 3 and we have a wonderful salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! In case you're not yet familiar, OwnersBox is a fantastic new weekly fantasy sports platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the season. And the big one that […]
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NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/22): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks
The NHL season has hit week number two! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Today […]
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NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/20): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks
The NHL season has hit week number two! Some hockey trends have established themselves but many are still to come. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Today […]
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Harry Higgs Primed To Challenge At Zozo Championship
Harry Higgs has heated up over the past couple of weeks as the Zozo Championship beckons. Higgs finished tied for 27th and then 9th in the last two tournaments. The New Jersey native credits his putting to several golf courses in the state. The best thing Higgs may have done was take a few weeks […]
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