Aric Almirola's Chances Improving At Texas

Aric Almirola finds ways to finish well at Texas. His average finish there is only 13.67 but the Stewart-Haas Racing driver has four top-ten results. Almirola has even led laps in four consecutive races including 62 in the Fall 2019 race and 35 last year. The No. 10 car begins 22nd on Sunday and is […]

Kevin Harvick Receives A Warning Heading Into Texas

Kevin Harvick is another one of those drivers that could experience much place differential on Sunday at the intermediate 1.5-mile track. The Texas course has Harvick starting 24th. This is after NASCAR held a phone conference telling him and Chase Elliott to cool their jets this weekend or else. Will that get Harvick to focus […]

Daniel Suarez One To Try At Texas?

Daniel Suarez had a 2019 to remember at the Texas Motorsports Speedway. He finished third both times after starting fourth and seventh. Now, 2020 featured the TrackHouse Racing driver having a positive place differential. At least, Suarez has run well. He had been in the top ten during both races last year. If the No. […]

Erik Jones A Popular Choice At Texas

With more and more research being done, it appears Eric Jones is one of those choices with increasing ownership. The Richard Petty Motorsports Racing driver starts back in 21st on Sunday. Jones has six top-ten results in his last seven races on the 1.5-mile intermediate course. Texas has been good to Jones as he has […]

Kurt Busch's Consistency At Texas Is Uncanny

Kurt Busch had issues at Texas previously in his career. Yet, in his last six races, the elder Busch has finished in the top ten every single time. That is why his average finish is 7.83. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver begins Sunday from the 17th spot. It is expected that the Kurt Busch car […]

Austin Dillon Primed For Good Result At Texas

Austin Dillon tends to put it more together at Texas than other tracks. He led 22 laps en route to a win last year on the 1.5-mile intermediate track. The good news is that begins the race 15th on Sunday. The even better news is that Dillon has finished on the lead lap five consecutive […]

Alex Bowman Tough To Avoid At Texas

Alex Bowman has endured a mixed bag of results at Texas. He does have fifth-place finishes in the last two Fall races. Now, the problem is that pesky alternator issue. Does this rear its ugly head again on this intermediate track? It feels like a lingering concern that cannot be ignored. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing […]

Matt DiBenedetto Might Surprise At Texas On Sunday

Matt DiBenedetto had the speed and downforce to finish eighth last fall at Texas. He even led a couple of laps as the Wood Brothers Racing driver did well on the quad-oval course. DiBenedetto has finished on the lead lap three straight times at the 1.5-mile intermediate track. Stage intervals showed the No. 21 car […]

William Byron Could Lurk Up Front On Sunday At Texas

William Byron has just two top-10 finishes in six races at Texas Motor Speedway. The No. 24 car's best result was sixth in 2019. He also led 15 laps then and had one of the fastest cars during the early and middle portions of the race. The problem for Byron is that pesky alternator, with […]

Christopher Bell Is One To Watch At Texas

Christopher Bell will not be rostered in many places but does start from the 11th position on Sunday at Texas. He has an average finish of 12 in two races. That comes along with one top-ten result. The No. 20 car finished third during last year's Fall race while leading five laps and did manage […]

Chris Buescher Begins 10th On Sunday At Texas

Some were surprised that Chris Buescher is starting 10th on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. The Roush Fenway Racing driver is not even in the top 12 when it comes to average finish on intermediate tracks. However, the No. 17 car is there. His best finish is 15th on the track, and Buescher has only […]

Tyler Reddick Expects To Thrive At Texas

Tyler Reddick's car runs well at Texas Motor Speedway. His 15th in the Fall race after a second last year cemented that notion. Reddick was in the top ten before some bad luck befell him late in that race. The Richard Childress Racing driver starts ninth on Sunday. His No. 8 car could be one […]

Martin Truex Jr. A Reasonable Choice At Texas

Martin Truex Jr. has never won on the Texas Motor Speedway course. One would think a low-maintenance intermediate track would be good for the No. 19 car. Honestly, it has. He did have a second-place finish during the Fall race last year. Truex Jr. led 53 laps as well. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver starts […]

Brad Keselowski Unlikely To Win Again At Texas

Brad Keselowski starts from the seventh position on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. He qualifies third among the other Team Penske drivers. Keselowski has never won at the track but did finish ninth and sixth last year. He has two DNF"s in the last six races on the course as well. Again, he did lead […]

Chase Elliott Begins Sixth At Texas On Sunday

Chase Elliott managed to make the Round of 8 despite some run-ins with Kevin Harvick. Now, can the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver does not have the greatest results at Texas. He starts sixth but has just one top-ten result over the past three seasons. The No. 9 car has not had prevalent alternator issues but […]

Joey Logano Should Be Up Front At Texas On Sunday

Joey Logano has not won at Texas Motor Speedway since 2014 but he keeps coming close time and time again. The Team Penske driver has eight top six results in his last ten races on the track. Logano's No. 22 car has been constantly up front in stages. However, he has only led 4.43% of […]

Ryan Blaney Drives Remarkably Well At Texas

Most might be surprised with how Ryan Blaney has fared at the 1.5-mile speedway at Texas. Is he sort of the forgotten driver? That's somewhat true. Blaney has five top ten results in his last six races with a driver rating that exceeds 110. The Team Penske driver also has led 12.71% of the laps […]

Kyle Busch A Hot Commodity At Texas On Sunday

It does seem that Kyle Busch has it figured out at Texas Motor Speedway after some years of lackluster results. The last three seasons have seen the younger Busch finish in the top ten five times. Also, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has won twice while leading the second-most laps and enjoying a driver rating […]

Can Denny Hamlin Win At Texas On Sunday?

Denny Hamlin has won the opening leg of a playoff round twice in this postseason. Can he make it 3 for 3 in Texas? That's the big question. The No. 11 car has much better results overall on intermediate tracks compared to the Fort Worth course. He has seven wins in the last three seasons […]

Kyle Larson Fast Enough To Contend at Texas

Kyle Larson's speed intervals on 1.5-mile tracks are well-documented, but the driver again has a one-race cushion in the round of eight over Martin Truex Jr. Metrics has Larson starting on the pole this Sunday at the Texas Motor Speedway. The No. 5 driver ranks fourth with an average finish of 10.0 on intermediate tracks […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/15): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back to hockey season, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Chris and I write a little about several sports (including NASCAR, PGA, NCAA Football, NHL, and more). If you have not checked those out, make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/13): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back to hockey season, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Chris and I write a little about several sports (including NASCAR, PGA, NCAA Football, NHL, and more). If you have not checked those out, make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to […]

Mika Zibanejad Inks Eight Year Extension with New York Rangers

Mika Zibanejad will not be traded from the New York Rangers after signing an eight-year extension on Sunday. That deal will pay the center an average of $8.5 million a season. The deal includes a no-movement clause and $60 million in signing bonuses with just $8 million in base salary. Zibanejad is New York's undisputed […]

Alex Bowman Alternator Issues Seal Playoff Chase Fate

Alex Bowman suffered from an alternator issue much as Kyle Larson did. The difference was Bowman never fully recovered from it. The only bright side of the day is that the No. 48 car finished in the top ten -- just ahead of William Byron and Chase Elliott. That may have been the craziest thing […]

William Byron Unlucky Again, Eliminated From Playoff Chase

William Byron had an amazing run with the No. 24 car on Sunday and led a race-high 30 laps to boot. However, it was a "lack of awareness" from Tyler Reddick that forced Byron's hand very late at Charlotte. That run-in (having to miss the chicane) with 18+ laps left led to Byron's late charge […]

Christopher Bell Could Not Answer Bell at Charlotte

Christopher Bell just never could get things going until it was very late on the ROVAL. By that time, the laps had run down. Despite ending up eighth, that was not enough for Bell to advance to the Round Of 8. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was 26th and 24th after the first two stages […]

Kevin Harvick Eliminated From Playoffs at Charlotte

Kevin Harvick just had to keep the car on the track basically in the waning laps. In the end, what will be debated for the rest of 2021 is this. Did he see the No. 9 behind him? Harvick locked his right front side and the result was hard contact into the barrier. That ended […]

Denny Hamlin Lost Speed But Held for Fifth at Charlotte

Denny Hamlin was just a few laps from another victory -- this time at the Charlotte ROVAL. However, it was not meant to be that Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick passed him. After that, Hamlin kept dropping. Despite this, the No. 11 car did find a way to fight back during the waning moments. The […]

Kyle Busch Comes Back to Finish Fourth at Charlotte

Kyle Busch looked wrecked during the final stage of the race after leading 22 laps mostly in the early going. That included winning Stage 2. After Busch dropped down a good way, he was able to bounce back mostly because of the misfortune of others. Again, if one survives long enough on a road course, […]

Chris Buescher Finish Sticks, Ends Up Third at Charlotte

Chris Buescher was not disqualified this time as he just kept racing. That resulted in a third-place finish few could have expected. Though he was more than nine seconds behind the winner, Kyle Larson, Buescher was outside of the top-20 after Stage 1 and only 19th after Stage 2. He even led a lap in […]