Chase Briscoe Second Best Ford On Saturday In Qualifying

Chase Briscoe wound up being one of the fastest Ford cars in qualifying on Saturday. He was second quickest which was good for 13th at the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Can Briscoe turn some of that lap speed into contending on Sunday afternoon? That is a great question. The last two years saw Briscoe... Read More

Alex Bowman Surprises And Qualifies Ninth For Sunday

Alex Bowman has not had the best luck at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Honestly, his average start was 26th going into Saturday. Naturally, he quailed ninth on Saturday afternoon and was 0.638 seconds off the pole time set by Daniel Suarez. Bowman and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing Chevy come in with the fourth best average finish... Read More

Time Keeps Running Out For Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott turned in a quality qualifying effort on Saturday afternoon, but came up 0.367 seconds shy of Daniel Suarez. That was good for third place. Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports Racing car has not been great of late. However, the No. 9 car has a 6.5 average finish on road courses since 2020 and leads with... Read More

Tyler Reddick Barely Misses Pole On Saturday

Tyler Reddick nearly snagged the pole position for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Instead, he will have to settle for the outside of Row 1. Reddick and his 23XI Racing car finished 0.145 seconds off the time of Daniel Suarez. Toyota and Chevy occupy 11 of the first 12 positions. Reddick won this race... Read More

Hayden Buckley Questionable For Memphis

Hayden Buckley is recovering from a torn muscle suffered in late June. The American golfer has been out since the end of June. Buckley had been battling the injury and took time off after missing four straight cuts. He has been wildly inconsistent with results. Buckley did not make the cut in five of six... Read More

Mackenzie Hughes Tries To Pick Up Pieces In Memphis

Mackenzie Hughes was sixth in FedEx Cup points after the Sentry Tournament Of Champions in January. Since then, he fell all the way to 47th. Fortunately, the Canadian golfer made the playoff despite missing the cut ten time since mid-January. That includes withdrawing at the Travelers Championship. Some debated Hughes has played too many tournaments... Read More

Brendon Todd Aims To Get More Consistent

Brendon Todd was on the FedEx Cup bubble for awhile. However, the American golfer finished tied for second at the John Deere Classic. Then, last week Todd ended up tied for seventh at the Wyndham Championship. Consistency is not always there for Todd on Sundays. There was that 74 at The Open Championship. Also, his... Read More

Jordan Spieth Hard To Completely Count Out This Week

Jordan Spieth has been up and down since May. There have been four tournaments where the American golfer has missed the cut. However, Spieth keeps finishing in the top-30 in major events aside from the US Open. He even has five top-five results since the Valspar Championship in March. For as bad as Spieth can... Read More

Adam Schenk Trying To Rebound In Memphis

Adam Schenk posted top-10 finishes at the Rocket Mortgage and John Deere Classics. That vaulted him into the top 25 in the FedEx rankings. It clinched a playoff spot for the American golfer. Now, can Schenk rebound after two lackluster tournaments in a row? He missed the cut at The Open Championships and finished outside... Read More

Brian Harman Looks To Build On Major Win

Brian Harman easily won The Open Championship last month and now sets his sights on the FedEx Cup Playoff. The American golfer from Georgia is rested and ready to roll. TPC Southwind in Memphis sets up well for Harman. After all, he finished in the top three last year at the tournament. His numbers are... Read More

Xander Schauffele Aiming To Advance In FedEx Cup Playoffs

Xander Schauffele has been close several times to winning this year. He has nine top-10 results overall but zero wins this season. The American golfer finished inside the top 20 in all four majors. Expecting him to contend is one thing, but to win a playoff tournament is another. Can he break through? The numbers... Read More

NASCAR PrizePicks Predictions - FireKeepers 400 DFS Prop Picks

August 6th, 2023, on a Sunday afternoon, features the FireKeepers Casino 400 from the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. This is the 23rd 2023 edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props... Read More

Josh Berry Subs In For Noah Gragson On Sunday

Josh Berry will get to race in the No. 42 Chevy of the Legacy Motor Club on Sunday afternoon. Berry subs in for Noah Gragson who was suspended for at least one race. Gragson's fate for future races will be determined at a later date. Berry gets another chance to gain some valuable experience on... Read More

Ryan Preece Not Expecting A Lot At Michigan

Ryan Preece has not fared well on this type of track. He did have a top ten (seventh) in 2019. However, Preece did not run in this race last year. It is his first event in the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. The No. 41 driver stands 25th in the points race and is seeing time run... Read More

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Has Off Saturday In Qualifying

Things did not go well for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in qualifying on Saturday afternoon. He starts the FireKeepers Casino 400 in 27th position (0.5 seconds slower). The JTG Daugherty Racing driver did begin and end 12th in 2021 but got caught in a big collector err accident last year. Stenhouse Jr. has done well this... Read More

Erik Jones Has Been Fast On Race Day At Michigan

Erik Jones does not expect to win at Michigan International Speedway. Despite that, Jones did notch an eighth-place result last year and stayed in the top ten throughout the race. He was third after Stage 1 and sixth after Stage 2. Jones and his Legacy Motor Club Chevy looks to have some DFS and place... Read More

Austin Cindric Struggling In His Ford Ride

Austin Cindric started fifth last year at Michigan International Speedway. This year, Cindric begins 21st. An accident ended Cindric's afternoon then. That dropped him to 37th. It will be interesting to see how this race is approached. Cindric is 64 points out of a playoff spot but likely needs a win. His last top ten... Read More

Alex Bowman Might Have To Win To Get In

Alex Bowman faces a win to get in for a playoff spot at this point. He is not the only Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver in this position. See Chase Elliott as a prime example. Elliott has some closer results in the path of a win, however. Bowman was faster last year on this track. He... Read More

Aric Almirola Leads Stewart-Haas In Qualifying

Aric Almirola was not expected to lead the Stewart-Haas Racing team in qualifying and yet that happened. Almirola starts the FireKeepers Casino 400 from the 18th spot on Sunday. He did last year as well but an accident ended his day early as Almirola finished 34th. The Ford driver has never ended up in the... Read More

Austin Dillon Needs A Victory At Michigan

Austin Dillon is 29th in the points standings and starts 16th for Sunday's race at Michigan. The Richard Childress Racing driver after his early-season points deduction basically needs a win over the next three races to make the playoff. Anything less will be a miss for the Chevy. Dillon has one top five result all... Read More

Tyler Reddick Might Be Looking Ahead To Road Courses

Tyler Reddick may be looking ahead to road courses at Indianapolis and Watkins Glen. The FireKeepers Casino 400 has not been kind at the end for the 23XI Racing driver. Reddick has finished outside the top 20 in his last three appearances. The previous two trips to Michigan saw Reddick near and around the top... Read More

Daniel Suarez Running Out Of Time At Michigan

Daniel Suarez is one of those drivers on the outside looking in for the playoffs. The Trackhouse Racing driver is 19th in the points standings and 34 points out of the 16th spot. Suarez only has three races to gain enough points or win once to secure a playoff position. He starts 14th on Sunday... Read More

Denny Hamlin Seems To Always Contend At Michigan

Denny Hamlin has not finished worse than sixth in his past five races at the Michigan International Speedway. Hamlin really has almost won several times recently on the two-mile course. The two times he finished second was when the Joe Gibbs Racing driver started 14th and 15th. On Sunday, the No. 11 car begins the... Read More

Brad Keselowski On Bubble For Playoffs

Brad Keselowski starts 12th on Sunday for the FireKeepers Casino 400. The RFK Racing Ford stands 14th in the points standings with a 151 point cushion. However, if a few drivers below Keselowski win and that spot is very much in jeopardy. Keselowski tends to run well and into the top ten late in races... Read More

Bubba Wallace Barely Misses Top 10 In Qualifying

Bubba Wallace was right with the top cars on Saturday but narrowly missed qualifying in the final group. Still, the 23XI Racing car was 11th fastest and was inside the top ten during the practice session. Wallace showed incredible early and late speed last year as he started on the pole. Then, he led 22... Read More

Ryan Blaney Tries To Win Once More At Michigan

The only driver other than Kevin Harvick to win at Michigan since the pandemic is Ryan Blaney. Blaney and his Team Penske Ford rode to victory lane in 2021 despite only leading eight laps. The No. 12 car began 24th last year but rose to fifth at the end of the race. Blaney never did... Read More

Kyle Busch Begins Eighth On Sunday

Kyle Busch did not have a good time at Michigan last year. He started third but got collected in one of the big accidents, became a DVP casualty, and ended up 36th. It broke a string of nine consecutive top-ten finishes. Busch now is a member of Richard Childress Racing. His Chevy was eighth quickest... Read More

Joey Logano Begins Sixth At FireKeepers Casino 400

Joey Logano qualified sixth at Kansas earlier in the season and finds himself in the same spot at Michigan on Sunday. Logano and his Team Penske Ford was 0.148 seconds behind Christopher Bell for the top spot on Saturday. Logano has won three times on the two-mile track and the last came in 2019. 2022... Read More

Martin Truex Jr. Has Quite An Afternoon

Martin Truex Jr. qualified fifth at Michigan International Speedway for Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400. Also, there was the good news of a one-year extension signed by the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. That will put to rest any retirement talk. The No. 19 car has been excellent all season, leads NASCAR in points, and has three... Read More

Ross Chastain Shows Up In Michigan For Qualifying

Some had wondered about Ross Chastain. The Trackhouse Racing driver has struggled in recent weeks. Aside from Nashville, Chastain tended to qualify and place outside the top ten. On Saturday, the No. 1 car ended up second behind Christopher Bell. For awhile, it appeared Chastain may get the pole but ended up 0.027 seconds short.... Read More