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NASCAR PrizePicks Predictions - Go Bowling at The Glen DFS Prop Picks
August 20th, 2023, on a Sunday afternoon, features the Go Bowling at The Glen from the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. This is the 25th 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 […]
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Cole Custer Likely To Lag Behind At Watkins Glen
Cole Custer struggled in the Xfinity race on Saturday afternoon. That was compounded by his 34th place qualifying. Some experts point out to his +18 place differential from last year. However, that was in the Ford car with Stewart-Haas. The Rick Ware version is not close in terms of speed. The No. 51 car finished […]
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Austin Dillon Starts 16th At Watkins Glen
Austin Dillon did not turn in the best of laps but it was not the worst either. The Richard Childress Racing driver ended up outside of the top ten in qualifying. However, 16th is not as bad as it could have been. Dillon dropped several tenths of a second in the turns, especially the S […]
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Has No Worries At Watkins Glen
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is in the NASCAR playoffs. The JTG Daugherty Racing car starts 28th for Sunday's edition of Go Bowling at The Glen. Stenhouse Jr. has never finished better than 15th at the New York course. He only has one stage point via a tenth in 2017. Also, the No. 47 Chevy led a […]
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Chase Briscoe Slow Again At Watkins Glen
Chase Briscoe lagged more than a second behind the pole sitter on Sunday. Briscoe and his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford will start 26th on Sunday at Watkins Glen International. The No. 14 Ford led seven laps last year and then fell all the way back to 25th by the end of the race. Briscoe needs to […]
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Ryan Blaney Begins 23rd At Watkins Glen On Sunday
Ryan Blaney never got going at Watkins Glen last year as he began 26th and started 24th. The year before saw him near the front in third but fell to 14th. Before COViD, the Team Penske Ford was a factor after Stage 2 in three straight races on the 11-turn course. He finished on Saturday […]
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Kyle Busch Begins Ninth On Sunday From Upstate New York
Kyle Busch did get into the final round of qualifying on Saturday. The Richard Childress Racing driver ended up ninth at 0.686 seconds behind Denny Hamlin. Also, Busch was one of five Chevy cars to finish in the top ten. The No. 8 car will try and replicate what he managed last year. Busch ran […]
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Austin Cindric Starts 17th For Watkins Glen
Austin Cindric needs a win ideally as he sits 105 points behind Bubba Wallace in the standings. The Team Penske Ford driver began outside Row 4 and only lost five spots overall. That was not too bad. However, this year, Cindric qualified 17th on Saturday. Most of the Ford cars looked very slow in qualifying […]
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Joey Logano Second Best Ford On Saturday In Qualifying
Joey Logano did not get into the final group of qualifying at Watkins Glen International. However, he will start 11th on Sunday afternoon. The Team Penske driver had a best lap of 0.534 seconds behind Denny Hamlin. Logano finished 22nd in 2021 but was in the top ten during the late stages of the race. […]
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Brad Keselowski Starts 24th For Watkins Glen on Sunday
Brad Keselowski and his RFK Racing Ford will begin the Go Bowling at The Glen from the 24th spot on Sunday. Keselowski was almost a full second off the qualifying time of pole sitter Denny Hamlin. When it came to practice, that interval extended out to more than 1.3 seconds. Keselowski kept losing speed as […]
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Erik Jones Endures Rough Qualifying Effort Again
Erik Jones thought last week was bad. The Legacy Motor Club driver proceeded to qualify 31st for Sunday's race at Watkins Glen. Some will point to last year where the No. 43 Chevy ended up 10th after starting 31st. Could that happen again? Anything is possible. The problem with Jones is some of his road […]
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Adam Schenk Looks Good For BMW Championship
Adam Schenk attempts to do what he did last week in Memphis. The American golfer shot four rounds in the 60's en route to a top-ten result (tied for sixth). Schenk did not crack on Sunday like some expected. He fired a 66 and showed the potential for more. Schenk lived in neighboring Indiana and […]
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Sepp Straka Looks To Build Off 65 At BMW Championship
Little to nothing went right for Sepp Straka in Memphis last week. The Austrian golfer heads to Olympia Fields Country Club feeling a bit better. Straka shot a 65 during the final round which kept him in the running for the FedEx Cup. Could Straka be the golfer to stop the Patrick Cantlay three-peat? The […]
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Brian Harman Needs To Start Better This Week
Brian Harman read the hype a little over the past few weeks. The American golfer opened up with a 71 last week in Memphis. That put him behind a little as he struggled to a finish just outside the top 30. Fortunately, Harman advanced via a 67-68 weekend. He missed putts and shots outside the […]
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Corey Conners Rolls Into BMW Championship
Corey Conners has played better lately. Last week, he delivered a tied for sixth-place result at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The Canadian golfer stepped up with a 65-65 weekend to avoid elimination in Memphis. Conners showed the ability to not only move up but even contend. The BMW Championship from Olympia Fields Country Club […]
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Collin Morikawa Trying To Gain More Consistency
Collin Morikawa has had one crazy season. The American golfer only has five top-ten results and no wins. Also, there have been those up and down performances. Last week, he was up while finishing in a tie for 13th at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. On the bright side, Morikawa has shown some final round […]
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Aric Almirola Struggling Heading To The Brickyard
Aric Almirola begins Sunday 33rd for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Almirola has not finished in the top ten since Sonoma in 2019. Last year at Indianapolis, the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford finished 38th as he was collected in one of the first big accidents. There is not much in the way of expectations given […]
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Brad Keselowski Begins The Brickyard From 22nd On Sunday
Brad Keselowski heads to Indianapolis 168 points up on the playoff bubble. That is the good news. The bad news is that Keselowski has to watch who wins the final three races. This is all while the RFK Racing Ford consolidates points himself. Keselowski has never won on a road course. His last top-ten came […]
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Erik Jones Begins 36th On Sunday At Indianapolis
Erik Jones had some promise going into this weekend but then his car had issues qualifying. Jones and his Legacy Motor Club Chevy starts 36th on Sunday afternoon from the Brickyard. The No. 43 car will be another one of those racers to look at when it comes to moving up the field. At Indianapolis, […]
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Kevin Harvick Trying To Hold On To Playoff Spot
Kevin Harvick has a 180-point cushion with three races to go until the playoff chase begins. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will start from the rear on Sunday. The No. 4 car will be ahead of William Byron and that is it. Harvick usually fares better at Watkins Glen. He finished 33rd last year and 14th […]
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Justin Haley Top Kaulig Chevy in Qualifying Saturday
Justin Haley was not expected to start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a better position than A.J. Allmendinger. Yet, here we are. Haley will start the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard from 15th. Allmendinger, by contrast, qualified 26th. The Kaulig Racing driver in the No. 31 once finished eighth at Indianapolis (2021). Haley could be […]
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Corey LaJoie Has A Chance To Contend At Brickyard
Usually, Corey LaJoie has qualified in the lower third when it comes to the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. The Spire Motorsports driver begins Sunday from the 14th spot. Both editions of the race have seen LaJoie enjoy place differential in the double digits. Last year, he moved up 13 spots in his No. 7 […]
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Bubba Wallace On Playoff Bubble Heading To Brickyard
Bubba Wallace and his 23XI Racing car start 19th at Indianapolis on Sunday. The No. 23 car has enjoyed a solid season, but may need a little help to make the playoff. With three races left, Wallace can only fall one more spot in theory. If two first-time winners come in from below the cut […]
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Austin Cindric Starts 20th For Indianapolis Race
Austin Cindric did not get the qualifying effort some expected, but 20th is not the end of the world. Cindric and his Team Penske Ford car has adapted well at Indianapolis. His average finish of 5.5 is highlighted by a runner-up finish last year. The No. 2 Ford was helped a little by the late […]
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Denny Hamlin Starts 25th At The Brickyard
Denny Hamlin did not have the best of times at Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver qualified 25th for Sunday's Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Hamlin has had some odd results at Indianapolis. He led 27 laps in 2021 only to fall back to 23rd because of the overtime chaos. Last year, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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