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Sam Burns Aims To Bounce Back At Wyndham
Sam Burns is comfortably in the FedEx Cup Playoffs but was not happy with how The Open Championship went. The American golfer missed the cut after an awful 73-76. Burns has only won the WGC Match Play this season which seems odd given his putting ability. That eighth on tour at 0.64 strokes gained has […]
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NASCAR PrizePicks Predictions - Cook Out 400 DFS Prop Picks
July 30, 2023, on a Sunday afternoon, features the Cook Out 400 from the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. This is the 22nd 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 site […]
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Aric Almirola Begins 24th For Cook Out 400 Sunday
Aric Almirola has fared better of late but the Stewart-Haas Racing driver is running out of time to make the chase. Almirola is more than 100 points away from the 16th spot and likely has to win one of the final five races before the playoffs. Richmond was one of his better results this year […]
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Ryan Blaney Had A Tough Afternoon At Richmond
Ryan Blaney had one of those afternoons at Richmond Raceway. He starts Sunday from the 25th position. Thankfully, the Team Penske driver is in the top ten when it comes to the playoff chase. Blaney is safe there but his 15.8 average finish is his worst since 2017 when the Ford driver carried an average […]
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Joey Logano Begins 23rd At Richmond
Joey Logano starts a little further off than expected at Richmond again on Sunday. In the Spring, the Team Penske driver began 18th. Now, he starts 23rd. On the other hand, the No. 22 Ford has some nice results on short tracks. That includes a second at New Hampshire and a seventh this Spring in […]
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Ross Chastain Trying To Regain Momentum At Richmond
Ross Chastain has not had the speed in qualifying lately. Aside from Nashville, the Trackhouse Racing driver has not had the results either. Earlier in the season, the No. 1 Chevy qualified fourth and finished third. Now, Chastain can barely stay in the middle of the pack. The last two races have seen a +8 […]
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Austin Dillon Hopes To Find Better Luck At Richmond
Austin Dillon never could get going at Richmond in the Spring. Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing Chevy stands 30th in the NASCAR points standings. About the only way Dillon can qualify for the playoffs now is a win. Statistically, this has been Dillon's worst year since 2015. Actually, his 21.9 average finish is identical […]
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Alex Bowman Starts One Spot Behind Kyle Larson
Alex Bowman qualified 15th for the Cook Out 400 from Richmond on Sunday. Bowman has been struggling lately. Also, he is 46 points away from 16th in the playoff chase. With only a handful of races to go, Bowman needs a win or a series of very good results. Since his pole and top ten […]
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Kyle Larson Confident Going Into Cook Out 400
Kyle Larson remains confident heading into the Cook Out 400 on Sunday afternoon at Richmond Raceway. Larson and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing car won in the Spring after leading 93 laps. Last Spring, the No. 5 car enjoyed a place differential of +16. With the second race expecting more tranquil weather Sunday, Larson should feel […]
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Chase Elliott's Car Fails Multiple Inspections at Richmond. What Is His Starting Position for Cook Out 400? NASCAR Update and Outlook
The 2023 NASCAR season has been a fairly difficult one for Chase Elliott, and things continue to be tough ahead of this week's Cook Out 400 at Richmond. The popular driver has missed time with both a broken leg and a suspension this year. The young star has failed to find victory lane in 2023. […]
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Kyle Busch Narrowly Misses Pole At Richmond. What's His Cook Out 400 Starting Position? NASCAR Update and Outlook
One of NASCAR's most polarizing drivers, Kyle Busch is always exciting. The veteran NASCAR driver recently brought some thrills to Richmond Raceway during Cook Out 400 qualifying. Busch has been electric throughout the 2023 season and has guided the Richard Childress Racing No. 8 Chevrolet to three wins this season. He headed to Richmond with […]
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Noah Gragson Shows Good Effort Qualifying At Richmond
Noah Gragson did not get into the final round of qualifying at Richmond. However, his Chevy wound up in 12th place to start the Cook Out 400 on Sunday afternoon. It was a rare good Saturday for the Legacy Motor Club. Gragson's previous best start this year was tenth for the Circuit Of The Americas. […]
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Ryan Preece Qualifies 11th For Race At Richmond
Ryan Preece managed to just miss out on the final group of qualifying for the Cook Out 400. Preece and his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford nabbed some nice laps including a 23.641 second time in practice. Overall, Preece qualified 11th and has been good on some short tracks. See at Martinsville where the No. 41 took […]
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Martin Truex Jr. Only Okay In Final Round Of Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. looked okay in the final round of qualifying on Saturday at Richmond Raceway. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was performing well but ended up tenth with a lap 0.225 seconds behind Tyler Reddick. He wound up only the fifth fastest Toyota overall. Truex Jr. leads the point standings and has three wins […]
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Starts Inside Top Ten At Richmond
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. surprised more than a few experts by being in the final group of qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Though Stenhouse Jr. only finished ninth, he was a respectable 0.178 seconds behind Tyler Reddick. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver has shown the ability to finish solidly in races. His win aside at the Daytona […]
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William Byron Is A Threat At Richmond
William Byron seems to always be fast at Richmond. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver qualified sixth on Saturday afternoon. Byron turned in a lap of 23.816 seconds which was 0.067 seconds behind Tyler Reddick. Byron and his No. 24 Chevy lead all drivers with four wins. He has been better in the Spring leading 239 […]
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Bubba Wallace Starts Fifth For Richmond Race
Bubba Wallace is on the good side of the bubble in the NASCAR playoff race. For that to last, Wallace and his 23XI Racing car were fast again at Richmond. His lap time of 23.815 seconds was 0.066 second slower than teammate Tyler Reddick (pole sitter). The last two trips at Richmond have seen an […]
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Chase Elliott Needed Good Qualifying Run At Richmond
Chase Elliott knows it is getting late fast for his playoff chances. Elliott likely needs a win and Richmond has been kind the second time around for the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver. Also, Elliott has three straight top-five results on the 0.75-mile short track. Richmond Raceway has the No. 9 car starting fourth on Sunday […]
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Kyle Busch Narrowly Misses Out On Pole For Cook Out 400
Kyle Busch won the SRX race on Thursday night then followed that up with a strong qualifying effort on Saturday. The Richard Childress Racing driver drove around the 0.75-mile track in 23.76 seconds. That was a mere 0.011 seconds shy of Tyler Reddick. Busch fell back in his first effort at Richmond in 2023 (14th). […]
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Tyler Reddick Cooks Up Pole Position For Sunday's Race
Tyler Reddick was the fastest car in the final round of qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Reddick and his 23XI Racing car was a mere 0.011 seconds faster than Kyle Busch in qualifying. Reddick's time of 23.749 seconds was fast enough to win the pole position for the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway. Reddick was […]
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Carson Young Playing Better As 3M Open Looms
Carson Young started out disastrous in 2023, missing cuts left and right. The American golfer missed five tournaments in a row (really six before withdrawing). That rock-bottom moment in February at Pebble Beach forced Young to take a few weeks off. After that, Young began to show glimpses of playing better. There was a T3 […]
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Sepp Straka Hot Heading Into 3M Open
Some were surprised that Sepp Straka is playing at the 3M Open. However, the Austrian golfer is eager to get going this week. Straka won at the John Deere Classic with a final round 62. Then, he parlayed that into a runner up finish at The Open Championship. Straka did not falter in that fourth […]
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Aaron Rai Can Make Some Birdies This Week
Before his rough outing at the Scottish Open, Aaron Rai was excelling at approaches and making putts. He had four top 25 results in five events after missing the cut in three straight tournaments. With the long course set at 7,431 yards, that figures to help the English golfer. Again, his other major metrics are […]
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Keith Mitchell Struggling Heading To Minnesota
Keith Mitchell never could get going last week at the Barracuda Championship. He missed the cut in a tournament where the American should have fared well. Mitchell's approaches the past two events have been rough. His strokes gained approach to green is 121st at -0.069. Strangely enough, off the tee Mitchell is a top five […]
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Sungjae Im One To Watch At 3M Open
Sungjae Im has won in this calendar year at the Woori Financial Group Championship. Yes, it is a far cry from the PGA Tour but Im has seven top ten results as well. The South Korean golfer has been alright making the cut in three of his past four tournaments (missed at the Scottish Open). […]
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Garrick Higgo Keeps Gradually Improving On Course
Garrick Higgo still does not have a top-10 result since last October. However, the South African golfer keeps improving bit by bit. The 24-year old even cracked the top 20 with a T19 at the Genesis Scottish Open. Since the American Express, Higgo had not shown the same consistency, but it appears that is back. […]
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Will Gordon A Bit Up And Down Heading To 3M Open
Will Gordon has been up and down in his performances lately. The American golfer either misses the cut or has a pretty solid result. At the Scottish Open, Gordon sprang forth to a tied for 25th. In his last 12 events, Gordon has missed the cut six times but finished in the top 25 in […]
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Joel Dahmen Tries To Build Off Success At Barracuda
Joel Dahmen found a tournament he could excel at last week at the Barracuda Championship. Dahmen accumulated 34 points en route to a tenth-place result. It was his first top-ten since November of last year. Dahmen will try to build off that success at the 3M Open. The TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine, Minnesota. […]
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NASCAR PrizePicks Predictions - HighPoint.com Pocono 400 DFS Prop Picks
July 23, 2023, on a Sunday afternoon, features the HighPoint.com 400 from the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. This is the 21st 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. However, this time, these props will be […]
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Noah Gragson Looking For Something Positive At Pocono
Noah Gragson and Legacy Motor Club have suffered through an ugly 2023 season. Gragson is 33rd in the points race and has zero top ten results this season. The No. 42 Chevy qualified 32nd for Pocono a full 1.612 seconds behind the time of William Byron. Gragson started 22nd last year on the "Tricky Triangle" […]
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