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Keegan Bradley Has Game For The Players Championship
The one thing that holds Keegan Bradley back typically is putting. Everything about his game plays well to Sawgrass. He nearly finished in the top-ten at The Arnold Palmer last week. He just needed to make a few more putts as Bradley could not get one round under 70. Again, this week the American golfer […]
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Cameron Tringale Looking For Big Week At Sawgrass
Cameron Tringale is another one of those golfers that just cannot put two consecutive weeks together. He looks like a top-10 or top-20 player one week then cannot make a cut the next. This pattern has repeated for eight tournaments and goes back to October of last year. The good is when he makes the […]
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Mackenzie Hughes Has Some DFS Value At Sawgrass
Mackenzie Hughes has yo-yo'ed his way around the golf courses over the past month. One week he misses putts and the cut. The next week he improves. That has been the pattern so far in 2022. One thing that has been better in most of his rounds is ironically the putting. He has gained 0.736 […]
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Erik van Rooyen Could Struggle Again At Sawgrass
Everything that could go wrong for Erik van Rooyen did last week at the Arnold Palmer. The 73 in Round 1 was bad enough. The 79 was an unmitigated disaster that left the South African lost for words. The double bogey on the 15th was a real dagger. Erik van Rooyen hit too many errant […]
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Patrick Reed Still Flailing Heading Into The Players Championship
Those that were hoping for some kind of better result for Patrick Reed last week were sorely disappointed. Reed missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer after a 72-76 opening two days. The last six weeks have seen the American golfer miss a cut in three straight tournaments. Ever since that weekend at the Farmer's […]
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Collin Morikawa Has Game To Win At Sawgrass
Collin Morikawa has not quite struggled like Jon Rahm has early in the season. Morikawa has some impressive results so far in 2022. That includes a top-five at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions and a tied for second at The Genesis Invitational. His final round 65 last month almost netted him a victory. Morikawa's metrics […]
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William Byron Posts Another Top-Five Result For Hendricks
William Byron was consistently up front throughout most of the race on Sunday at Las Vegas. Though Byron only led eight laps in all, he finished in second after the opening stage. Then the No. 24 car followed up with a fourth place result. Byron ultimately wound up fifth after rallying back. Four of the […]
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Kyle Busch Finds Way Up To Fourth Place At Las Vegas
Kyle Busch started from the rear of the field on Sunday after his crash on Saturday. It turns out the No. 18 car had a rough Sunday afternoon as well. Despite all that, Busch found ways to rally every time. The younger Busch even managed to lead 49 laps out of the 274. He moved […]
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Ross Chastain Falls Back In Overtime, Still Finishes Third
Ross Chastain led the most laps out of any driver on Sunday at Vegas. Chastain led 83 laps in all. Also, the Trackhouse Racing driver won Stage 2 convincingly. He started 18th on Sunday afternoon but wow was he downright fast at times. It seemed that Chastain had the car with his No. 1 Chevy. […]
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Kyle Larson Finishes Second On Sunday In Vegas
Kyle Larson tried to play possum late in the race on Sunday and then strike. That strategy got thrown out the window when he was assessed a speeding penalty during his next-to-last pit stop. The No. 5 car rallied hard, but it was too late. He came up just short this time around -- a […]
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Alex Bowman Wins At Vegas
Alex Bowman had one fast race car, especially early on. He easily won Stage 1 and then kind of just vanished for a good bit. The No. 48 car managed to lurk and lurk, and lurk. He struck at the right time as the Hendricks Motorsports Racing Driver led 16 laps in all on Sunday. […]
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NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 3/6 - PrizePicks
Hello once again everyone! We head to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400 this week and the third 2022 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 where you […]
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Aric Almirola Might Have Tougher Time At Vegas Sunday
Aric Almirola is in his last season of full-time racing. One would never know it after fifth and sixth place results. Even Fontana was a bit lucky and so was Daytona. Almirola and the Stewart-Haas Ford were in position to possibly win but just could not get there. This week is a bit different. Almirola […]
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Kevin Harvick's Past Success Could Help Him At Vegas
Kevin Harvick starts all the way down in 25th on Sunday. That is not necessarily a bad thing for the No. 4 Ford. Losing his crew chief might be less than optimal, though. Harvick has led 14.2% of the laps in the previous six races on the Vegas track. Furthermore, that has resulted in five […]
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Kyle Busch Starts From Rear For Sunday Race
Kyle Busch knew it was not good on Turn 3 Saturday. It was too late to save the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car. Busch slammed into the wall after his left-rear tire gave way. As a result, the backup car was brought out. With that, it was too the rear he goes. The younger […]
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Bubba Wallace Could Struggle At Vegas
Bubba Wallace and the 23XI Racing car struggled at Vegas last year. Other than the 2020 early race where he finished sixth, the No. 23 car has been outside the top-15 every other time. That is not a good sign heading into Sunday's race with the Next-Gen cars. While Wallace has shown improvement over last […]
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Daniel Hemric Gains Intrigue For Pennzoil 400
Daniel Hemric showed a little something last week with his ninth-place result at Fontana. He was able to keep his wits about him and stay in the top 10 during the most crucial part of the race. The younger NASCAR drivers are making their presence felt. Hemric last raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in […]
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Brad Keselowski Starts 15th On Sunday From Vegas
Brad Keselowski arguably ended a couple more drivers' races last week. Keselowski races aggressively and that will not change. He has a peculiar consistency on the 1.5-mile Vegas track. His average finish is an active best at 5.67. Despite that, he leads just 3.1% of the laps and has not won in his previous six […]
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William Byron Could Carry Speed At Vegas Sunday
William Byron was turning in some fast laps during the Saturday practice session. That being said, the Hendricks car will start outside of Row 7 from Las Vegas. Byron was one of six cars that turned in a sub-30 second qualifying lap. Now, how does this work when it comes into longer runs? The Next-Gen […]
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Alex Bowman A Bit Of A Mystery At Pennzoil 400
Alex Bowman and the Hendricks Motorsports Racing team looked great in the first practice session on Saturday but qualifying was not quite so kind. As a result, he begins 13th on Sunday from Las Vegas. Bowman was mired in car issues last year and finished two laps down (27th) both times. The idea is does […]
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Martin Truex Jr.'s Consistency On Display At Vegas
Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing car have enjoyed some solid numbers at the speedway. This week, he begins 12th on the 1.5-mile tri-oval. It does not seem like he is the fastest during these longer final stages but he is fast enough. The 107 laps this week will be a […]
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Ryan Blaney Another Penske Driver To Watch At Vegas
Ryan Blaney has shown some solid consistency at Las Vegas. In his past six races, he has four top-ten results and an average finish of 9.17. He has had a few issues which has kept him from finishing even better. Blaney and the Team Penske Ford had consecutive fifth-place results in 2021. While he only […]
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Austin Dillon Shows More Potential At Vegas
Austin Dillon nearly rewarded those who rostered him with a win last week at Fontana. He finished second just a hair behind Kyle Larson. Dillon was around a quarter of a second back when all was said and done. His car was several mph faster in certain sectors. The No. 3 Chevy can be a […]
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Begins Ninth On Sunday From Vegas
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and JTG Daugherty Racing have a nice opportunity on Sunday. They begin the Vegas race from the ninth position. Stenhouse Jr. was in it to win it late at Daytona. He then netted a top-ten at Fontana against plenty of odds. Stenhouse Jr. does have a couple of top-ten finishes in the […]
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Denny Hamlin Looking To Bounce Back At Vegas
Denny Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing car struggled last week with that pesky engine issue. Don't use screens, period. Hamlin begins the Vegas race eighth on Sunday. The No. 11 has led the most laps on the 1.5-mile track at a rate of 19.2%. Hamlin has four top-tens and a win since 2019. It […]
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Tyler Reddick A Popular Choice To Contend At Las Vegas
The one thing Tyler Reddick has shown this season is his ability to not race with any fear. Reddick being able to side draft cars several times last week was an indication of that. He starts the Pennzoil 400 from the seventh spot. Reddick led seven laps in the first Vegas race last year before […]
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Joey Logano The Dangerous Penske Driver At Las Vegas
Joey Logano and the Team Penske car are inevitably just very good at Las Vegas. Logano won the race in back to back years and leads all drivers in driver rating since 2019 (109.2). That includes leading more than 15% of the laps and four top ten results. Logano begins from the sixth position on […]
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Chase Elliott Begins Fifth At Vegas
Chase Elliott and Hendrick Motorsports like to live dangerously. This time, it was costly. Though Elliott will start fifth on Sunday at Las Vegas, two failed inspections will mean his crew chief and pit selection preference are gone. That may not seemingly mean too much, but then again it might. The No. 9 car has […]
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Chase Briscoe Nabs Spot Outside Row 2 For Las Vegas
Chase Briscoe will begin the Pennzoil 400 from the fourth spot on Sunday. Briscoe could be a bit of a question mark. He did seem to improve a bit in the second race at Vegas during the playoffs last season. Briscoe got into the top ten at points before dropping to 14th overall. That was […]
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Austin Cindric Starts Third At Las Vegas On Sunday
Austin Cindric is in a good position going into the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday. This is more than just starting third. Cindric drives for Team Penske. Team Penske has won a few of these races lately on the low to medium-wear track. The tri-oval can be a bit testy but it seems the three Ford […]
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