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We've got some Thursday night NASCAR this week, with the Truck Series heading to Richmond Raceway.
This is the final chance for drivers to race their way into the Truck playoffs, so we're in for a good one, with drivers like Johnny Sauter who have to have a win going all out.
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Sheldon Creed #2 ($11,500)
Starting 12th
Maybe the formula that determines the starting order for Truck Series races needs to be revamped, because Sheldon Creed shouldn't be starting 12th. But hey, it helps DFS players out, so let's roll with it!
Creed's been running well, winning two of the last four race and looking like he was going to possibly win a third at Darlington after leading 82 laps, but, well...the ending of that one happened.
We don't have a great sample size for Sheldon Creed at short tracks, but Darlington drives like a short track and he was up front in that one. I think he's got top five potential here, with a chance at snagging his fourth win of 2020.
Sam Mayer #24 ($8,800)
Starting 25th
Sam Mayer's last race in this 24 truck saw him finish fourth at WWT Raceway, leading 24 laps and looking like he was about to shock the NASCAR world for a short time.
It didn't happen, but Mayer proved he belongs in this series. A winner of multiple short track races in the K&N East Series last season, Mayer's a great place differential guy here who is already showing he can be competitive in a good GMS truck. My one concern is a lack of experience at Richmond, but I think his short track success makes me feel better about that.
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Trevor Bayne #45 ($7,900)
Starting 24th
So, uhh, it looks like Ty Majeski has been let go from Niece Motorsports, because the 45 is his truck and now Trevor Bayne is in it.
The 45 has been the most consistent Niece truck this year, so I'm pretty interested in it anytime in starts outside the top 20, even if it's not Majeski driving it. And hey, former Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne is in it now. He's run a lot of races at Richmond due to his work in the upper series. No, his seven Cup Series races here haven't resulted in a top 10, but his 19.6 average finish makes this one of his three best tracks by average finish. I expect Bayne to contend for a top 10.
Tyler Ankrum #26 ($7,800)
Starting 11th
Really like the pricing on Ankrum this week. He has six top 10s this season and seems to have really figured some things out, with a worst finish of 12th in the last five races.
Ankrum has run well on multiple track types this season, including a seventh at Dover and 11th at Darlington, which I guess are the best comparisons so far to Richmond. He's not going to contend for the win based on his results this year, but he can get into the lower half of the top 10, which will return some good value for you at this price.
Carson Hocevar #40 ($7,200)
Starting 30th
A good place differential guy this week, Hocevar crashed in his first race for Niece Motorsports and then placed top 15 in his next two.
His average running position in the race where he wrecked was 21st, and his average position in the last two has been top 20. He's running and mostly finishing ahead of where he starts, and while the potential for a bad race increases as he starts lower than he has in any race this season, the potential for a great DFS day also increases.
This should be a truck that flirts with a top 15. At this price and with this starting spot, that's some good value.
Codie Rohrbaugh #9 ($6,700)
Starting 28th
Am I happy to be playing Rohrbaugh for a second week in a row? No, not really after he didn't run well for much of the day at Darlington. But he's finished 25th or better in four of his last six races, so there's some upside here.
I wish someone like Danny Bohn or Clay Greenfield were starting 28th instead, but Rohrbaugh's likely to be pretty low-rostered in this one and has shown some decent speed at times. Plus, he's run here in K&N before, so that experience might help at a track that last hosted a Truck Series race in 2005.
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