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It's a road course Saturday, as the Xfinity Series rolls into Road America.
There's qualifying this week, so take these DFS picks with a grain of salt for now, because we don't know place differential stuff. But based on track history and DFS pricing, I've got six drivers to keep an eye on this week.
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Austin Cindric #54 ($11,000)
Starting 4th
Kyle Busch starts on the pole and will likely dominate this race, but he's also $14,000. I think a viable strategy this week is to target a different top driver and then grab place differential drivers to surround that guy.
To me, Austin Cindric is that guy. He starts fourth, but with Daniel Hemric and A.J. Allmendinger ahead of him, Cindric should be able to move up to second quickly. From there, it just depends on if he can challenge Busch for the race lead.
Cindric has four wins this season and 11 top fives in 17 races. None of those wins have been at 1.5-mile tracks, but three of his victories last year were, so Cindric knows how to get things done at tracks like Atlanta.
He was only 13th here earlier this year, but he did lead six laps in that race. He also led 43 at Vegas and 14 at Texas, both these cookie-cutter intermediate-type tracks.
Ty Dillon #23 ($9,700)
Starting 30th
Dillon is in the Our Motorsports 23 car this week. It's his second race in this car, with him bringing it home in seventh at Charlotte.
I know Dillon's numbers this year look bad, but poor luck while he was in the Gibbs 54 car was a huge part of that struggle. Take that bad luck away and you find a really good driver who should be able to run some competitive laps in this car.
The 30th-place starting spot also offers a ton of place differential upside. This isn't the best car in the world, but if Dillon runs a clean race, he should be expected to gain 20 or so spots.
Sam Mayer #8 ($9,400)
Starting 22nd
Mayer has now run two Xfinity races and while he isn't having the instant success that he did in Trucks, he did have an 18th at Pocono and had two fastest laps.
This 8 car has a ton of speed. Mayer is a really, really good young driver. That his first two Xfinity starts were at Pocono and Road America should mean that his two races are taken with a grain of salt. He's got top 10 upside -- he's not going to be as fast as Ty Gibbs was off the bat, but he should still be able to run well at a place like Atlanta.
The concern is the lack of intermediate track experience. He's run some intermediate races in ARCA, but hasn't really at a higher level. Still, solid play here.
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Santino Ferrucci #26 ($8,000)
Starting 25th
Ferrucci has finished 15th or better in four consecutive starts. His average finish in Xfinity this year is 17.4. And if you were concerned that his long layoff from driving in Xfinity, he finished 14th at Pocono, his first race since the first Atlanta race.
Speaking of Atlanta, Ferrucci finished 15th there earlier this season. While his Indycar background might make you think that he's only going to be good at road courses, that hasn't been the case, as he's run well at ovals too.
Ferrucci is a solid mid-priced option this week.
Colby Howard #15 ($6,100)
Starting 36th
Howard starts way back in 36th this week in the 15 car. His average finish this year is 26.5, with four DNFs.
Howard has eight consecutive top 30 finishes. He also has three finishes in the top 20 this season, which is a nice accomplishment for a JD Motorsports driver, especially one who isn't driving one of the team's top cars.
If Howard can survive through this race, he should provide some solid fantasy numbers.
Jade Buford #48 ($5,400)
Starting 27th
Buford is only $5,400?
Ooh.
His average finish this season is only 24th, but if you take out his DNFs, Buford has five top 20s in a row. He's running really, really well in this 48 car, but two DNFs in the last three races have tanked his fantasy pricing.
That's fine, though. You, the person who plays fantasy NASCAR, get to benefit from that. Play Buford this week. If he's able to actually finish this race, he'll have a solid top 20, making him a strong fantasy play this week.
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