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It's been awhile since we had a NASCAR Xfinity Series race, with our last one being Justin Allgaier's win at Atlanta back on March 20th. Now, we head to Martinsville for a Friday night showdown.
Harrison Burton will start on the pole, with Allgaier sharing the front row with him. Burton won here last year, so he could be someone who gets off to a quick start.
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A.J. Allmendinger #16 ($11,900) - Starting 3rd
With 250 laps this week, I'm trying to grab some guys who could lead a lot of laps and rack up some fastest laps as well. That's why I'm high on A.J. Allmendinger.
This 16 car has four top fives already in six races. Last year at Martinsville, Allmendinger only finished 26th, but he led 68 laps before a flat tire ended his shot at the win.
This was Allmendinger's best oval track in the Cup Series, with seven top 10s and an average finish of 18.6. He's the most expensive driver on this slate, but with how he's been running, he's worth paying up for.
Harrison Burton #20 ($9,300) - Starting 1st
Playing someone who starts on the pole can be scary, but I think in this particular situation, Harrison Burton is worth that risk.
One reason is obvious: he won here last year, leading 81 of 250 laps on his way to the victory. He knows his way around Martinsville.
But this is about more than just one race. In eight short track starts in Xfinity, Burton has seven top 10s and an average finish of 6.1. It shouldn't be a surprise that a member of the Burton family is good at short tracks, since that's historically been the bread-and-butter for the group. There's some clear risk here, but I think the pros outweigh them.
Josh Berry #8 ($8,000) - Starting 29th
Alright, here's our first place differential guy. Josh Berry's Xfinity season has been...not great. In five races in the 8 car, Berry has a best finish of seventh and has crashed out three times.
But Berry is a short track guy. Before this season, he had three Xfinity starts on short tracks, with a worst finish of 12th. He's got 19 wins and 43 top 10s in 51 starts on the CARS Late Model Stock Tour. This is the kind of track where Berry can excel, plus he starts 29th. Lots of upside.
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Jeb Burton #10 ($7,800) - Starting 13th
Another Burton! And while Jeb isn't proving to be the same level of driver as his cousin Harrison, he does have five top 10s already this season in the Kaulig 10 car, and he finished 10th at this track last season while driving for JR Motorsports.
In fact, this track has been good to Burton even aside from this race. Two of his seven career top five finishes in the Truck Series have come here, and his average truck finish here of 12.8 despite running a few races in some...not great equipment here in 2017 and 2018 show that this is a place that Jeb can really wheel his way around this paperclip track.
J.J. Yeley #17 ($7,300) - Starting 33rd
Yeley returns to this 17 car this week. This is his third race in it, following a 12th at Homestead and a 13th at Phoenix.
While the 17 hasn't run as well when someone else is in it -- Cody Ware and Garrett Smithley have combined for a best finish of 23rd -- I think we have to trust Yeley. He's a good driver who just never gets to run equipment that's capable of producing good finishes. He's finally in a car that's at least partially decent, and he's gotten good results in it. To me, this is one of my favorite plays of this slate and, as long as Yeley keeps splitting this car and the results when he isn't in it are sub-par, he'll probably remain one of my favorite plays because he'll always be a relative value.
Stefan Parsons #99 ($5,200) - Starting 38th
Alright, here's a risky one.
There's a handful of intriguing drivers starting near last. George Gorham Jr. in the 90 starts 37th. Matt Jaskol in the 13 starts 40th. But I'm leaning Parsons as my deep value guy here, as he rolls off 38th.
Parsons has two top 20s in four races this year. At Vegas, a broken fuel line ended his day and relegated him to 36th, while at Homestead he finished 31st. Like the 17, the 99 car hasn't done as well when a different driver has stepped in, with Andy Lally and Mason Massey combining for a best finish of 31st. But with Parsons in the car and with Martinsville being a track where things like "this car doesn't have much speed" aren't as huge of a factor, we could see another solid run.
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