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Well, part one of the Richmond doubleheader wasn't what we expected. Kyle Busch finished third, but for the first time since March 2018, Busch didn't lead a lap in an Xfinity race. He had a good DFS day, but not the dominant day that was expected, which left fantasy lineups in some weird spots.
Now, we move onto a Saturday race without Busch. How will things shake out in this one?
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Austin Cindric #22 ($11,700) - Starting 12th
The grid inversion for the top 14 finishers means a lot of good cars start just outside the top 10 and have huge upside potential because of that. Starting 12th is Austin Cindric, winner of five races this season and leader of 64 laps in yesterday's race.
Cindric has been the best regular in the series this season. I see no argument against paying up for him except for the "too chalky" argument, but you can get around that by running some lineups without him. But you want exposure to Cindric today.
Justin Allgaier #7 ($9,900) - Starting 14th
Hey, these are all the same cars that were run yesterday, so let's keep grabbing strong cars from Friday night.
Allgaier won that race, his second victory of 2020. He led 78 laps and had 17 fastest laps, and he has more place differential upside than Cindric. I love the pricing on Allgaier this week, who has a chance to be a dominant car again in this one and is a great value compared to higher-priced guys like Noah Gragson and Harrison Burton.
Justin Haley #11 ($9,400) - Starting 13th
Well, Kaulig Racing found some big speed on Friday, as Justin Haley had a race-high 57 fastest laps. Teammate Ross Chastain was second with 24.
That speed almost led to Haley's first non-superspeedway win, but Allgaier's long run speed was too much. Still, unless something weird happens to this engine overnight, Haley should once again have a lot of early speed, which can help him make moves towards the front. I'm not sure I'd project Haley to have the same level of dominance in this one that he had on Friday, but this should be a solid race with the upside to lead laps and record a handful of fastest laps, at least.
Myatt Snider #93 ($8,100) - Starting 27th
Love the place differential upside with Snider this week. He's coming off a 35th place finish after crashing out, but he ran as high as 11th when he was on the track.
This race broke a string of top 20s that had reached five races, as this 93 had started to find some real speed and look like a car that could contend for a playoff spot in 2021. Now, Snider rolls off 27th, and if this is a top 20 car, there's some really solid upside there.
(One caveat: I'm not sure if Snider has to go to a backup car. I assume so, in which case he'd drop to the rear. But I think that same upside is still there, though with a little more uncertainty factored in. Still, I like Snider.)
Colby Howard #15 ($5,700) - Starting 29th
Howard finished 33rd on Friday after causing an early caution and never recovering from it.
But the youngster had finished in the top 20 in consecutive races before that and has eight top 25s this season. JD Motorsports isn't a good team, but they're not the same kind of backmarker as some other teams in this field, and I like Howard as someone who can turn a 29th place starting spot into a 22nd place finish. There's solid upside in that happening.
Joey Gase #07 ($5,200) - Starting 18th
This is the pick that worries me the most, because 18th for an SS-Greenlight car is high.
But Gase ran pretty well last night finishing 20th and running as high as 13th. If you're scouring the cheap options for this race, I think Gase's car is going to be better than the other options, so I'll take the chance of him dropping a few spots in the finishing order over playing Tommy Joe Martins, who starts on the pole and will lose a ton of spots, or the Dexter Bean/Stephen Leicht duo of "guys who'll finish worse than 30th, guaranteed." If you want to go big on guys like Cindric/Allgaier/Haley, here's the most affordable value guy to help you round things out.
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