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The NASCAR Xfinity Series is back this week, and we're superspeedway racing at Talladega!
Austin Cindric starts on the pole, while the current best superspeedway driver in the series, Justin Haley, rolls off fifth. Talladega is always chaotic, so expect to make more lineups than you usually would if you're hoping to win some money, and don't prematurely start counting those dollars, since everything can change in a moment.
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A.J. Allmendinger #16 ($10,600) - Starting 11th
If it's a superspeedway race, I'm going heavy on Kaulig Racing.
Allmendinger is the most expensive driver in this field, but I think with how many value plays are viable, I'm fine going with him. Starting 11th offers a decent bit of place differential upside compared to the other top guys, and his history at superspeedways is hard to ignore. He was seventh in the first race here last year, then crashed out of the fall race after leading 24 laps. At Dayona, he's led 91 laps in three Xfinity races, though a disqualification and a crash make his results look worse than they are. Allmendinger isn't the favorite to win this race, but he's my pick to score the most fantasy points.
Austin Cindric #22 ($9,600) - Starting 1st
This might not be the most popular pick this week and it's HELLA risky since he starts first, but this is a risk I'm interested in taking.
Starting first offers some chances to lead laps early, but most importantly it should keep him out of harm's way if there's some early carnage. He won at Daytona earlier this year, leading 28 laps. He had two top fives in four Talladega races.
This is a risky play, but I know a lot of people who fade polesitters. This is a nice pivot because he'll be underused. Don't play him in too many lines, but Cindric's race-winning upside makes him a nice change-of-pace play.
Ryan Sieg is $200 more and starts 17th. Higher PD upside for sure, since Cindric has exactly zero PD points possible.
Justin Haley #11 ($9,200) - Starting 5th
Haley is another risky play because of the lack of place differential upside, but he literally won here both times last season. He didn't lead a ton of laps in that second victory and you probably need him to get up front more on Saturday to get an ideal number of fantasy points out of him, but if you want a safe play who you can trust to stay clean and get a strong finish, Haley has to be on your radar.
But I also understand wanting to get a higher upside guy in this price range. If that's the case, Riley Herbst is $8,800 and starts 19th. Herbst is a little too aggressive sometimes, but there's more PD upside there.
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Ty Dillon #54 ($7,900) - Starting 16th
Dillon starts 16th. There's some solid PD upside here, and he's driving a Joe Gibbs car. I love this play. Sure, Dillon isn't risky just because he starts mid-pack at a superspeedway, which means his race could be over by lap four or something, but he's led laps here before in Xfinity, plus he has two top 10s in the Cup Series at this track, plus some good Cup runs at Daytona. Dillon has race-winning upside.
This is also a spot where you could save some money and grab Landon Cassill for $7,100. He's a really smart superspeedway racer who starts 32nd. I didn't include him in this article because I think he might be too chalky, but I'll have a good amount of him.
Ryan Vargas #6 ($6,500) - Starting 39th
Here's my big thing this week: cheap drivers who start in the back, regardless of the quality of their cars and the drivers in those cars. As long as we assume the car is good enough to stay on the lead lap, the car has a chance.
Vargas hasn't had the greatest 2021 season, but he was 18th at Daytona, his best finish of the season. Starting 39th offers a ton of place differential points, so Vargas just needs to avoid getting caught up in a big crash. If he survives this race, he'll score a ton of DFS points. And these JD Motorsports cars usually do a good job of playing things safe at superspeedways, so Vargas feels like a pretty safe play.
Natalie Decker #23 ($6,000) - Starting 38th
Decker's driving ability is questionable, but she's in the 23 car that Our Motorsports recently took over. As far as I know, even with Decker in the ride, this is still an Our car. That makes it some pretty good equipment. Jason White drove the 23 to a 10th place finish at Daytona and Tyler Reddick has had some good runs in this car. Again, Decker isn't the same level of driver as Reddick, but she did have a top five once in the Truck Series at Daytona, making her 1-for-3 in finishing top five in a national series superspeedway race. Those are good numbers! She also had one of her two ARCA top fives at Daytona.
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