John H. Nemechek One of the Best Underdog Options After Strong Runs at Mexico City and Last Year
Source: Racing Reference
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July 6, 2025
Much like his teammate Erik Jones, John Hunter Nemechek has had a significant improvement in recent weeks, although in both cases they've only really improved from backmarkers last year to mid-packers this year. Nemechek outqualified Jones for today's race as he starts 25th to Jones's 34th. He is probably a better road racer than Jones. In his only previous start at Chicago, he qualified 12th and ran pretty well, running as high as 4th and having an average running position of 12th before falling to 35th a lap down after spinning out with less than three minutes remaining. Considering both his recent improvement and the fact that he finished 6th to match his best finish outside a drafting track in the last road course race at Mexico City, there's a lot of upside in drafting him for DFS, but certainly not as much as drafting Chase Elliott or William Byron.--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerRead More News
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