May 10, 2025
Fresh off of his fifth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, Erik Jones is looking to continue the momentum at Kansas Speedway in this weekend's AdventHealth 400. However, he may need a little bit of luck for that to happen. Jones ranked 37th-fastest in practice (out of 38 total drivers), and while he did wind up 16th-fastest in qualifying, that was partially aided by the fact that he went out to complete his lap late in the session. With that being said, there is still the potential for Erik Jones to surprise people with a good finish here on Sunday. Although he has struggled at Kansas in the Next Gen era--Jones has just one top-20 result in six starts here in this car--Jones did come home with a third-place finish in this race one year ago. As far as Daily Fantasy lineups go, though, Jones is strictly a tournament option this weekend, and should be used sparingly. He's likely to fall back from his 16th-place starting spot in Sunday's AdventHealth 400.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Speedway Digest
May 10, 2025
Austin Dillon is officially on a hot streak. With his seventh-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, the Richard Childress Racing driver now has three straight top-10 finishes in Cup Series action and has ended up 18th or better in five of the last six. The lone exception? His 23rd-place result at Darlington, which, honestly, isn't too awful. Now we have Kansas Speedway up next, which has been a pretty good track for Dillon over the last few years. Looking at the six Next Gen races at Kansas, Austin has finished 14th or better in four of them, including a 12th-place result last fall after starting back in 22nd. This weekend, the No. 3 Chevrolet will roll off the starting grid from 20th-place, which is where Dillon ranked in practice as well on Saturday. Sitting at $6,300 on DraftKings this weekend, Austin Dillon is a solid tournament option with top-10 finishing upside and some Place Differential room as well. Don't be afraid to roll the dice with this RCR Chevrolet on Sunday.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
May
10,
2025
One
driver
that
was
surprisingly
slow
during
practice
and
qualifying
at
Kansas
Speedway
on
Saturday
was
AJ
Allmendinger.
The
No.
16
Chevrolet
was
the
slowest
car
in
practice
by
a
good
margin,
over
five
miles-per-hour
slower
than
the
fastest
(Ty
Gibbs'
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May
10,
2025
Just
like
last
week
at
Texas,
Ricky
Stenhouse
Jr.
looks
to
be
a
strong
positive
place-differential
candidate
at
Kansas
Speedway
this
weekend.
At
Texas,
he
was
able
to
walk
away
with
a
sixth-place
finish
after
starting
way
back
in
34th
(plus-28
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May
10,
2025
Steady
is
a
good
word
to
describe
Ty
Dillon.
Over
the
last
eight
races
this
season,
the
Kaulig
Racing
driver
has
finished
between
12th
and
16th
four
times,
and
has
only
two
results
worse
than
23rd-place
over
that
span
as
well.
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May 10, 2025
Don't overlook Riley Herbst as a deep sleeper fantasy pick this weekend at Kansas Speedway. 23XI Racing has had a ton of speed at this track overall in the Next Gen era, and Herbst has been able to salvage some respectable finishes at similar tracks this year. Last week at Texas, Herbst survived the carnage and wound up with his best finish of the season (14th), and at Las Vegas earlier this season, he was able to come home 19th despite starting way back in 34th-place. Las Vegas is the sister track to Kansas so that compares nicely to the site of this week's race. As far as practice and qualifying goes this weekend, the No. 35 Toyota was 26th-fastest in practice and Herbst will roll off the starting grid from 25th-place on Sunday. At just $5,400 on DraftKings, he makes for an interesting cap-saver in tournaments that could wind up with a teens finish if he has a little luck on race day.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Jayski
May
5,
2025
Joey
Logano
of
Team
Penske
won
Sunday's
Wurth
400
at
Texas
Motor
Speedway.
Logano
started
Sunday's
race
from
27th,
and
he
spent
the
entire
race
quietly
making
his
way
to
the
front
of
the
pack.
In
the
first
stage,
Logano
made
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May
5,
2025
Kyle
Larson
of
Hendrick
Motorsports
was
one
of
the
top
performers
on
Sunday's
Wurth
400
at
Texas
Motor
Speedway.
Larson
began
Sunday's
race
in
the
fourth
position
and
during
the
first
stage,
ran
inside
the
top
five
the
whole
time.
Although
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May 5, 2025
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. obtained a strong result from this week's Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Beginning the race from the 34th position, Stenhouse spent the entire race quietly working through the field. By the end of the first stage, Stenhouse reached the 25th position, nine positions up from where he started. In the second stage, Stenhouse didn't make much progress and remained 25th by the end of the stage. In the final stage, Stenhouse kept his car clean and avoided all the wrecks. As a result, he cracked the top 10, reaching as high as sixth position, where he eventually finished. This was a new career-best finish for Stenhouse in his Cup career at Texas, and he is currently in the Cup Series playoffs on points.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
May
5,
2025
Josh
Berry
of
Wood
Brothers
Racing
had
a
promising
performance
during
Sunday's
Wurth
400
at
Texas
Motor
Speedway
that
ended
in
disappointment.
Starting
the
race
from
the
seventh
position,
Berry
had
one
of
the
fastest
cars
right
from
the
beginning.
In
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May 5, 2025
Ross Chastain's improved racecraft this year continued with yet another race where he turned a terrible qualifying result into a terrific finish. Chastain started 31st in yesterday's Wurth 400 and was a total nonfactor for the first two stages, but Trackhouse Racing has tended to have the best green flag pit strategy recently as Chastain and Daniel Suárez seem to routinely benefit from staying out of the pits during green flag pit cycles and catching cautions to propel them through the field. It happened again yesterday, as this strategy allowed Chastain to jump from 20th to 13th, and then several more crashes and the fact that Chastain is currently the best duelist on restarts culminated in an improbable second-place finish that was far better than his car. Despite the finish, Chastain fell from a tie for 10th to 11th in points because Joey Logano (the driver he was previously tied with) won the race.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
May 5, 2025
Although Carson Hocevar crashed out of Sunday's race at Texas, he actually had a good points day regardless and improved from 26 to 21 points behind the playoff cut line. After winning the pole, Hocevar led the first 22 laps until a caution came out for Noah Gragson's spin. Hocevar's team made the questionable move to take four tires in a race where clean air was king, which relegated him back to fourth place. He still held his ground and finished sixth in both stages, but his strong run was spoiled first by pitting on a green-flag cycle before the caution came out, then as he was attempting to make his way back up through the field, he crowded Ryan Preece into the wall before Preece ricocheted into Hocevar, relegating Hocevar to a 24th-place finish and three laps down. However, since A.J. Allmendinger, who was on the playoff bubble entering the race, crashed earlier, Hocevar still gained points.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
May 5, 2025
One of the biggest surprises in Sunday's race at Texas was the speed of the Legacy Motor Club cars, which unexpectedly were the two highest-finishing Toyotas in the race. After a couple seasons of futility, Erik Jones earned his first top-five finish on a non-drafting oval since Kansas in the fall of 2023. Although he started 14th and finished 10th in Stage 1, Jones had a speeding penalty during the first stage-break caution, which dropped him to 34th on the ensuing restart. However, he made a gallant charge and drove up to 21st at the end of Stage 2 before benefiting from both staying out of the pits during a green-flag pit cycle when a caution came out, followed by a string of numerous crashes. Since so many of the top contenders crashed, Jones re-entered the top 10 on Lap 212 and got as high as third on the overtime restart before eventually finishing fifth.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
May 5, 2025
Michael McDowell is not particularly known for his prowess on intermediate tracks, as he has never finished better than sixth on a non-drafting intermediate, but he improbably had a strong chance to win Sunday's Texas race. Despite qualifying fifth, McDowell did not attract much notice since he was overshadowed by his teammate Carson Hocevar, but he ran in the top 10 for the entirety of Stage 1 and finished ninth before speeding in the pits early in the second stage. However, he made his way back to the front by taking two tires on the caution when Jesse Love spun, restarting the race in second. After a couple more restarts, he shockingly took the lead from Kyle Larson, who had dominated the race. Then he lost and reclaimed the lead from Ryan Blaney on a later restart, but McDowell's chances of winning ended when he crashed with two laps left shortly after Joey Logano and Blaney had passed him, dropping him to 26th.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
May 5, 2025
Although the Legacy Motor Club cars have not had much speed in recent years at all, both Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek ended up scoring top-10 finishes by weaving their way through the carnage of numerous wrecks. Nemechek actually had a terrible start to the race, starting 28th and sitting outside the top 30 for most of Stage 1 before a couple well-timed, two-tire pit calls pushed him up the field. In a race where clean air was king, he spent a part of Stage 2 in the top 10 before entering it mostly for good after the caution for Jesse Love's crash trapped several contenders a lap down. While he didn't run as well as Jones and was lucky to finish eighth, this still marks his first finish on a non-drafting oval since last year at Loudon.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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