March 9, 2025
Is AJ Allmendinger an option in DFS this weekend? The Kaulig Racing driver is pretty cheap on DraftKings ($6,100) for Sunday's Shriners Children's 500, but he qualified up in 16th for this weekend's race, so is he worth the risk? Allmendinger has had decent runs at Phoenix Raceway in the past, but has struggled at the track in the Next Gen era. In four races at Phoenix with this new car, Allmendinger has ended up 20th or worse three times, although he did walk away with a 12th-place finish in the fall 2022 race after starting 16th (the same spot he qualified this weekend). The No. 16 Chevrolet didn't pop out in practice as being very strong, but track position is pretty important with this Next Gen car, too. You probably shouldn't go super heavy on Allmendinger in DFS contests this weekend, but if you're max entering, you should probably have a low level of exposure in case he sneaks into the top 10.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Driver Averages
March 9, 2025
After a couple of rough races at Atlanta and COTA, Ty Dillon probably isn't mad that Phoenix Raceway is the next stop on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. That's because he doesn't have that bad of a record at this race track. Statistically, Phoenix ranks in the top third of tracks for Ty. He has an average finish of 20.6 in the desert over the course of 14 total starts, including a streak of six straight finishes between 15th and 21st from 2018 to 2022. This weekend, Dillon struggled quite a bit in practice, ranking 36th-fastest out of 37 cars, but he qualified up in 25th-place, which is a trend in the right direction. Although you can't really trust a low-tier driver like Ty Dillon, it may be worth taking a flier on him in tournament lineups, as he is priced at just $5,000 on DraftKings this weekend.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Jayski
March 9, 2025
There will be a new name in the field in this weekend's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway, as Katherine Legge will be making her NASCAR Cup Series debut in the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports (typically driven by BJ McLeod). As far as expectations go, Legge is keeping things realistic, saying she just wants to complete the entire race and minimize her mistakes. She stated, "I want to stay out of trouble and show respect and prove that I belong. I think if I do those things, I think I will get the opportunity to do more." In practice on Saturday, Legge was the slowest out of 37 cars and was also the slowest in qualifying. She will likely need attrition to move up during the race on Sunday. Even at only $4,500 on DraftKings, it will take mass chaos (and her avoiding it) for Legge to score any meaningful FPTS in DFS.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Yahoo!
March 3, 2025
Kyle Busch had one of his strongest road course performances in his Cup career at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday by finishing fifth and leading 43 laps. Beginning the race from the eighth position, Busch held tough throughout the entire race, scoring stage points in the first and second stages by placing fourth in both. The No. 8 Chevrolet driver became dominant during the race's final stage, taking the lead at several points, but lap 74 began his longest period of being the leader. Even through a caution for incident, Busch would not surrender the lead until five laps to go, when Christopher Bell passed him cleanly in turn one. In the closing laps, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, and Chase Elliott all passed Busch, relegating him to a finish of fifth. This finish would be the third consecutive top-10 finish for Busch at COTA as well as the fourth overall in his Cup career.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
March
3,
2025
Kyle
Larson
had
a
day
to
forget
at
Circuit
of
the
Americas
on
Sunday
as
he
finished
in
the
32nd
position
by
the
end
of
the
race.
Larson
began
the
race
in
seventh
position,
and
by
the
end
of
the
first
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March
3,
2025
23XI
Racing's
Tyler
Reddick
finished
third
during
Sunday's
EchoPark
Automotive
Grand
Prix
at
Circuit
of
the
Americas.
Reddick
started
the
race
as
the
pole-sitter
at
the
front
but
was
instantly
involved
in
an
incident
on
the
first
corner
with
multiple
cars.
read more...
March
3,
2025
Bubba
Wallace
of
23XI
Racing
had
a
rough
day
at
Circuit
of
the
Americas
on
Sunday
during
the
EchoPark
Automotive
Grand
Prix,
finishing
20th.
After
starting
the
race
from
the
second
position,
Wallace
competed
for
the
lead
early
before
he
earned
read more...
March 3, 2025
Noah Gragson ended Sunday's race at Circuit of the Americas, the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, in the eighth position. Gragson recorded his finish after spinning earlier on in the event on lap five in the first stage. The No. 4 Ford driver would take the entire race after this spin in order to come to the front half of the field, as Gragson was 33rd at the end of stage one and 31st at the end of stage two. In the final stage, Gragson and the No. 4 team drove through the field and made moves to make it into the top 10. Gragson ran as high as fifth before he ended up in eighth as other racers caught and passed him in the closing laps, scoring his first career road course top-10 in the process.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
March
3,
2025
The
new
track
layout
at
Circuit
of
the
Americas
did
not
disappoint.
After
exciting
action
all
day
during
the
EchoPark
Automotive
Grand
Prix,
a
late
caution
set
up
an
even
more
exciting
finish,
as
Kyle
Busch--who
led
a
race-high
42
laps--led
read more...
March 3, 2025
Chris Buescher left Austin, Texas with a seventh-place finish in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix this past weekend, adding yet another top-10 finish to his incredibly impressive road course résumé. Buescher now has 14 results inside that mark over the last 17 races on road courses, and that is his third straight at COTA specifically. After the race on Sunday, though, Buescher saw room for improvement. When talking with the media, he stated, "It was a really hard day; a lot of ups and downs. We never got ourselves into the track position that we wanted to. We want to be better... I just feel like we are not quite competitive enough to win here at COTA." He added, "We have been very close at all of the other road courses — we feel like we have a chance to win at the others. We need to make a couple more tweaks to our Mustang here at this place."
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Speedway Digest
March 3, 2025
It wasn't an easy race day in Austin, Texas for Front Row Motorsports driver Todd Gilliland, but in the end, he got the finish. Gilliland was the highest-qualifying Ford for this weekend's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix but quickly ran into issues on the first lap of the race when Chase Elliott got spun out by Ross Chastain. Gilliland was an innocent victim in that mishap as well. After Sunday's race, Gilliland posted, "Finished 10th here at COTA. Started 10th finished 10th but definitely it's not that easy. Lost all of our track positions in corner one; the 9 [Chase Elliott] got spun and I just parked it right there with him. Felt dumb about that and then from there just battled." This was Gilliland's 11th top-10 finish of his career and first of the 2025 season. He has an average result of 17.3 through the first three races this year and sits 19th in points.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Sportskeeda
March 3, 2025
After starting third, Chase Elliott's race at Austin spun out of control literally after a bump from Ross Chastain dropped him to 36th. After making repairs on the Stage 1 caution, he didn't catch up to the field in time as he restarted over 10 seconds behind the other lead lap cars in Stage 2. Nonetheless, the Stage 2 caution allowed him to make a frantic charge as he drove from 30th on the lap 49 caution to eventually finish 4th after passing a faltering Kyle Busch on the last lap. Although many people expected Elliott to spin Chastain out once he caught up to him, Chastain was smart for once and decided to let Elliott through unimpeded. Elliott improved from 10th in points to a tie for 4th with race winner Christopher Bell.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
March 3, 2025
Last year's Circuit of the Americas winner William Byron came very close to repeating the feat despite starting 15th. He ran in the top ten all race as he immediately drove up to 9th by evading the lap 1 crash then steadily worked his way through the field until he was in the top five for good starting on the lap 54 restart when he moved into 4th. He took the lead for one lap on the lap 82 restart when he beat Kyle Busch to the start-finish line, but couldn't sustain it as both Busch and Christopher Bell moved past him. He eventually followed Bell past Busch on lap 91 and was within a car length or two for most of the closing laps, but was unable to pull alongside. The second-place finish still allowed Byron to retake the full-season points lead over Ryan Blaney by two points.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
March 3, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen led five times for 23 laps at the Circuit of the Americas, first passing pole-sitter Tyler Reddick on Lap 9 and then exchanging the lead several times with Kyle Busch during the second stage. He seemed to be poised for victory after pitting from the lead in Stage 2 to flip the stage, but Busch repassed him right after both had pitted. After consistently running in the top five, he fell to sixth on the Lap 54 restart, as his restarts were unusually slow and it took him too long to recover. He made his last pit stop from the lead on Lap 74 later than most of the other contenders, but while pitting late worked for Christopher Bell, SVG pitted a little too late to capitalize and wound up sixth. He did overtake Riley Herbst for the rookie points lead by three points.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
March 3, 2025
A.J. Allmendinger's first road=course race as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver since his win at the Charlotte Roval in 2023 was going quite swimmingly indeed as he started 12th and ran in the top 10 for the first 90 laps of the race, including leading two laps -- once on a pit-stop exchange on Lap 43 and once when he beat leader Kyle Busch to the start-finish line on a restart on Lap 54. But he plummeted through the field over the last five laps of the race due to what was believed to be a bad set of tires and ended up finishing 30th, which did not remotely reflect how well he had run in the race.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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