4 days agoDuring qualifying for this week's Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, Joey Logano obtained a starting position of 13th. This start position is the highest of Logano's Cup career at Dover since 2022, when the Next-Gen car was introduced. In 27 starts at DMS, Logano has 15 top-10
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4 days agoSophomore Cup driver Noah Gragson will start fifth in this week's Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. This is the highest start position for Gragson in a Cup Series race to date, and the first time he will start from the Top 5 in his career. While driving for Legacy Motor Club, Gragson scored a DNF in his only previous Cup start at Dover in 2023. In the Xfinity Series, however, Gragson has five top-10 finishes in seven Dover starts. With 10 races completed in the 2024 season so far, Gragson has seven top-20 finishes, with three inside the Top 10. In practice, Gragson ranked 11th in 10-consecutive lap averages, third in 15-consecutive lap averages, and was the only driver to run at least 20-consecutive laps. Considering his starting position, Gragson is a DFS risk with little Place Differential upside. With his car looking solid in practice however, Gragson could work as a sneaky tournament play where not many would roster him, especially as he is capable of placing in the Top 10.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: Driveraverages.com
4 days agoKyle Larson has some work to do at Dover this weekend if he wants to end up in victory lane because the No. 5 Chevrolet was just mediocre during qualifying on Saturday. Larson will roll off of the starting grid from 21st when this weekend's Würth 400 goes green, although it is fully expected that "Yung Money" will be able to race his way to the front. All sportsbooks still have Larson as the favorite to win this race, with most coming in at the +450 range. Larson has a series-best 8.6 average finish here at Dover over 15 career starts with one win, which came back in the 2019 season. He's priced at a very steep $11,500 on DraftKings this weekend, which can make it difficult to fit him into a lineup, but Larson has the potential of being the highest-scoring driver on the slate between his race-winning possibility as well as the Place Differential upside.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
4 days agoDover Motor Speedway is one of the best tracks on the circuit for Chase Elliott, as the Hendrick Motorsports driver has posted top-five finishes there in 10 of his 13 career starts, including two wins (in 2018 and 2022). That statistic alone should make Chase a solid DFS pick, but when you add in the fact that he qualified 29th for this weekend's Würth 400, he becomes a must play in DFS. The Place Differential potential alone make Elliott one of the strongest options on this weekend's slate, and his $9,900 salary on DraftKings is very palatable. Use Chase early and often when building your DraftKings lineups for Dover.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
4 days agoIt's not very often that we talk about Alex Bowman as a sure-fire top-five threat, but that's starting to be the case at Dover Motor Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has posted top-five finishes in five of his last six starts at "The Monster Mile," including a win back in the 2021 race. He has also had a driver rating over 100 in five of the last six races here. This weekend, Bowman looks to keep the good times rolling, as he qualified ninth for Sunday's Würth 400 race. The No. 48 Chevrolet wasn't blazing fast in practice, but Bowman was a respectable 15th-fastest in ten-lap average. In terms of DFS playability, Bowman is priced at $9,300 on DraftKings this weekend, so he's going to have to post at least a top-five finish (and likely add some dominator points) to make it into the optimal lineup. He should be considered an option in large tournament formats only.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
4 days agoDover Motor Speedway has been a very good race track for Chris Buescher recently, as he has the fourth-best average running position (7.83) at this track over the last two races in the Next Gen car. A bit part of that has been because Buescher has qualified well at "The Monster Mile," but that is not the case this weekend. The No. 17 Ford will roll off the grid from the 18th starting spot on Sunday, so it will take some work for Buescher to get up toward the front. However, that starting position makes the Roush-Fenway Keselowski Racing driver a nice candidate for Place Differential FPTS on DraftKings, especially at his very palatable $8,000 salary. Buescher has top 10 upside at Dover this weekend and should be used accordingly in DFS lineups.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Win The Race
4 days agoRoss Chastain has been one of the fastest drivers at Dover Motor Speedway in the Next Gen era, and that looks to be the case once again this weekend. On Saturday, Chastain was seventh-fastest in practice but he went out and qualified 22nd for Sunday's Würth 400 race--a bit of a disappointment. In the two races at Dover with this Next Gen car, Chastain has the best average running position (4.05), the third-most fastest lap percentage (12.01%), and the best average finish (2.50). With his Place Differential upside this weekend, along with his recent track history, Chastain is sure to be a decently popular DraftKings pick even at his $10,200 salary. The upside is definitely there for Ross to be a big DFS value play this weekend.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Win The Race
4 days agoJosh Berry isn't a household name, but he's on his way to being one at Dover Motor Speedway. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver simply has a knack for this track, as he has finished first or second in all three of his Xfinity starts here while also adding a top-10 result in the Cup Series last year while filling in for Alex Bowman in the No. 48 Chevrolet. This weekend, Berry qualified 12th for the Würth 400 and ranked eighth-fastest in ten-lap average during practice. When you put everything together, Berry definitely is a dark horse for a top-10 finish this weekend. At $7,300 on DraftKings, Berry is a tournament play for sure, and could be the missing piece you need to take down a GPP.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Speedway Digest
5 days agoIn this week's NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, the Wurth 400, William Byron nabbed a starting spot of third through qualifying. This will be just the third time Byron obtained a top-3 starting position at Dover in his Cup career and the fourth time he
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5 days agoRichard Childress Racing driver Kyle Busch nabbed his first pole of the season at Dover Motor Speedway for the Wurth 400. This marks the second year in a row Busch has collected the pole at Dover and his fourth overall at the site. In 35 races at DMS,
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5 days agoFor this week's Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, Ryan Blaney scored a starting position of second. This will be Blaney's first front row start at Dover and his second overall of the year. Historically, DMS is not one of Blaney's strongest tracks, as he only has three
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5 days agoZane Smith did not have a good start to his weekend after crashing in the second practice session, which prevented him from registering a time in qualifying. Smith has mightily struggled in his rookie NASCAR Cup Series campaign as he has been both slow and crash-prone. After Daniel Hemric posted the fastest average speed at Talladega, Smith is now once again the slowest driver this season with a speed percentile of 22.40. Smith has never competed at Dover in the Cup Series, but he did win his only Craftsman Truck Series race there in 2020 before the track was dropped off the schedule for 2021. Just as most rookies seem to have struggled significantly more at learning the Next Gen car than previous generations of chassis, Smith is highly likely to be a complete nonfactor tomorrow as he generally has been throughout the season. Still, though, his last-place starting position makes him a decent low-dollar DFS play on DraftKings.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
5 days agoBrad Keselowski still awaits his first win since becoming an owner-driver for his RFK Racing team despite a near-miss last week when Tyler Reddick edged him out coming to the finish at Talladega, but it probably won't come this weekend at Dover. Keselowski did win at "The Monster Mile" once in 2012 via fuel mileage, but it isn't one of his best tracks as his one win, 411 laps led, and 12.9 average finish all pale in comparison to his performance at many other tracks. Specifically at RFK, Brad has finished no better than eighth there. Keselowski has arguably had more consistent finishes in recent weeks than he did last year, but he seems to be running up front less often and after qualifying 24th, it's hard to imagine him factoring for the win again this week, but given his recent form of consistency, a top ten is somewhat likely.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
5 days agoTy Gibbs qualified 19th at Dover this weekend, but expect him to carve his way through the field at least to a certain extent. In last year's race, Gibbs started 24th and finished 13th in a race his teammate, Martin Truex, Jr., won. Additionally all of Gibbs' teammates finished inside the top six, indicating that the Joe Gibbs Racing cars were arguably the fastest in that race. While the Toyota chassis has changed in the intervening period, JGR's dominance at Bristol (where Gibbs also started 19th before leading 137 laps) may indicate they will dominate at Dover as well, as both tracks have a shared concrete surface. Although most people say Dover drives more like a superspeedway than a short track, some pundits speculate that the tire falloff may be similar to the Bristol race, which could play into JGR's hands. Gibbs should be an excellent dark horse candidate for the Wurth 400.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
5 days agoAustin Cindric qualified 11th for this weekend's race at Dover, but it isn't one of his best tracks, as he failed to finish his first NASCAR Cup Series race there in 2022 and finished four laps down in 26th last year. Cindric did win his Xfinity Series start there in 2021, where he was generally much stronger, as he finished on the lead lap in ninth or better in all seven of his starts and led 130 laps. Although Cindric did have his best qualifying run as a Cup Series driver at Dover this weekend, he has pretty consistently qualified well this year despite being a complete nonfactor in the races, where he has usually faded to midpack except on drafting tracks. Expect this general trend to continue on race day.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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