June 22, 2025
William Byron quickly turned into the chalk Place Differential play in DFS this weekend after the No. 24 Chevrolet ended up going head-first into the wall during qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Byron will be credited with a 31st-place starting spot and will have to race with his backup car on Sunday. If that backup car has speed anywhere close to what the primary car had, though, Willy B should be an excellent DFS option due to the very high Place Differential upside. Byron had the fastest single lap and best 10-lap average during practice at "The Tricky Triangle" this weekend, and his career average finish of 9.4 at this track is the best among all active drivers. Even though he is high-priced ($10,400 on DraftKings) and it's usually not a great idea to pay up for Place Differential in DFS, Byron looks to have a very high likelihood of ending up in the optimal lineup this weekend.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Motorsport
June 22, 2025
If you're looking for a driver that may be flying under the radar at Pocono Raceway this weekend, consider Joey Logano. The Team Penske driver's record at "The Tricky Triangle" isn't overly impressive--just one top-five finish in his last 14 starts--but Logano wound up finishing fifth in this race last season and even led three laps in that race. Additionally, the Team Penske Fords all looked strong in practice for The Great American Getaway 400 this weekend, particularly on the long run. Logano is priced at $9,200 on DraftKings this weekend and will likely go overlooked by many DFS players on Sunday. However, he qualified 12th this weekend, so he does have some Place Differential upside if he has a top-five car for the second year in a row. Don't go too crazy, but consider using Logano as a pivot option in tournaments with your DFS lineups this weekend.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
June 22, 2025
Chris Buescher will always be associated with Pocono Raceway, as the Roush-Fenway Keselowski Racing driver got his first Cup Series win at "The Tricky Triangle" back in 2016 in somewhat of a fluke fashion. In that race, heavy fog set in over the track and ended the race early, with Buescher in the lead and the main benefactor. Since then, he hasn't been able to finish better than 10th at Pocono, but that could change this weekend. Buescher qualified second for this weekend's The Great American Getaway 400 and the No. 17 Ford showed great speed in practice on Saturday, particularly on the long run. Additionally, two weeks ago at Michigan, Buescher had one of the best cars in the field, and some of that Michigan speed should translate to Pocono this weekend. At $8,800 on DraftKings and starting on the front row, Buescher is a risky and somewhat expensive DFS play this weekend that should only be considered in contrarian tournament scenarios.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Yahoo!
June 22, 2025
Brad Keselowski is in must-win territory if he wants to make the Playoffs this season, and with the right strategy calls at Pocono on Sunday, the RFK driver just may be able to steal one at "The Tricky Triangle." All of the Fords look strong on the long run this weekend, and Pocono is one of the better tracks for Keselowski. In 27 career starts at this track, Brad has posted 11 top-five finishes and 16 total top-10 results. His career average finish of 10.8 ranks second-best among active drivers, behind only William Byron's series-best 9.4. In The Great American Getaway 400 this weekend, Keselowski will roll off of the starting grid from 14th-place on Sunday, but he could be a legitimate top-five contender at the end of the day. At $8,600 on DraftKings, it's worth sprinkling in Keselowski to your DFS lineups, but he's not the best cash game option, so you should use him in contrarian/tournament scenarios.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: CBS Sports
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June 22, 2025
Don't count out Erik Jones from getting a good finish at Pocono Raceway this weekend. Statistically, this is one of his best tracks on the schedule, and in the three Next Gen races at this track, the Legacy Motor Club driver has walked away with two top-10 results along with a 14th-place finish. In total, over 13 career starts here, Jones has finished inside the top 10 eight times (61.5%). As far as DFS goes, though, Jones is a pretty risky play this weekend due to his 11th-place starting position. This severely limits his upside for Place Differential, and even with him being priced at only $6,400 on DraftKings, it's unlikely that Jones even comes close to the optimal lineup on Sunday without a top-five finish. Use sparingly in tournament-style contests if you're looking to roll the dice in DFS with Erik Jones at Pocono.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
June 22, 2025
If you're looking for a sleeper DFS option on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, consider Noah Gragson ($5,700 on DraftKings). The Front Row Motorsports driver qualified in 17th-place for this weekend's The Great American Getaway 400 and showed some speed during his practice session despite being in the slower group. As far as average lap times go in practice, Gragson ranked 17th-fastest overall and fourth-best among his groupmates. With that being said, Noah's track record at Pocono Raceway leaves a lot to be desired. In three Cup Series starts here, he has yet to finish better than 22nd, although it's worth noting that he does have a win in the Xfinity Series at "The Tricky Triangle." Gragson is a pivot option on DraftKings this weekend and is best suited for use in tournament-style formats.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: LapRaptor
June 22, 2025
As far as sleepers go this weekend at Pocono Raceway, don't overlook Austin Dillon. The Richard Childress Racing driver actually has a pretty good record at "The Tricky Triangle," with 13 top-20 finishes in 19 career starts. With that being said, Austin has just one top-10 finish in his career at this track, a 10th-place result back in 2022. This weekend, the No. 3 Chevrolet ended up 16th-fastest in qualifying, which makes Austin Dillon an interesting DFS option. He's very cheap on DraftKings this weekend ($5,300) but his good qualifying effort and limited Place Differential upside makes him a risky play despite the low price. Dillon was just 31st-fastest in practice on Saturday, too, which makes you wonder whether that qualifying speed was legitimate. You should have some Dillon exposure in DFS this weekend just because of his low salary and track history, but don't go too crazy.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Driver Averages
June 22, 2025
John Hunter Nemechek will roll off the starting grid from fourth for Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway, his best starting spot of the season thus far. Nemechek turned a lap of 52.390 seconds (171.789 mph), missing out on the pole by just two and a half tenths. Unfortunately for John Hunter, his last two good qualifying efforts did not end well. Although he was strong at Charlotte in May after qualifying sixth, he ultimately ended up finishing 27th when the checkered flag flew, and when he started seventh at Homestead, he wound up finishing in 23rd-place. Nemechek's best career finish at Pocono Raceway (through three career starts) has been 19th. He will likely fall back significantly from his fourth-place qualifying effort this weekend and should be avoided in DFS contests due to his very high negative Place Differential likelihood.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Jayski
June 22, 2025
After his hat trick of wins early this season, Christopher Bell has cooled off considerably in recent months in terms of dominating races. After a 2024 when Bell led over 20 laps eleven times and over 100 laps six times, he has only led more than eight laps twice this season. However, he has remained consistent and posted three second-place finishes after his wins including last week at Mexico City, so he's not exactly in a slump. Having said that, Bell starts ninth in today's The Great American Getaway 400. This makes him a risky choice to start him for DFS play. Although he will likely finish better than that and earn at least a few Place Differential points since his median finish this year is eighth, he won't score as many as drivers who qualified worse unless he dominates, which he hasn't done as much lately and never at this track. Bell is a decent option, but there are plenty of better ones.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
June 22, 2025
After three straight crashes, Bubba Wallace sat in a precarious playoff position after the Coca-Cola 600, but after three stronger runs subsequently, he has cemented his playoff position and he is going to a track where he has been very consistent. In his five Pocono starts for 23XI Racing, Wallace has never finished worse than 14th and has earned three top ten finishes including a career-best fifth in 2021 and tenth last year. Although 23XI Racing has had inconsistent speed this year, Tyler Reddick has seemed to have bigger issues than Wallace, who has seemed to have more consistent speed. When considering Wallace failed to post a qualifying time and is starting 34th, has posted five straight top fifteens at the track and three in the last three races on the Cup Series schedule, he's almost a must-have for DFS consideration.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
June 22, 2025
As usual, Ross Chastain qualified poorly but unlike most weeks, he isn't one of the absolute best DFS options like he usually is because he has never posted a top ten finish at Pocono before. He has had speed at times, particularly in 2022 when Denny Hamlin wrecked him out of the lead during their feud, but he hasn't run very well in most other races there s his best average running position outside of that race was 18th. Trackhouse Racing does struggle for speed periodically although Chastain's teammate Daniel Suárez did finish third in the same race where Chastain crashed. Chastain's racecraft has significantly improved compared to previous years, so he does stand a good shot at driving through the field and collecting a decent finish as he had most of this year, but there are several better options who qualified worse.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
June 22, 2025
Chase Briscoe earned his best starting position at Pocono Raceway when he qualified sixth for today's race. He has not had much success at Pocono in the past as although he has finished on the lead lap in all five of his races, he has never finished better than 15th but he did that with a Stewart-Haas Racing team that struggled for speed on unrestricted superspeedways after 2020. Now he is with a Joe Gibbs Racing team that is consistently much faster here, so he'll likely run better than he did in previous years. If you think he is likely to dominate the race or run up front all day like his predecessor Martin Truex, Jr. sometimes did, he's worthy of DFS consideration. However, more likely, he will have a mediocre finish slightly worse than his starting position and he won't be one of the top DFS points scorers.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
June 22, 2025
After Carson Hocevar wrecked Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. twice in the last three weeks, that effectively eliminated Stenhouse from the playoff picture. He didn't deserve it anyway since he has been extremely mediocre and had merely been lucky not to have a DNF prior to that, but it was still not cool of Hocevar to do that. Stenhouse was yesterday's slowest qualifier among the drivers who had no issues, starting 30th at a track where he has only posted a single top ten finish. That did come recently in 2023 with the Next Gen chassis when he finished seventh, but he didn't run nearly as well as that implies because his average running position was only 19th. Considering how poor his overall Pocono record is, there are plenty of better options for DFS teams than Stenhouse who are also starting in the back half of the field.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
June 22, 2025
Although Daniel Suárez disappointed last weekend in his home race, he's coming to a track where he has had a fair amount of success. In addition to winning the pole in 2018, Suárez has four top tens at Pocono including a second and a third, but most of that success came in his years when he was driving for the championship-caliber Joe Gibbs Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing organizations in the Gen 6 era, as opposed to his current Trackhouse Racing team that sometimes has intermittent speed. Suárez did qualify tenth well ahead of both of his Trackhouse teammates and he has had a good knack of finishing in the top ten when he starts there. However, the facts that he might be having his worst season ever and he usually finishes worse than tenth lately suggest that he qualified too well to be a strong DFS option despite his previously strong record here.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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