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Ross Chastain's Poor Qualifying Makes him a Strong DFS Option at Talladega
Although Trackhouse Racing's speed has seriously stagnated on ovals lately, that doesn't matter at Talladega, where many races aren't decided on speed. Ross Chastain won here once in 2022 when he almost stumbled into the lead and led only one lap after Erik Jones' drafting help crashed behind him. He factors for the lead more often than not, but his fourth-place finish in the 2022 fall event was the only other time he earned a top-10 finish. Still, he is always fast at drafting tracks, and at 24th, he starts worse than most of the drivers you could argue are better than him, which means he'll likely earn a fair amount of place-differential points. Additionally, at $8,100, he's cheaper than most of those same drivers, so although there's never a truly great option for DFS at Talladega, Chastain is as safe as it gets.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
