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I started this blog to provide a casual, recreational level of fantasy NASCAR advice and discussion.  I've been playing these contests for a number of years and am annoyed by lineup sellers and groups of players using the same lineup.  I'm hoping to give the casual player some help in building solid lineups that can beat that annoying crowd most of the time.  I'm not a "tout" and don't do this for a living, so proceed accordingly.  I hope you enjoy the discussion here and Good Luck!

michigan xfinity

8/20/2021

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Well that was a wild Truck Series race Friday night. It turned into a Daytona plate track race in a hurry. Don't think the Michigan races will be anywhere near as eventful. It's a very fast, but also very wide track that offers plenty of room. We have not seen more than a handful of incident cautions here over the last several races. And you really need power here, so the gap between the have and have nots in the Xfinity Series get pretty big at this track. Here are my main cash game options at this time:
  • Ty Gibbs - Starts 10th with race winning upside. This #54 car has been incredible whenever it has a good driver and I'd expect nothing different this weekend.
  • Tyler Reddick - Starts 22nd in the second Our Motorsports car. This is a solid car and Reddick certainly has the ability to get it around the Top 10, but this isn't a race leading or race winning car. So you're looking at how much position difference you can get here.
  • Brandon Jones - I am very reluctant to use Jones in cash games because he makes to many mistakes and "bad luck" always seems to find him. That said, he's still in a Gibbs car and he's still starting 24th.
    • Josh Berry officially starts 17th in the #1 car replacing Michael Annett. But he'll have to drop to the rear for a driver change off the initial entry list. I do think Josh can finish in the Top 10, but starting in the rear adds some risk.
  • Sam Mayer - Starts 16th in the #8 Jr. Motorsports car. While Sam has somewhat limited experience on these big tracks, this is definitely a Top 10 car. So all he needs to do is stay out of trouble. He's $700 cheaper than Berry, so I'd lean Mayer since he doesn't have to start in the back.
  • Jeb Burton - Starts 12th and could move up a few spots from there. He seems like a pretty safe bet here and has a good $8,300 price tag.
  • Brandon Brown - Starts 25th and has +10 position difference upside from there. He's fighting for the last playoff spot, so I'd expect maximum effort here from Brown's team.
  • Colby Howard - Starts 38th and has as much as +15 position difference upside. I'd like him even better if he was a little cheaper.
  • Ryan Vargas - Starts 35th and has +10 position difference upside. Not quite as good a situation as Howard, but almost $2k cheaper. Vargas should be locked and loaded as an extreme salary saver play.

Just wanted to mention a few other guys:
  • Bubba Wallace - He'll be in the #61 Hattori car. I think he's just to expensive for what he's likely to accomplish in that car. Barring mayhem like the Truck Series race, this is about a 12th-15th place car at best.
  • Austin Cindric - Hasn't had the best of success at the big two mile tracks. And we have a lot of really strong cars starting up front, so I don't have full confidence he'll lead many laps or run a lot of fastest laps.
  • Ryan Sieg - Similar profile to Brandon Brown, but I feel like this team has too many reliability issues. I just prefer Brown by a wide margin as between these two.
3 Comments
Max
8/21/2021 10:51:07 am

Good luck. Don’t think I’m gonna roll both reddick and Gibbs together in cash. Leaning Gibbs.

Also going with jeb over Wallace at -130 what do you think?

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Steve
8/21/2021 11:15:02 am

I'd go Gibbs also. And like Jeb over Wallace. GL

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Rob
8/21/2021 11:58:54 am

Hi Steve. Was wondering what you thought of playing Allmendinger for cash? Thanks




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