richmond cup

We've got 400 laps of Saturday night racing at Richmond. We're going to need to hit on some dominators to make it work with so many laps led and fastest laps points out there. Looking over the salaries, I don't see a lot that I really like in the middle range. We've got some decent position difference guys like Eric Jones, Jimmie Johnson and Bubba Wallace. But, I think a better approach this week might be more of a stars and scrubs approach where we try to jam in as many as three potential dominators.

• Martin Truex is great at short tracks, great at night and an absolute beast at Richmond. He has led over 100 laps in six of the last seven Richmond races and scored over 100 DK points in five of those races. He should be in every cash game lineup.
• Brad Keselowski has had one of the best cars at all three short, flat tracks this year. He led 82 laps at Phoenix, but only finished 11th because of late pit stop strategy. He ran 3rd at Martinsville and then won just a few weeks ago at New Hampshire, leading 184 laps and running 54 fastest laps. He also has a really solid Richmond record.
• Denny Hamlin loves Richmond and has finished in the Top 5 in six of the last seven races here. He was way off at Phoenix and Martinsville, but then ran really well at New Hampshire -- finishing 2nd, with 92 laps led and 50 fastest laps. 
• Joey Logano has also been really good at the short, flat tracks this year. He won at Phoenix, led 234 laps at Martinsville and finished 4th at New Hampshire. He's finished in the Top 5 in all three races.
• Kevin Harvick is a scary fade starting from the pole. It shouldn't surprise anyone if he goes off and dominates at least a portion of this race. He was very good at Phoenix, not good at Martinsville and then just OK at New Hampshire. In that New Hampshire race, he finished 5th, but had only 6 laps led and 25 fastest laps. He's been solid at Richmond, but doesn't have any dominating performances in the last few years. In the last eight races here, he has six Top 5 finishes, but has only led more than 40 laps one time.

If we want to collect those dominators, we need some cheap guys too:

• Corey LaJoie -- Nothing special here, but he starts 34th and should move past at least a few cars into the Top 30.
• Chris Buescher -- Running much better of late and getting very close to the form we saw last year where he was a pretty reliable choice for a borderline Top 20 finish.
• Daniel Suarez -- Finishing in the 26th-28th range almost every week.