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We've got a Friday night Xfinity Series race with Kyle Busch starting from 29th position in the #54 Joe Gibbs Racing machine. Stages are 75-75-100 and there will be a competition caution at Lap 40. I think cash lineups could get pretty chalky because using Kyle Busch limits what you can do the rest of the way and forces some plays that almost everyone will probably use.

• I'm using Kyle Busch even with the $17k price tag. He should be in the Top 3 -- if not leading -- by the end of Stage 1. He has the potential to win, lead a large chunk of the race and run a bunch of fast laps out front. If he wins, that's 74 DK points based on finishing position and position difference alone. He would only need another 11 points to hit his 5x return at 85 DK points. And, if he's winning, he's going to go way beyond that 11 points and score well over 100 DK points.
• Kaz Grala and Jeb Burton are great position difference plays -- both with Top 10 potential. You'll probably need at least one of these guys to pair with Busch. You could use both, but the rest of the roster gets scary.
• Joey Gase starting 31st should be highly owned. He's in the #07, which is typically a borderline Top 20 car. Gase is a solid driver and Series veteran, so he should be able to get whatever the car has to offer.
• I don't know what to do with Stephen Leicht because it's hard sometimes to know what MBM is up to. Generally speaking, the #66 parks, the #61 runs and the #13 is kind of in between. Leicht is supposed to be in the #13, so we can't know for sure what their plan is. With Chad Finchum in the #13 car recently, it's been running full races and doing pretty well. If Leicht is allowed to run the full race, he should finish around 25th and crush this spot at a near minimum salary. If he parks, you're looking at 10 points max. So it's a big swing.