NASCAR One & Done Picks for Auto Club

The Cup Series will travel to California this week to compete at their first race at a 2-mile oval track. We can use some of the information from the race in Las Vegas but Auto Club Speedway has less grip and higher speeds. It should be fun to see if Hendrick Motorsports can maintain the speed they showed in Sin City and if Joe Gibbs Racing bounces back after their poor performance in the desert. The Auto Club 400 can be seen Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on Fox.

My goal every year in the One & Done game is to have an average finishing position of 15^th or better from my drivers. Ross Chastain was looking like a great pick last week after scoring Stage points in the first stage and then running 5^th in Stage 2. He spun out on lap 262 of 267 and that caused him to finish 27^th. That sucks. Hopefully we have better luck Sunday.

Here are my picks for Auto Club …

If you read my “Secrets to Winning Your One & Done” article, you will know that we need to play the hot hand in our One & Done contests. Team Penske has looked really strong this season and Auto Club Speedway is one of their best tracks. For that reason I will roll the dice with Ryan Blaney. He came inches away from winning the Daytona 500 and a late caution away from winning at Las Vegas. Blaney posted the 2^nd-fastest speed in final practice with the 4^th fastest long-run speed. The No. 12 car should finish up front again Sunday.

Good luck this week!

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