NASCAR One & Done Picks for Darlington

It is throwback week for the NASCAR. The car will be wrapped in their throwback schemes to pay tribute to the drivers who paved the way for today’s stars. This is one of my favorite races of the season and it is one of the crown jewels on the NASCAR schedule. The Southern 500 can be seen Sunday evening (Sep. 1^st) at 6 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.

My goal every year in the One & Done game is to have an average finishing position of 15^th or better from my drivers. Last week I used my start with Ryan Newman. I knew he would be points racing and just like any typical points race for Newman, he finished 11^th. My average finishing position for the One & Done picks is now 12.8. Well ahead of my goal for the season.

Here are my picks for Darlington…

*Pick Driver Once*			*Pick Driver Twice*
Race	Driver	Result	Race	Driver	Result
Daytona	Jamie McMurray	22^nd	Daytona	Jamie McMurray	22^nd
Atlanta	Aric Almirola	8^th	Atlanta	Aric Almirola	8^th
Las Vegas	Austin Dillon	20^th	Las Vegas	Brad Keselowski	2^nd
Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	9^th	Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	9^th
Auto Club	Brad Keselowski	3^rd	Auto Club	Brad Keselowski	3^rd
Martinsville	Clint Bowyer	7^th	Martinsville	Clint Bowyer	7^th
Texas	Jimmie Johnson	5^th	Texas	Joey Logano	17^th
Bristol	Matt Dibenedetto	12^th	Bristol	Erik Jones	24^th
Richmond	Kyle Busch	8^th	Richmond	Kyle Busch	8^th
Talladega	Ty Dillon	17^th	Talladega	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	25^th
Dover	Chase Elliott	5^th	Dover	Chase Elliott	5^th
Kansas	Kurt Busch	7^th	Kansas	Aric Almirola	12^th
Charlotte	Daniel Suarez	18^th	Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	1^st
Pocono	Denny Hamlin	6^th	Pocono	Kyle Larson	26^th
Michigan	Erik Jones	31^st	Michigan	Clint Bowyer	35^th
Sonoma	Michael McDowell	25^th	Sonoma	Kurt Busch	13^th
Chicago	Alex Bowman	1^st	Chicago	Alex Bowman	1^st
Daytona	Brendan Gaughan	19^th	Daytona	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	24^th
Kentucky	William Byron	18^th	Kentucky	Daniel Suarez	8^th
Loudon	Ryan Preece	21^st	Loudon	Erik Jones	3^rd
Pocono	Daniel Hemric	7^th	Pocono	Denny Hamlin	1^st
W. Glen	Parker Kligerman	26^th	W. Glen	Chase Elliott	1^st
Michigan	Kyle Larson	3^rd	Michigan	Alex Bowman	10^th
Bristol	Ryan Newman	11^th	Bristol	Kurt Busch	9^th
Darlington	Chris Buescher	?	Darlington	Denny Hamlin	?

My One & Done pick this week will be Chris Buescher. I have been saving Buescher for the Southern 500. Darlington ranks as his best track. He has a 15^th place average finishing position at the Track Too Tough to Tame and he has run well on the large oval tracks this season. I expect the No. 37 car to finish near the top 10 again this week. Buescher will start 12^th Sunday evening.

Good luck this week!