NASCAR One & Done Picks for Darlington

The NASCAR Cup Series will kick off the playoffs with another trip to Darlington Raceway. This will be the third trip to South Carolina for the Cup Series cars. The race also means there are only 10 races left in the crazy 2020 season. Finding quality drivers for your contest is becoming more difficult. It will be important to try and find those “sleeper picks” in these final races.

Last Race: The One & Done pick almost worked out well. Ty Dillon was running in the top 10 with two laps to go but was caught up in the wreck when Kevin Harvick hit the wall. Dillon finished 22^nd. I guess we should have used Brendan Gaughan. We will use Mr. Gaughan at Talladega.

Here are my picks for the Southern 500…

*Pick Driver Once*			*Pick Driver Twice*
Race	Driver	Result	Race	Driver	Result
Daytona	David Ragan	4^th	Daytona	Ricky Stenhouse	20^th
Las Vegas	Ross Chastain	27^th	Las Vegas	Joey Logano	1^st
Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th	Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th
Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd	Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd
Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th	Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th
Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th	Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th
Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th	Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th
Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st	Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st
Bristol	M. DiBenedetto	31^st	Bristol	Kurt Busch	7^th
Atlanta	Clint Bowyer	20^th	Atlanta	Chase Elliott	8^th
Martinsville	Aric Almirola	33^rd	Martinsville	Brad Keselowski	3^rd
Homestead	Tyler Reddick	4^th	Homestead	Jimmie Johnson	16^th
Talladega	Corey LaJoie	16^th	Talladega	Aric Almirola	3^rd
Pocono 1	William Byron	14^th	Pocono 1	Erik Jones	38^th
Pocono 2	Cole Custer	17^th	Pocono 2	Denny Hamlin	1^st
Indianapolis	Justin Allgaier	37^th	Indianapolis	Aric Almirola	3^rd
Kentucky	Kyle Busch	21^st	Kentucky	Kyle Busch	21^st
Texas	Jimmie Johnson	26^th	Texas	Ryan Blaney	7^th
Kansas	Kurt Busch	9^th	Kansas	Chase Elliott	12^th
Loudon	Matt Kenseth	37^th	Loudon	Kyle Busch	38^th
Michigan	Joey Logano	8^th	Michigan	Joey Logano	8^th
Michigan	Bubba Wallace	21^st	Michigan	Alex Bowman	36^th
Daytona	M. McDowell	10^th	Daytona	Jimmie Johnson	4^th
Dover	Christopher Bell	22^nd	Dover	Martin Truex Jr.	2^nd
Dover	Austin Dillon	9^th	Dover	Clint Bowyer	16^th
Daytona	Ty Dillon	22^nd	Daytona	Ryan Newman	36^th
Darlington	John Nemechek	?	Darlington	Tyler Reddick	?
Richmond			Richmond
Bristol			Bristol
Las Vegas			Las Vegas
Talladega			Talladega
Charlotte			Charlotte
Kansas			Kansas
Texas			Texas
Martinsville			Martinsville
Phoenix			Phoenix

Drivers left to use: Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Ryan Preece, Daniel Saurez, and Brendan Gaughan

My One & Done Pick for Darlington: John Hunter Nemechek

John H. Nemecheck came out of nowhere to finish 9^th in the first race at Darlington. He ran the wall and he passed a lot of cars. Nemechek tried the same strategy in the second race at Darlington and it did not work. Nemechek crashed on lap 30 of the race and caused him to finish 35^th. His car was fast in both races and I am hoping he learned his lesson and will not get so close to the wall Sunday night. This is one of the better tracks for Nemechek so I will roll the dice with him.

Tyler Reddick was one of the biggest surprises in the races at Darlington in May. He started 29^th and finished 7^th on Sunday. He tried to run the high-line against the wall and it worked. He passed a lot of cars in both races. Reddick will be a great pick this week if he can keep the Darlington stripes to a minimum.

* Erik Jones needs to be your pick if he is available for your One & Done contest. Darlington is by far his best track. Jones has never finished outside the top 10 at this track.

Good luck this week!

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