NASCAR One & Done Picks for Daytona

NASCAR will race for the final time at Daytona International Speedway on the 4^th of July weekend. While I will miss having this race on the holiday weekend, it will be cool to see the summer Daytona race as a “last chance” race for drivers to qualify for the 2020 playoffs. The track said they are going out with a bang this week. They will have the largest firework celebration in the state of Florida after the race and a lot of bagging of cars on the track. It should be exciting. The Coke Zero 400 can be seen Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

My goal every year in the One & Done game is to have an average finishing position of 15^th or better from my drivers. Alex Bowman really helped me reach my goal with his trip to Victory Lane last week at Chicagoland Speedway. His win brings my average finishing position for the season to 12.0. Not bad. We need a hot summer to get the average inside the top 10.

Here are my picks for Daytona…

*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	?	Daytona	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	?

My One & Done pick this week will be Brendan Gaughan. There are 36 races in the NASCAR season and there are not 36 good drivers in the Cup Series. We need to use the drivers who are not full-time competitors in the Cup Series when we can, as long as they have some upside. This is one of those races. Gaughan has a 16.5 average finishing position in his last 5 races at Daytona. He finished 8^th earlier this season at Talladega. I am hoping Gaughan has a similar performance Saturday night.

Good luck this week!

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