NASCAR One & Done Picks for Daytona

This is it… The race Saturday night is the last chance for the Cup Series drivers to secure a spot in the 2020 playoffs. The races at Daytona are always wild, but this could be the craziest race we have ever seen on this high-bank Superspeedway. There is a lot on the line so I expect more bumping and banging than we usually see at this track. It should be fun to watch. The Coke Zero 400 can be seen Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Last Race: Rolling the dice and using Austin Dillon as my pick Sunday was the right decision. Dillon finished ninth and had one of his better races of the season. I should have use him in the games where I can use a driver more than once. Clint Bowyer ran the entire race in the top 10 but faded to 16^th at the end of the race. I was expecting more from the No. 14 team.

Here are my picks for the Coke Zero 400 …

*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	?	Daytona	Ryan Newman	?
Darlington			Darlington
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, Austin Dillon, Chris Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Ty Dillon, Ryan Preece, Daniel Saurez, and Brendan Gaughan

My One & Done Pick for Daytona: Ty Dillon

I have a feeling that a driver outside the top 20 in the point standings is going to find his way to Victory Lane Saturday night. Why not Ty Dillon? Dillon has been pretty good at Daytona in his career. He crashed in the Daytona 500 in February but he finished 4^th, 6^th and 6^th in his prior three races. Dillon also finished 12^th at Talladega in June. I will roll the dice with lucky number 13 this week.

Ryan Newman was involved in a horrific crash at Daytona in February. I am not concerned that Newman will be gun-shy this week. Newman said, “I had that race won so I look at it as… this track owes me one now.” Newman has been one of the most consistent drivers at Daytona. He has finished 9^th, 5^th, 14^th, 8^th, 8^th and 5^th at Daytona since 2016. That is the best average finishing position of any driver in the field Saturday night.

Good luck this week!

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