NASCAR One & Done Picks for Kansas

So how are you doing in your One & Done game? Most people are nervous about their pick this week because they are out of the top drivers who are likely to finish up front. Do not panic. Everyone you are competing with is likely in the same situation as you. It will be very important to find that value pick that could run well Sunday. The Hollywood Casino 400 can be seen Sunday at 2:30 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. Last week I decided to use Joey Gase and it was a disaster. Gase was involved in a wreck and finished 36^th. Almost any other low funded car would have been a better choice. My average finishing position for the season is now 13.7. It is not going to get any easier in the last 5 races.

Here are my picks for Kansas…

*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	12^th	Darlington	Denny Hamlin	29^th
Brickyard	Paul Menard	10^th	Brickyard	Ryan Newman	8^th
Las Vegas	Joey Logano	9^th	Las Vegas	Joey Logano	9^th
Richmond	Bubba Wallace	12^th	Richmond	Ryan Blaney	17^th
Roval	David Ragan	35^th	Roval	Ryan Blaney	8^th
Dover	Martin Truex Jr.	2^nd	Dover	Martin Truex Jr.	2^nd
Talladega	Joey Gase	36^th	Talladega	Ryan Newman	2^nd
Kansas	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	?	Kansas	Jimmie Johnson	?

Wow, it is getting slim pickings for the One & Done game with 6 races left in the season. The drivers I have available to me include: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Corey Lajoie, Landon Cassill, Ross Chastain and Matt Tifft.

I will roll the dice with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He had a good race at Kansas in May and I am hoping he can do the same Sunday. Stenhouse qualified 14^th, finished 3^rd in Stage 1, 5^th in Stage 2 and finished 11^th in the race. Stenhouse even led 11 laps in the race. Stenhouse posted the 6^th fastest speed in final practice with the 11^th best long-run speed. This is his best track left on the schedule so I will use Stenhouse today.

Good luck this week!

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