NASCAR One & Done Picks for Martinsville

Four races left in the Fantasy NASCAR season and most people are turning over rocks trying to find drivers for their One & Done games. Usually we get some “ringers” who make some starts at the end of the season as they prepare for their rookie season debuts at Daytona in February. That has not been the case this season so we need to keep scraping the pan for some crumbs that taste good to our lineups. The First Data 500 can be seen Sunday at 3 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 decided to use Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He is always a boom or bust play but last week he was just “OK”. Stenhouse finished 16^th and brought my season average finishing position to 13.7. Still above my goal for the season but these last four races will not be easy.

Here are my picks for Martinsville…

*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.	16^th	Kansas	Jimmie Johnson	10^th
Martinsville	Ryan Blaney	?	Martinsville	Kyle Busch	?

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: Ryan Blaney, Matt Tifft, Corey Lajoie, Landon Cassill and Ross Chastain.

I have been saving Ryan Blaney for this race. Team Penske racing has been very good at Martinsville recently. Brad Keselowski led 446 of the 500 laps in March and Joey Logano led 308 of the 500 laps in this race last year. Blaney also led 145 laps at Martinsville last year. I expect Keselowski to help the No. 12 and No. 22 cars get the speed he had to dominate the race in March. This is the best track left for Blaney so I will use him this week.

* If you cannot use Ryan Blaney, simply check out my Driver Rankings article to see which driver is the best pick for your One & Done game Sunday.

Good luck this week!

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