NASCAR One & Done Picks for Michigan (Sunday)

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The NASCAR Cup Series will shuffle up the field and race again at Michigan International Speedway Sunday. The drivers who finished in the top 20 will be inverted. The drivers who finished 21st -39th will start the race in the same position they finished Saturday. The teams are required to use the same car and are only allowed to make minor adjustments (Similar to what they can on a normal pit stop). Car who make more adjustments or change drivers will start in the back. The Consumer Energy 400 will be Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on NBCSN.

 

Here are my picks for the Consumer Energy 400

Pick Driver Once

Pick Driver Twice
Race Driver Result Race Driver

Result

Daytona

David Ragan 4th Daytona Ricky Stenhouse 20th
Las Vegas Ross Chastain 27th Las Vegas Joey Logano

1st

Auto Club

Ryan Blaney 19th Auto Club Ryan Blaney 19th
Phoenix Kevin Harvick 2nd Phoenix Kevin Harvick

2nd

Darlington

Brad Keselowski 13th Darlington Brad Keselowski 13th
Darlington Erik Jones 5th Darlington Erik Jones

5th

Charlotte

Martin Truex Jr. 6th Charlotte Martin Truex Jr. 6th
Charlotte Alex Bowman 31st Charlotte Alex Bowman

31st

Bristol

M. DiBenedetto 31st Bristol Kurt Busch 7th
Atlanta Clint Bowyer 20th Atlanta Chase Elliott

8th

Martinsville

Aric Almirola 33rd Martinsville Brad Keselowski 3rd
Homestead Tyler Reddick 4th Homestead Jimmie Johnson

16th

Talladega

Corey LaJoie 16th Talladega Aric Almirola 3rd
Pocono 1 William Byron 14th Pocono 1 Erik Jones

38th

Pocono 2

Cole Custer 17th Pocono 2 Denny Hamlin 1st
Indianapolis Justin Allgaier 37th Indianapolis Aric Almirola

3rd

Kentucky

Kyle Busch 21st Kentucky Kyle Busch 21st
Texas Jimmie Johnson 26th Texas Ryan Blaney

7th

Kansas

Kurt Busch 9th   Kansas Chase Elliott 12th
Loudon Matt Kenseth 37th   Loudon Kyle Busch

38th

Michigan

Joey Logano 8th   Michigan Joey Logano 8th
Michigan Bubba Wallace ?   Michigan Alex Bowman

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Daytona

  Daytona
Dover  

Dover

Dover

  Dover
Daytona  

Daytona

Drivers left to use: Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon, Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Bubba Wallace, Michael McDowell, Ty Dillon, Ryan Preece, Daniel Saurez, and Brendan Gaughan

My One & Done Pick for Michigan: Bubba Wallace

I was really surprised how well Bubba Wallace ran yesterday. He had a chance to win the race but his decision to go three-wide on the last restart backfired. Wallace finished ninth and the No. 43 team proved that they are willing to gamble on pit strategy (taking fuel or two tires) to finish in the top 10. I will roll the dice with Wallace Sunday.

Alex Bowman had a faster car than what his 21st finishing position suggests. Bowman had the 11th best Driver Ranking, 8th fastest Green Flag Speed and 9th best Average Running Poisition in the race. His decision to take four tires at each stop was not the best choice to keep track position. I am hoping Greg Ives learns from his mistake. I will use Bowman in the games I can use a driver twice.

* If you have Erik Jones available, I would use the No. 20 car. Jones had a lot of speed Saturday.

 

Good Luck!

 

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