NASCAR One & Done Picks for New Hampshire

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The NASCAR Cup Series will travel to the northeast to compete at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The teams finally had a break from racing. This provided the teams much needed time to get into the shops and work on their cars. The racing is usually pretty good at the “Magic Mile” so I expect a good finish this week. The Foxwoods Resorts Casino 301 can be seen Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Last Race: I went with Kurt Busch at Kansas Speedway as my One & Done pick. Busch did his thing… He consistently finished in the top 10 on the 1.5-mile tracks this season and he consistently finished in the top 10 at Kansas Speedway. Busch started third so I was hoping for a top-five finish but the No. 1 car finished ninth. Not bad, but we need some top-five finishes during the second-half of the season.

 

Here are my picks for the Foxwoods Resorts Casino 301

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 ?   Loudon Kyle Busch

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Michigan

  Michigan
Michigan  

Michigan

Daytona

  Daytona
Dover  

Dover

Dover

  Dover
Daytona  

Daytona

 

My One & Done Pick for New Hampshire: Matt Kenseth

We have to use Matt Kenseth in a race this season so it would be a good idea to use him at his best track. Kenseth has been very reliable at New Hampshire since 2014. Kenseth has finished 15th, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 1st and 6th in his last seven races at the Magic Mile. That is an average finishing position of 4.5. I will be happy with a top-10 finish from Kenseth Sunday.

* If Matt Kenseth is not available for you, Ryan Newman is another good option.

Kyle Busch has been hard to trust on the large tracks this season because the No. 18 team seems to be a bit off with their ride-heights and down-force package. Busch has been good at the short tracks and New Hampshire is one of his best. Busch has averaged 109 laps led and 14 Stage points per race at New Hampshire since 2017. I would not be surprised if Busch finds Victory Lane for the first time in 2020 at the Magic Mile.

 

Good luck this week!

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