NASCAR One & Done Picks for Phoenix

The MENCS heads to the desert this week for the final race of the Round of 8. Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick already punched their ticket to the championship race at Homestead. Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott will be looking to join them for a race for the title. This race is always excited and it should be even better with the reconfigured track. The Bluegreen Vacations 500 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 Corey LaJoie. What a mistake that was. LaJoie spent more time wrecking then he did posting fast laps. LaJoie finished 38^th and dropped my season average to 13.1. We need a lot of luck in these final two races.

Here are my picks for Phoenix…

*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	5^th	Martinsville	Kyle Busch	14^th
Texas	Corey LaJoie	38^th	Texas	Daniel Suarez	3^rd
Phoenix	John H. Nemechek	?	Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	?

Wow, it is getting slim pickings for the One & Done game with 3 races left in the season. The drivers I have available to me include: John Hunter Nemechek, Landon Cassill and Ross Chastain.

Thank God for John H. Nemechek. He will be filling in for Matt Tifft in the No. 36 car. He did a great job at Texas. JHN qualified 29^th and finished 21^st. This week he will be driving in the Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series races. The track time he will have between the practices and three races should allow him to finish near the 20^th position Sunday. I would not be surprised if it is even a little better than 20^th.

Good luck this week!

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