The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be competing at Richmond Raceway this week in the Toyota Owners 400. My One & Done picks have been pretty good this season. I am ranked 3rd out of 50 in my league. I hope you are finding success with the picks as well. My strategy of saving the top drivers for later in the season will pay off this summer.
Here are my picks for Richmond…
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Pick Driver Once |
Pick Driver Twice | |||||
| Race | Driver | Result | Race | Driver |
Result |
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Daytona |
Danica Patrick | 35th | Daytona | Michael McDowell | 9th | |
| Atlanta | Kurt Busch | 8th | Atlanta | Kurt Busch |
8th |
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Las Vegas |
Paul Menard | 9th | Las Vegas | Ryan Blaney | 5th | |
| Phoenix | Alex Bowman | 13th | Phoenix | Denny Hamlin |
4th |
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Auto Club |
Clint Bowyer | 11th | Auto Club | Clint Bowyer | 11th | |
| Martinsville | Ryan Newman | 19th | Martinsville | Brad Keselowski |
10th |
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Texas |
Joey Logano | 6th | Texas | Joey Logano | 6th | |
| Bristol | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 4th | Bristol | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
4th |
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Richmond |
Daniel Hemric | ? | Richmond | Kurt Busch |
? |
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Deniel Hemric will be my pick for both the One & Done game. Hemric will be driving the No. 8 car for Richard Childress Racing. This is his best track in the Xfinity Series so he should be pretty good Saturday night. There are 36 races on the NASCAR schedule but there are not 36 good drivers in the MENCS, so we must take advantage of the ringers whenever they are entered in the race.
Kurt Busch will be my pick in the games where you can use a driver more than once. I used Busch at Atlanta because that is his best track. Richmond ranks as his 2nd-best track. Busch had the 2nd-fastest speed on the 20 lap speed chart and that is important at Richmond. I will roll the dice with the No. 41 car Saturday night.
Good luck this week!
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