NASCAR One & Done Picks for Talladega

Pull those belts tight, it is time to go racing at Talladega Superspeedway. This race is a total crapshoot so it is also a good week to try your luck with a scrub driver in your One & Done games. If there is a wreck at the end of the race, these scrubs could finish in the top 10. That is how I plan to play it this week. The 1000Bulbs.com 500 can be seen Sunday at 2 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 Martin Truex Jr. at his home track and we almost got our second win of the season in the One & Done game. Truex finished 2^nd and brought our yearly average finishing position to 12.9. That is not bad, but it is going to get a lot more difficult in the remaining six races.

Here are my picks for Talladega…

*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	?	Talladega	Ryan Newman	?

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: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Corey Lajoie, Landon Cassill, Ross Chastain and Matt Tifft.

I will roll the dice with Joey Gase Sunday. He qualified 37^th and finished 18^th in this race last year. I would gladly take a similar performance from him Sunday. Gase also competed in the MENCS race at Daytona in July. He started dead last and finished 27^th. I am not expecting a top 10 finish but if Gase finishes inside the top 20, I will be very happy.

* Paul Menard is having problems with his neck. If he cannot drive Sunday, Matt Crafton will drive the No. 21 car. I will use Crafton over Joey Gase if he replaces Menard.

** If you have the ability to use David Ragan, Ty Dillon, Michael McDowell or Brandon Gaughan… I would use one of them (In the order listed) instead of Joey Gase.

Good luck this week!

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