NASCAR One & Done Picks for Talladega

The NASCAR Cup Series will take a break from intermediate track racing and head to the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway this week. This is the perfect race to take a chance on a driver you have no interest in using at the smaller tracks. Superspeedway racing is a complete crapshoots and any driver can finish in the top 10. The GEICO 500 can be seen Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on Fox.

Last Race: Using Tyler Reddick was the right decision last week. The No. 8 car ran 97% of the laps in the top 5. I really thought he had a chance to win but his car was only fast at the top of the track. We needed a good race after the disaster at Martinsville and we got it. Now we are going to need a lot of luck at Talladega.

Here are my picks for the GEICO 500…

*Pick Driver Once*			*Pick Driver Twice*
Race	Driver	Result	Race	Driver	Result
Daytona	David Ragan	4^th	Daytona	Ricky Stenhouse	20^th
Las Vegas	Ross Chastain	27^th	Las Vegas	Joey Logano	1^st
Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th	Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th
Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd	Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd
Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th	Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th
Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th	Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th
Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th	Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th
Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st	Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st
Bristol	M. DiBenedetto	31^st	Bristol	Kurt Busch	7^th
Atlanta	Clint Bowyer	20^th	Atlanta	Chase Elliott	8^th
Martinsville	Aric Almirola	33^rd	Martinsville	Brad Keselowski	3^rd
Homestead	Tyler Reddick	4^th	Homestead	Jimmie Johnson	16^th
Talladega	Corey LaJoie	?	Talladega	Aric Almirola	?
Pocono 1			Pocono 1
Pocono 2			Pocono 2
Indianapolis			Indianapolis
Kentucky			Kentucky
Texas			Texas
Kansas			Kansas
Loudon			Loudon

My One & Done Pick for Talladega: Corey LaJoie

We have to take a chance with a lower-funded driver this week so we can save our top drivers for the smaller tracks. I will take a chance with Corey LaJoie at Talladega. LaJoie finished 7^th and 11^th in the two races at Talladega last year. He also finished 8^th and 18^th in his last two races at Daytona. GO FAS Racing has an alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing in 2020. LaJoie will have one of the back-up cars from SHR at Talladega last year. That should mean more speed than he has had in the past at the track.

I will use Aric Almirola in the games where you can use a driver more than once. He is my pick to win the race at Talladega. Almirola has completed every lap in 9 of the last 10 races at Talladega. Are you freaking kidding me?!! Almirola has finished 4^th, 9^th, 1^st, 7^th, 5^th, 4^th and 8^th at Talladega in his last 7 races at the track. He “should” be the safest pick in the field this week.

Good luck this week!

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