NASCAR One & Done Picks for Talladega

The first race of Round 2 is in the books and now the Cup Series drivers face two “wild card” races. There are only six races left in the 2020 Cup Series season. It is really tough to find a good driver for our One & Done games since we already used 30 drivers. The race at Talladega should give us a chance to score well with a driver we do not want to use on a smaller track.

Last Race: Chris Buescher was my pick at Las Vegas. He had a good race. Buescher led 10 laps, nearly won Stage 2 and finished 9^th. It was one of his best finishes of the season so I am happy with that. We will need some luck with our pick this week.

Here are my picks for the YellaWood 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	16^th	Talladega	Aric Almirola	3^rd
Pocono 1	William Byron	14^th	Pocono 1	Erik Jones	38^th
Pocono 2	Cole Custer	17^th	Pocono 2	Denny Hamlin	1^st
Indianapolis	Justin Allgaier	37^th	Indianapolis	Aric Almirola	3^rd
Kentucky	Kyle Busch	21^st	Kentucky	Kyle Busch	21^st
Texas	Jimmie Johnson	26^th	Texas	Ryan Blaney	7^th
Kansas	Kurt Busch	9^th	Kansas	Chase Elliott	12^th
Loudon	Matt Kenseth	37^th	Loudon	Kyle Busch	38^th
Michigan	Joey Logano	8^th	Michigan	Joey Logano	8^th
Michigan	Bubba Wallace	21^st	Michigan	Alex Bowman	36^th
Daytona	M. McDowell	10^th	Daytona	Jimmie Johnson	4^th
Dover	Christopher Bell	22^nd	Dover	Martin Truex Jr.	2^nd
Dover	Austin Dillon	9^th	Dover	Clint Bowyer	16^th
Daytona	Ty Dillon	22^nd	Daytona	Ryan Newman	36^th
Darlington	John Nemechek	36^th	Darlington	Tyler Reddick	23^rd
Richmond	Ryan Newman	23^rd	Richmond	Austin Dillon	4^th
Bristol	Chase Elliott	7^th	Bristol	Clint Bowyer	6^th
Las Vegas	Chris Buescher	9^th	Las Vegas	Austin Dillon	32^nd
Talladega	Brendan Gaughan	?	Talladega	Ricky Stenhouse	?
Charlotte			Charlotte
Kansas			Kansas
Texas			Texas
Martinsville			Martinsville
Phoenix			Phoenix

Drivers left to use: Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Preece, Daniel Saurez, and Brendan Gaughan

My One & Done Pick for Talladega: Brendan Gaughan

Not Gaughan yet…. I will use my friend from the Fantasy Racing Preview Show as my One & Done pick Sunday. This is the last race of Brendan Gaughan’s career and he told me that he is working with Richard Childress Racing to get a car that he can run up front with. Gaughan finished 8^th at Talladega last year. He assures me that he can do it again.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will be my pick in games where you can use a driver twice. Stenhouse has finished four of the last five races at Talladega in the top 10. His average finishing position at the track since 2017 is 8.8. That is 3^rd best in the Cup Series. I will roll the dice with Stenhouse Sunday.

Good luck this week!

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