NASCAR One & Done Picks for Texas – Fantasy Racing Tips

There are three races left in the MENCS season and finding drivers who can finish up front in the One & Done game has become very difficult. The good news is that everyone in your league is likely dealing with the same issues as you. There is still some value picks out there if you look hard enough. It should be a good race this weekend. The AAA Texas 500 can be seen Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.

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 Ryan Blaney. He spent most of the day running in the top 3 but ended up finishing 5^th. The average finishing position for the One & Done picks is now at 13.5. Not bad but we have our work cut out for us in the final 3 races.

Here are my picks for Texas…

*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	?	Texas	Daniel Suarez	?

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, Corey Lajoie, Landon Cassill and Ross Chastain.

I do not have many good choices this week but I am not too worried about because most of the people playing the One & Done game are in a worse situation than me. I am using Corey LaJoie this week because he is the best choice I have left. He has had a few races where he ran well on the 1.5-mile tracks (LaJoie finished 12^th at Charlotte and 22^nd at Kansas). Any finish inside the top 25 would be fine with me.

* This is the first race for John Hunter Nemechek in the No. 36 car. I am going to let him get a race of experience and then use him at Phoenix or Homestead.

Good luck this week!

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