NASCAR One & Done Picks for Texas – Fantasy Racing Tips

Joey Logano secured his spot in the championship race at Phoenix. Now we get to see who can join him. The October races at Texas have been dominated by Kevin Harvick. He has won three in row. It is likely that the No. 4 car is not available for your One & Done contest (If it is, you Harvick this week). It is very difficult to find a good driver with three races left in the season. We are going to need a lot of luck Sunday unless you have saved one of your top drivers for this race.

Last Race: Denny Hamlin dominated the last two races at Kansas and I thought he was going to do the same last week. Hamlin had a fast car. He led 58 laps (second-most in the race), scored 18 Stage points (most in the race), but he got into the wall and it ruined his day. Hamlin went two laps down and spent the rest of the race trying to get his track position back. He finished 15^th and that sucks for the One & Done game. I just cannot catch a break in this game ☹.

Here are my picks for the Bank of AutoTrader Automotive 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	35^th	Talladega	Ricky Stenhouse	38^th
Charlotte	Daniel Suarez	25^th	Charlotte	Michael McDowell	32^nd
Kansas	Denny Hamlin	15^th	Kansas	Deny Hamlin	15^th
Texas	Ricky Stenhouse	?	Texas	Kurt Busch	?
Martinsville			Martinsville
Phoenix			Phoenix

Drivers left to use: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Preece, Breenan Poole, J.J. Yeley

My One & Done Pick for Texas: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Each year I map out the drivers so I can use them at their best tracks. I know I did not have Ricky Stenhouse Jr. penciled into this race, but the jumbled scheduled caused me to end up at Texas with an allocation with the No. 47 car. Stenhouse is a high-risk, high-reward driver. He is going to finish in the top 15 or crash out and finish last. I am hoping he can stay out of trouble and finish in the top 15.

I will use Kurt Busch in games where you can use a driver more than once. Busch is 73 points below the transfer position for the championship race. He must win at Texas or Martinsville if he wants a chance at the title. Busch has been good at Texas. He has finished 7 races in a row in the top-10 at Texas. He should be a great pick for your team this week.

Other good sleeper picks: Aric Almirola, Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick and Corey LaJoie (Listed in the order of preference)

Good luck this week!

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