NASCAR Pick’em Contest for Bristol

One of the more popular ways that some people play fantasy racing is by entering a NASCAR Pick’ems Contest. Players select one driver for each race, but you can only select a driver one or two times during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. I will be providing my picks each week to help out members who play these types of games.

Pick Drive 1 Time			Pick Driver 2 Times
Race	Driver	Finish	Race	Driver	Finish
Daytona	Jamie McMurray	28^th	Daytona	Jamie McMurray	28^th
Atlanta	Chase Elliott	5^th	Atlanta	Chase Elliott	5^th
Las Vegas	Kasey Kahne	12^th	Las Vegas	Brad Keselowski	5^th
Phoenix	Ryan Blaney	23^rd	Phoenix	Joey Logano	31^st
Auto Club	Kyle Larson	1^st	Auto Club	Kyle Larson	1^st
Martinsville	Ryan Newman	8^th	Martinsville	Denny Hamlin	30^th
Texas	Clint Bowyer	11^th	Texas	Brad Keselowski	6^th
Bristol	Erik Jones	17^th	Bristol	Kyle Busch	35^th
Richmond	Kyle Busch	16^th	Richmond	Clint Bowyer	15^th
Talladega	Aric Almirola	4^th	Talladega	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1^st
Kansas	Joey Logano	37^th	Kansas	Ryan Blaney	4^th
Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	3^rd	Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	3^rd
Dover	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	39^th	Dover	Matt Kenseth	13^th
Pocono	Kurt Busch	4^th	Pocono	Kurt Busch	4^th
Michigan	Denny Hamlin	4^th	Michigan	Denny Hamlin	4^th
Sonoma	Chris Buescher	19^th	Sonoma	AJ Allmendinger	35^th
Daytona	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	32^nd	Daytona	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	32^nd
Kentucky	Brad Keselowski	39^th	Kentucky	Kyle Busch	5^th
Loudon	Matt Kenseth	4^th	Loudon	Matt Kenseth	4^th
Indianapolis	Paul Menard	16^th	Indianapolis	Kevin Harvick	6^th
Pocono	Danica Patrick	15^th	Pocono	Ryan Blaney	30^th
Watkins Glen	AJ Allmendinger	9^th	Watkins Glen	AJ Allmendinger	9^th
Michigan	Daniel Suarez	37^th	Michigan	Chase Elliott	8^th
Bristol	Matt Dibenedetto	?	Bristol	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	?

I just cannot catch a break in this game. Daniel Suarez looked like he had a top-10 finish coming at Michigan when Kasey Kahne slid into him. Hopefully I have better luck this week.

I am going to take a chance with Matt Dibenedetto in the 1 and Done game this week. Dibenedetto has finished 21^st, 6^th, 17^th and 19^th in his last four races at Bristol. He just signed a multi-year deal to race for Go Fas Racing last week. The team signed an agreement with Roush Fenway Racing to receive cars, engines and technical alliance from RFR. Hopefully that translates into more speed for the No. 32 car.

I am using Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the games where you can use a driver multiple times. Stenhouse finished 2^nd in this race last year and 9^th at Bristol in April. His average finishing position in his nine races at the track is 10.44.

Good luck this week!

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