NASCAR Pick’em Contest for Chicago

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	26^th	Bristol	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	14^th
Darlington	Trevor Bayne	35^th	Darlington	Matt Kenseth	6^th
Richmond	David Ragan	27^th	Richmond	Kurt Busch	3^rd
Chicago	Michael McDowell	?	Chicago	Austin Dillon	?

I am quickly running out of drivers for the 1 and Done game. The Drivers I have left include: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Landon Cassill, Michael McDowell, Cole Whitt, Corey LaJoie, Reed Sorenson, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Gray Gaulding, Derrike Cope and B.J. McLeod. That does not leave me a lot to work with. I seriously need Bubba Wallace and William Byron to get some seat time before the end of the season.

Michael McDowell has an average finishing position of 19.1 on the 1.5-mile tracks this year. I am just hoping to get a top 20 from him this week.

Austin Dillon had his best qualifying effort since the race at Dover in June. Dillon starts 9^th so you almost have to give him a chance this week. I heard that Richard Childress Racing found some speed at the tire test at Atlanta in mid-August. Dillon followed up the tire test with an 4^th place finish at Darlington. He could have another good run Sunday.

Good luck this week!

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