NASCAR Pick’em Contest for Martinsville

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	30^th	Chicago	Austin Dillon	16^th
Loudon	Landon Cassill	25^th	Loudon	Jamie McMurray	16^th
Dover	Ty Dillon	22^nd	Dover	Jimmie Johnson	3^rd
Charlotte	Austin Dillon	16^th	Charlotte	Clint Bowyer	27^th
Talladega	Brendan Gaughan	19^th	Talladega	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	7^th
Kansas	Corey Lajoie	27^th	Kansas	Martin Truex Jr.	1^st
Martinsville	Jimmie Johnson	?	Martinsville	Erik Jones	?

Only four races left in the seasons and it is getting harder and harder to find drivers for the One and Done game. The Drivers I have left include: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Cole Whitt, Reed Sorenson, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Gray Gaulding, Derrike Cope and B.J. McLeod. That does not leave me a lot to work with.

Jimmie Johnson is my pick this week. He has 9 wins at Martinsville and he usually runs well in the fall race at the track. The No. 48 team knows winning the race Sunday is their best chance to advance to Homestead. I expect Johnson to be up front Sunday.

Erik Jones will be my pick in the games you can select a driver twice. He started 15^th and finished 12^th in his first MENCS race at Martinsville. His average running position was 8.78 so his car was faster than where he finished. I am hoping he can finish in the top 10 this week.

Good luck this week! We need it at this time of year!

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