NASCAR Pick’em Contest for Richmond

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	?	Richmond	Kurt Busch	?

I am quickly running out of drivers for the 1 and Done game. The big name drivers I have left are Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Austin Dillon. I will save Johnson for Dover in the Playoffs and Harvick for Phoenix.

David Ragan was pretty good the last time the MENCS competed at Richmond. He finished 19^th and ran in the top 20 for most of the race. Ragan was 14^th fastest with the 20^th-fastest 10-lap average speed in final practice. I will roll the dice with Ragan at his best track.

Kurt Busch will be my pick in the “Use a driver more than once” leagues. The No. 41 team is starting to heat up. Busch has finished in the top five in back-to-back races (5^th at Bristol and 3^rd at Darlington). Busch finished 8^th in the spring race at Richmond and he was 8^th-fastest in Final Practice so he gets the spot on my team Saturday night.

Good luck this week!

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