NASCAR Pick’em Contest for Talladega

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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 28th Daytona Jamie McMurray 28th
Atlanta Chase Elliott 5th Atlanta Chase Elliott

5th

Las Vegas

Kasey Kahne 12th Las Vegas Brad Keselowski 5th
Phoenix Ryan Blaney 23rd Phoenix Joey Logano

31st

Auto Club

Kyle Larson 1st Auto Club Kyle Larson

1st

Martinsville Ryan Newman 8th Martinsville Denny Hamlin

30th

Texas

Clint Bowyer 11th Texas Brad Keselowski 6th
Bristol Erik Jones 17th Bristol Kyle Busch

35th

Richmond

Kyle Busch 16th Richmond Clint Bowyer 15th
Talladega Aric Almirola 4th Talladega Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

1st

Kansas

Joey Logano 37th Kansas Ryan Blaney 4th
Charlotte Martin Truex Jr. 3rd Charlotte Martin Truex Jr.

3rd

Dover

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 39th Dover Matt Kenseth 13th
Pocono Kurt Busch 4th Pocono Kurt Busch

4th

Michigan

Denny Hamlin 4th Michigan Denny Hamlin 4th
Sonoma Chris Buescher 19th Sonoma AJ Allmendinger

35th

Daytona

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 32nd Daytona Dale Earnhardt Jr. 32nd
Kentucky Brad Keselowski 39th Kentucky Kyle Busch

5th

Loudon

Matt Kenseth 4th Loudon Matt Kenseth 4th
Indianapolis Paul Menard 16th Indianapolis Kevin Harvick

6th

Pocono

Danica Patrick 15th Pocono Ryan Blaney 30th
Watkins Glen AJ Allmendinger 9th Watkins Glen AJ Allmendinger

9th

Michigan

Daniel Suarez 37th Michigan Chase Elliott 8th
Bristol Matt Dibenedetto 26th Bristol Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

14th

Darlington

Trevor Bayne 35th Darlington Matt Kenseth 6th
Richmond David Ragan 27th Richmond Kurt Busch

3rd

Chicago

Michael McDowell 30th Chicago Austin Dillon 16th
Loudon Landon Cassill 25th Loudon Jamie McMurray

16th

Dover

Ty Dillon 22nd Dover Jimmie Johnson 3rd
Charlotte Austin Dillon 16th Charlotte Clint Bowyer

27th

Talladega

Brendan Gaughan ? Talladega Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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I am quickly running out of drivers for the 1 and Done game. The Drivers I have left include: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, 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. This is my first year playing this game. I have plans for Johnson (Martinsville) and Harvick (Phoenix), but the rest of the races may be ugly.

Brendan Gaughan is an experienced driver who usually performs well on the restrictor-plate tracks. He finished 11th in the Daytona 500 and 7th in the Coke Zero 400. He also finished 26th at Talladega in May. That is an average finishing position of 14.6 on the plate tracks this year. I think you have to give him a chance this week.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be my pick in the games you can select a driver twice. He has the most wins, most laps led and most top-10 finishes at this track. It is no secret that he wants to win this race before he retires. I expect the No. 88 team to put a lot of work into this car this week.

Good luck this week!

 

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