

The Cup Series had their practice session Saturday and then set the field through qualifying. It was their first real practice session in 2023 (The practice at Daytona was more a shack down of the cars). The field was set through qualifying immediately after practice and the cars will be impounded for the race Sunday.
I analyzed all of the key stats, looked at the short and long-run speeds from practice, text a few friends who work in the NASCAR garage and now I have an idea of which drivers should finish up front Sunday.
Here are my final Driver Rankings for the Pennzoil 400…
1. Joey Logano |
2. Ross Chastain |
3. Kyle Larson |
4. Ryan Blaney |
5. William Byron |
6. Kyle Busch |
7. Denny Hamlin |
8. Martin Truex Jr. |
9. Alex Bowman |
10. Kevin Harvick |
11. Christopher Bell |
12. Brad Keselowski |
13. Bubba Wallace |
14. Daniel Suarez |
15. Tyler Reddick |
16. Austin Cindric |
17. Aric Almirola |
18. Erik Jones |
19. AJ Allmendinger |
20. Ty Gibbs |
21. Chris Buescher |
22. Chase Briscoe |
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
24. Austin Dillon |
25. Michael McDowell |
26. Harrison Burton |
27. Justin Haley |
28. Noah Gragson |
29. Josh Berry |
30. Ryan Preece |
31. Corey LaJoie |
32. Todd Gilliland |
33. Ty Dillon |
34. Cody Ware |
35. J.J. Yeley |
36. B.J. McLoed |
Need to know which driver would be the best pick for your Fantasy NASCAR lineup Sunday? Simply play the driver highest in the rankings.
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