The NASCAR Cup Series will travel to Navy Base Coronado this weekend for the first ever race on a military installation. The back ground for this track should be incredible and the racing should be pretty good too. Navy Base Coronado is a 3.44-mile, tight, road course track with 16 turns. It is the longest track on the schedule and may be the most difficult. We will truly get to see who is the “Top Gun” when it comes to road course racing following the race on the base. The Anduril 250 Race the Base can be seen Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
Here are my Fantasy NASCAR picks for the race at Navy Base Coronado this weekend…
DRIVER GROUP GAME
GROUP A: SHANE VAN GISBERGEN (7): This may be the easiest pick of the season. Some of the Cup Series drivers have a chance to compete with SVG on the road courses that have been on the schedule for a long time because they have a lot more experience than he does. The playing field in level this week and that is a big problem for the rest of the drivers. SVG should quickly figure out this course and put on a show on Father’s Day. SVG is easily the best pick in the field Sunday.
GROUP B: MICHAEL MCDOWELL (8): McDowell has been one of the best road course drivers in the Cup Series. He finished 5th at COTA and 2nd at Watkins Glen this year. The No. 71 car posted the 7th fastest speed in practice and McDowell qualified 9th for the race. This is a great race to take a chance with McDowell and save your top drivers for the oval tracks.
GROUP B: TY GIBBS (6): The most similar track to Navy Base Coronado is the Chicago Street Course. That is also one of the best tracks for Gibbs. He finished 2nd at Chicago last year, 3rd in 2024 and 9th in 2023. Gibbs also finished 4th at COTA and 3rd at Watkins Glen earlier this season. Gibbs posted the 3rd fastest speed in practice and the No. 54 car qualified 11th for the race. He has the speed and track position to score well for your Fantasy Live lineup Sunday.
GROUP C: CONNOR ZILISCH (9: I have not used Zillisch so for this season and that is probably a good choice. I’m sure in the hell am not using Zilisch on an oval track right now. Zilisch finished 14th at COTA and he looked good at Watkins Glen but his pit strategy did not go his way. Zilisch looked fast in practice and he starts 8th Sunday. This may be the best chance to use Zilisch this year.
SPEEDWAY COLLECTIVE
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