Jimmie Johnson offers top DraftKings value this week at Chicagoland. (photo courtesy nascar)
Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for today’s race at Chicagoland. To predict how many DraftKings points each driver will score today, I plugged my driver rankings for today’s race into my projection model, and Friday’s qualifying results. Then, to calculate each driver’s price/point, I simply divided each driver’s price by their predicted points.
My points projection model is a work in progress, so don’t take the below info as gospel. Still, I think it can provide big-picture help when crafting DraftKings lineups.
Note: the below table lists all drivers running today, and it’s sorted from lowest price/point to highest. If you’re on a small screen device, scroll the table horizontally with a finger drag to see all the columns:
| Drivers | DraftKings Price | Predicted Points | Price/Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Johnson | $9,200 | 71.41 | $128.84 |
| Brad Keselowski | $10,400 | 76.97 | $135.11 |
| Matt Kenseth | $10,300 | 67.96 | $151.55 |
| Denny Hamlin | $9,400 | 60.68 | $154.90 |
| Martin Truex Jr | $8,900 | 56.02 | $158.88 |
| Kyle Larson | $8,400 | 45.15 | $186.06 |
| Kyle Busch | $10,600 | 55.26 | $191.82 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr | $8,300 | 42.69 | $194.41 |
| Carl Edwards | $9,600 | 47.81 | $200.81 |
| Jeff Gordon | $8,400 | 39.24 | $214.06 |
| Kurt Busch | $10,000 | 45.40 | $220.26 |
| Clint Bowyer | $7,900 | 33.96 | $232.60 |
| David Ragan | $6,900 | 29.53 | $233.69 |
| Kevin Harvick | $11,100 | 45.40 | $244.50 |
| Joey Logano | $10,200 | 41.45 | $246.08 |
| Paul Menard | $7,300 | 28.52 | $255.95 |
| Aric Almirola | $7,000 | 25.93 | $269.92 |
| Kasey Kahne | $8,000 | 29.58 | $270.44 |
| Tony Stewart | $7,700 | 26.73 | $288.03 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | $6,400 | 22.06 | $290.07 |
| Ryan Newman | $7,700 | 24.94 | $308.69 |
| Sam Hornish Jr | $6,200 | 19.17 | $323.46 |
| Landon Cassill | $5,400 | 16.24 | $332.59 |
| Austin Dillon | $7,200 | 21.01 | $342.77 |
| Jamie McMurray | $8,000 | 23.20 | $344.85 |
| Justin Allgaier | $6,000 | 15.69 | $382.30 |
| Michael Annett | $5,500 | 13.21 | $416.41 |
| Danica Patrick | $6,700 | 15.96 | $419.85 |
| Brett Moffitt | $5,300 | 12.19 | $434.64 |
| Greg Biffle | $7,200 | 16.26 | $442.83 |
| Alex Bowman | $5,300 | 10.21 | $519.20 |
| Trevor Bayne | $6,600 | 12.62 | $522.96 |
| Casey Mears | $6,800 | 12.75 | $533.16 |
| Brian Scott | $5,300 | 7.73 | $685.79 |
| Jeb Burton | $5,300 | 7.08 | $748.15 |
| AJ Allmendinger | $6,900 | 7.98 | $864.89 |
| Cole Whitt | $5,600 | 5.15 | $1,086.95 |
| David Gilliland | $5,600 | 5.14 | $1,089.92 |
| Josh Wise | $5,200 | 4.06 | $1,282.03 |
| J.J. Yeley | $5,300 | 2.12 | $2,495.30 |
| Reed Sorenson | $5,200 | 2.03 | $2,564.06 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | $5,200 | 1.04 | $4,990.13 |
| Timmy Hill | $5,200 | 1.01 | $5,128.11 |