
KyBu starts at the rear today and therefore offers giganto DraftKings value. (photo courtesy nascar)
Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for today’s race at Atlanta. 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:
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Drivers,DraftKings Price,Predicted Points,Price/Point
Kyle Busch,”$10,100″,94.29,$107.12
Kevin Harvick,”$10,500″,72.70,$144.42
Martin Truex Jr,”$9,100″,60.46,$150.52
Brad Keselowski,”$9,800″,58.29,$168.13
Matt Kenseth,”$10,000″,57.68,$173.37
Joey Logano,”$10,400″,55.76,$186.53
Kurt Busch,”$9,200″,49.00,$187.76
Jimmie Johnson,”$10,200″,53.29,$191.39
Denny Hamlin,”$9,700″,49.08,$197.64
Kyle Larson,”$8,300″,40.18,$206.57
Dale Earnhardt Jr,”$8,800″,41.35,$212.80
Aric Almirola,”$6,600″,30.30,$217.83
Ryan Newman,”$6,900″,31.42,$219.57
Paul Menard,”$6,400″,28.47,$224.79
AJ Allmendinger,”$6,200″,27.45,$225.88
Clint Bowyer,”$7,000″,29.14,$240.19
Carl Edwards,”$9,600″,38.85,$247.12
Greg Biffle,”$6,300″,23.65,$266.42
David Ragan,”$5,900″,21.56,$273.59
Austin Dillon,”$6,700″,23.00,$291.30
Kasey Kahne,”$8,400″,28.70,$292.65
Jamie McMurray,”$7,400″,24.26,$304.97
Ryan Blaney,”$6,500″,19.87,$327.05
Ricky Stenhouse Jr,”$6,400″,16.89,$378.95
Chris Buescher,”$5,600″,13.46,$415.90
Chase Elliott,”$7,800″,14.72,$529.98
Regan Smith,”$5,500″,10.18,$540.44
Michael Annett,”$5,700″,10.16,$561.25
Casey Mears,”$6,100″,9.80,$622.66
Brian Scott,”$5,700″,8.94,$637.35
Danica Patrick,”$6,300″,9.52,$661.75
Matt DiBenedetto,”$5,600″,7.11,$787.19
Landon Cassill,”$5,700″,7.16,$796.55
Cole Whitt,”$5,800″,6.10,$950.29
Michael McDowell,”$6,000″,6.15,$976.34
Josh Wise,”$5,700″,5.09,”$1,119.21″
Ty Dillon,”$5,600″,4.55,”$1,231.96″
Jeffrey Earnhardt,”$5,500″,4.06,”$1,353.68″
Trevor Bayne,”$6,300″,-4.27,n/a
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