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DraftKings Driver Values: Bristol II, 2017

AJ Allmendinger photo

To finish the bottom of your DraftKings lineups for Bristol tonight, take a look at AJ Allmendinger in the $6K tier. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for tonight’s Bristol II race. To predict how many DraftKings points each driver will score tonight, I plugged my final driver rankings for tonight’s race into my projection model, and the starting lineup. Then, to calculate each driver’s price/point, I simply divided each driver’s price by their predicted points.

The below table lists all drivers available on DraftKings tonight, 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.

The table: Continue reading →

Final Rankings: Bristol II, 2017

Martin Truex Jr photo

Martin Truex Jr. remains my pick to win at Bristol tonight in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Bristol. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Bristol on Friday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Martin Truex Jr
  2. Kyle Busch
  3. Kyle Larson
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Erik Jones
  6. Matt Kenseth
  7. Chase Elliott
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Ryan Blaney
  10. Kasey Kahne Continue reading →

Early Rankings: Bristol II, 2017

Martin Truex Jr photo

Martin Truex Jr. tops my early Bristol II driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Update: I’ve posted my final Bristol II driver rankings, which improve upon the below early rankings.

Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup race at Bristol. I compiled them by crunching:

  • The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Daytona, Talladega, Watkins Glen and Sonoma;
  • the loop data for the past four races;
  • the loop data for the past four races at Bristol;
  • the loop data for the past six races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Dover, Darlington, Las Vegas and Homestead);
  • the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Bristol; and
  • the practice and qualifying data for past six races at the aforementioned Steeps.

The results:

  1. Martin Truex Jr
  2. Kyle Busch
  3. Kevin Harvick
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Kyle Larson
  6. Matt Kenseth
  7. Chase Elliott
  8. Erik Jones
  9. Joey Logano
  10. Brad Keselowski Continue reading →