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DraftKings Driver Values: Kentucky, 2017

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Kyle Larson offers top DraftKings value for tonight’s Kentucky race (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for tonight’s Kentucky 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: Kentucky, 2017

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Kyle Busch remains on top in my final Kentucky driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Martin Truex Jr.
  3. Kyle Larson
  4. Kevin Harvick
  5. Matt Kenseth
  6. Jamie McMurray
  7. Jimmie Johnson
  8. Denny Hamlin
  9. Brad Keselowski
  10. Chase Elliott Continue reading →

Early Rankings: Kentucky, 2017

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Kyle Busch tops my early Kentucky driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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

  • The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Daytona II, Talladega and Sonoma;
  • the loop data for the past four races at Kentucky;
  • the loop data for the past seven races at other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta and Michigan;
  • the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Kentucky; and
  • the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

The results:

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