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DraftKings Driver Values: Martinsville II, 2017

Kevin Harvick photo

At $10,200, Kevin Harvick offers crappy DraftKings value today at Martinsville. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for today’s Martinsville II race. To predict how many DraftKings points each driver will score today, I plugged my final driver rankings for today’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 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.

The table: Continue reading →

Final Rankings: Martinsville II, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

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

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

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Martin Truex Jr
  3. Kyle Larson
  4. Brad Keselowski
  5. Denny Hamlin
  6. Joey Logano
  7. Chase Elliott
  8. Matt Kenseth
  9. Jamie McMurray
  10. Ryan Blaney Continue reading →

Early Rankings: Martinsville II, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

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

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

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

  • The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Daytona, Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Talladega);
  • the loop data for the past four races;
  • the loop data for the past four races at Martinsville;
  • the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Richmond, Phoenix, Indy, Pocono and New Hampshire);
  • the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Martinsville; and
  • the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Flats.

The results:

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