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DraftKings Driver Values: Michigan II, 2017

AJ Allmendinger photo

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

Here are my DraftKings driver points and price/point predictions for tomorrow’s Michigan II race. To predict how many DraftKings points each driver will score tomorrow, I plugged my final driver rankings for tomorrow’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: Michigan II, 2017

Martin Truex Jr photo

Martin Truex Jr. remains my pick to win at Michigan II tomorrow in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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

Early Rankings: Michigan II, 2017

Martin Truex Jr photo

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

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

Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup race at Michigan. 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 Michigan;
  • the loop data for the past seven races at other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicagoland and Kentucky;
  • the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Michigan; and
  • the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

The results:

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