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DraftKings Driver Values: Richmond II, 2017

Ryan Newman photo

Ryan Newman offers top value today in DraftKing’s $7K tier tonight. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch remains my pick to win Richmond tonight in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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

Early Rankings: Richmond II, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

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

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

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

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

The results:

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