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For Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway, we think that there are only going to be a couple of drivers that could dominate the laps led category–Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick. Therefore, if you’re going to play many rosters, the best strategy is going to be to focus on one of two of those guys and then fill in from there. Below you will find some of the DraftKings teams we have put together for Sunday’s race and a small description for any possible strategy play we may be taking with it.

Lineup #1

This lineup looks great on paper heading into Sunday as long as Joey Logano can dominate the race. It’s built on the premise that what happened last time at Michigan will probably happen again. Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson should get us plenty of place differential points, and we’re hoping Chase Elliott can replicate his 2nd-place run here from the fall. This lineup is a nice mix between confidence and risk.

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Lineup #2

As we mentioned in our DraftKings Drivers to Target for Michigan 2 article, the three best drivers this week are also the three most expensive–Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, and Brad Keselowski. With this roster, we were able to fit those three on, essentially replacing Chase Elliott with Kevin Harvick and replacing Kyle Larson with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (from Lineup #1). In order for this roster to pan our, it’s going to have to be a split race (as far as laps led) between Logano and Harvick.

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Lineup #3

Along with Brad Keselowski, another driver that has great place differential potential is Kurt Busch. He starts back in 19th but should be a top 10 car when it’s all said and done here on Sunday. This is once again just a slight variation to Lineup #1 from earlier, essentially switching Chase Elliott for Kurt Busch and replacing Kyle Larson with Tony Stewart. The upside is higher in Lineup #1 but this Lineup #3 is a little on the safer side.

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Lineup #4

This is the ultimate “fade” lineup. There’s lots of buzz surrounding Jimmie Johnson this weekend, as the six-time champion has looked faster than he has in pretty much the last three months. He starts on the outside pole on Sunday, and if something were to happen to Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, you have to consider the #48 as one of the cars to beat. There’s not a whole lot of love for Denny Hamlin this week, but that #11 team is on fire right now and Denny finished 5th in this race one year ago. His $8,900 salary is actually pretty nice, too, for a potential top 5 run.

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Lineup #5

When you consider this aerodynamic package the Sprint Cup cars are using this weekend, we haven’t really seen it much. They ran it here back in the June race and then had a variation of it at the All Star Race and at Kentucky. A couple of drivers that fared well at Kentucky were Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle. The success of this lineup is going to depend on the #16 team’s result of gambling (you know they’re going to do it, they always do) as well as hoping McMurray doesn’t fall back too far. He typically runs pretty well here at Michigan, though. Also, there’s enough money left over for either Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, or Tony Stewart (or anyone lower than that, really). Our gut says Kyle Larson is the best choice.

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Lineup #6

NEW LINEUP ADDED AT 9:15 AM.

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Lineup #7

NEW LINEUP ADDED AT 10:00 AM. We can call this the Ford Lineup. Up top we have the Penske Fords of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, who should both put up a bunch of points, as well as Jimmie Johnson. Once again this roster is depending on the #48 team hard, and with how that team has performed lately, it’s very risky. But you know what they say, high risk, high reward. On the lower end, we have all three Roush-Fenway Fords. If all three of those guys can come home with a top 20 today, this is going to be a good roster.

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Jordan McAbee
As someone who has always been obsessed with numbers, Fantasy NASCAR has been the perfect fit with me. I pride myself on the quality of my analysis for each race, and am glad that I have been able to help others along the way. I've been a serious Fantasy NASCAR player for over 10 years now, and I'm just getting started.

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