The Sprint Cup Series is set to run 500 laps at Martinsville Speedway today, which means one thing: there’s going to be some very high scoring drivers in DraftKings. Between laps led and fastest laps, there’s an extra 375 FPTS up for grabs today, so now the question becomes which drivers are going to take home the bulk of those points? Typically we see quite a few drivers share the lead here in the fall race at Martinsville, and we don’t see why this weekend’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 will be any different. There is no clear-cut favorite heading into Sunday, thus you could make a case for quite a few drivers to get up there and lead some laps.
Other posts to read: Drivers to Target at Martinsville 2 and Drivers to Avoid at Martinsville 2 posts.
Lineup #1
We have Kyle Busch projected as the race winner today (and have had him as #1 all week, actually), so it only makes sense that we build quite a few Lineups around him. Rowdy dominated here at Martinsville back in April, and with this Lineup we’re hoping that he gets up and leads early and often on Sunday, simply because we’d like to minimize the laps led by the drivers starting up front.
- Kyle Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Austin Dillon
- Greg Biffle
- Brian Scott
Lineup #2
Martin Truex, Jr. is on the pole this weekend and it’s very possible that he is going to lead a bunch of laps once this race goes green. We have him projected as the 6th-place finisher this weekend, so he’s going to lose some FPTS there, but hopefully he can make those up with fastest laps/laps led. This Lineup also has Kyle Larson in it, who has a rocket ship this weekend. He’s a very high risk, high reward driver at Martinsville.
- Kyle Busch
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Larson
- Greg Biffle
- Brian Scott
Lineup #3
Kevin Harvick should get a bunch of place differential FPTS today since he’s starting back in 20th, and if he’s able to lead some laps, we’re looking at 60+ FPTS easily. Denny Hamlin is a default pick here at Martinsville and is our #2 ranked driver heading into the race.
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Kyle Larson
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Paul Menard
Lineup #4
Danica Patrick actually has a pretty decent record here at Martinsville whenever she doesn’t wreck. She starts back in 24th and might be able to pull off a top 20 finish on Sunday. With a salary of just $6,600, that’s not a bad effort.
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Larson
- Danica Patrick
- Brian Scott
Lineup #5
Another driver in contention for leading the most laps this weekend is Jimmie Johnson. He starts up in 3rd and knows a thing or two about Martinsville Speedway (considering he’s won here eight times). This Lineup also has Kurt Busch on it, who typically isn’t a very good choice at Martinsville, but we think he’s actually going to be a decent play this weekend. P.S. This is yet another Lineup with Brian Scott on it. He’s priced at $5,100, starts back in 35th, and finished 26th the last time we raced here. The point-per-dollar potential there is probably one of the best in the field.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Kurt Busch
- Danica Patrick
- Brian Scott
