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Last week at Darlington, the race ended up being an attrition event, making low-dollar DraftKings drivers great picks in the end, as guys like Chris Buescher and Regan Smith put up a bunch of FPTS. With this weekend’s Federated Auto Parts 400, however, we don’t expect that to happen, as Richmond just isn’t that type of track. With the last two late-summer races here, we have seen dominating performances, but there’s no clear-cut favorite to do that here on Saturday night. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen, though. There’s a few drivers that qualified deep in the field so we need to build around those guys.

Posts to Read: Drivers to Target at Richmond 2 — Drivers to Avoid at Richmond 2

As usual, we may add a few more lineups throughout the day.

Lineup #1

With Lineup #1, we’re hoping for max place differential FPTS with Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott. With Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex, Jr., we’re trying to capture as many laps led and fastest lap bonus FPTS as possible if our hunch is right and the #78 Toyota is good enough to lead here on Saturday night. We still think Kenseth will lead the most laps. As far as Aric Almirola and David Ragan go, we just hope they can maintain their starting spot (for the most part) and not lose too many points by falling back–fingers crossed. If you look at the short track races this season, Ragan usually finishes in the high 20s. We just wish he didn’t start 21st on Saturday night.

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Lineup #2

Lineup #2 is essentially just Lineup #1 except we swapped out Martin Truex, Jr. and David Ragan for Jimmie Johnson and Landon Cassill. With Cassill starting way back in 32nd, if he can manage to make his way up to 26th or so, he should be one of the higher scoring drivers under the $6,000 mark this week. Jimmie Johnson burned us big time at Darlington last weekend but he’s currently on a four-race streak of top 10 finishes here at Richmond and he looked good on both ten-lap average charts on Friday. He starts 10th on Saturday night so there’s some room for place differential FPTS.

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Lineup #3

We’re throwing up a hail mary here, coach. Brian Scott was actually looking like a very nice DraftKings play last weekend before he wrecked. He starts 35th tonight so if he can get that car home in one piece, there’s some FPTS potential there. Taking that $5,100 salary allows us to jump up and grab Paul Menard instead of Aric Almirola. The former starts 30th so if he can make his way up to about 26th or better, that’ll be a good trade off. Menard has four top 20s in his last seven races here.

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Lineup #4

If you’re looking to fade Kevin Harvick, here’s a Lineup for you. We initially had Denny Hamlin instead of Joey Logano, but we really think that it’s going to be Matt Kenseth that leads the most laps in this race. Joey Logano qualified 12th for tonight’s race but should be solidly inside the top 10 when the green flag waves. As far as Danica Patrick goes, she probably should have made our Drivers to Target list this weekend. She starts 29th but has finished between 16th and 25th in each of the last four Richmond races, and don’t forget that she started 36th and ended up 19th at Phoenix earlier this year.

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Lineup #5

Here’s a Lineup to fade Chase Elliott. His ownership percentage should be incredibly high on Saturday night, and that’s going to take a lot of teams out if he gets in a wreck or something early. You can jump up and grab Denny Hamlin or Martin Truex, Jr. instead of Jimmie Johnson with this one, but we have Johnson ranked just a bit higher than those two on Saturday night. If Hamlin can go out and lead 100+ laps from the pole tonight, though, he’d probably be the better pick in that spot.

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Lineup #6

ADDED AT 1:15 pm. If the race plays out where neither Matt Kenseth or Denny Hamlin lead 100+ laps, then the smart move is going to be to fade them. Ownership percentages should be pretty high, and if there’s many different leaders in this year’s Federated Auto Parts 400, they won’t be the smartest plays. This is the first Lineup that we have Kyle Busch on, but he’s going to score a bunch of FPTS tonight. The reason he hasn’t been on any Lineup thus far is because we like Kevin Harvick better and the latter is only $100 more. Still, Rowdy Busch starts 9th so there’s a little bit of place differential potential there. This is also the first mention of Austin Dillon for us this weekend. He starts 8th but if he can come home in the top 12, there’s hope for a high-20s FPTS night out of the #3 Chevrolet.

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Lineup #7

ADDED AT 5:00 pm. Here’s one Lineup that we had to look at a couple of times to make sure we could actually afford it. Casey Mears is one driver that could go under the radar this week, but don’t forget that he was fastest in Happy Hour on Friday. He starts 26th and if he can move up into 22nd or so we’ll be happy. Jeff Gordon is one of those drivers that qualified pretty well (11th) but at the same time he should finish up there as well. You can go either Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick with this Lineup, as you can with most of the others above.

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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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