NASCAR is at Richmond Raceway this weekend for the second visit of the year at this 0.75-mile track in Virginia. Denny Hamlin ended up in victory lane here back in April, and if you remember back to that race, strategy came into play quite a bit because of a well-timed caution. Typically, Richmond is a very predictable race to handicap, but with cautions happening at a higher rate this year, there’s definitely the possibility of things getting a little whacky here once again.
There are 400 laps scheduled for today’s Federated Auto Parts 400, which means nailing the dominators in your lineup is going to be very important. When you’re looking at similar tracks, Phoenix is the one that pops the most compared to Richmond, and then you can also throw in New Hampshire. The teams also ran this tire combination at Gateway earlier this year.
Optimal Lineup According to Jordan’s Projections
The optimal DraftKings lineup for Pocono on Sunday according to my Projections is:
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Kyle Larson
- Kevin Harvick
- Austin Cindric
- Aric Almirola
- Ty Dillon
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Richmond 2 DraftKings Driver Projections
The following chart takes into account the very basics: the starting position and the projected finish of each driver. The projected finishes are averaged from six different ranking systems. Also factored in are projected laps led and fastest laps for each driver. You can click the headers below to sort the chart by that attribute. By default it is sorted by average projected FPTS.
| Driver | DK Salary | Avg Proj FPTS | Proj Own | Starting Position | Avg. Projected Finish | Dollar Per FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Truex Jr | $10,600 | 81.88 | 31.69% | 6 | 04.3 | $129 |
| Kyle Larson | $10,300 | 69.50 | 24.70% | 1 | 06.2 | $148 |
| Kyle Busch | $11,400 | 66.15 | 33.51% | 29 | 07.2 | $172 |
| Chase Elliott | $10,800 | 60.28 | 28.49% | 23 | 06.8 | $179 |
| Kevin Harvick | $9,100 | 57.15 | 19.85% | 13 | 07.2 | $159 |
| Christopher Bell | $9,600 | 56.88 | 20.80% | 21 | 11.0 | $169 |
| Ross Chastain | $10,100 | 54.72 | 22.29% | 2 | 08.8 | $185 |
| Tyler Reddick | $8,800 | 49.75 | 24.48% | 26 | 11.5 | $177 |
| Denny Hamlin | $11,100 | 49.63 | 15.94% | 3 | 07.3 | $224 |
| Joey Logano | $9,300 | 49.10 | 22.71% | 17 | 11.5 | $189 |
| William Byron | $8,600 | 46.37 | 12.00% | 4 | 07.5 | $185 |
| Ryan Blaney | $9,900 | 45.22 | 18.85% | 10 | 08.7 | $219 |
| Daniel Suarez | $8,200 | 43.95 | 18.48% | 24 | 15.0 | $187 |
| Aric Almirola | $6,800 | 39.97 | 55.40% | 32 | 18.3 | $170 |
| Alex Bowman | $8,400 | 38.55 | 11.86% | 5 | 11.3 | $218 |
| Austin Cindric | $7,500 | 33.53 | 45.16% | 33 | 22.7 | $224 |
| Austin Dillon | $7,200 | 29.12 | 9.23% | 12 | 15.3 | $247 |
| Chris Buescher | $6,600 | 28.57 | 13.14% | 18 | 17.3 | $231 |
| Justin Haley | $6,000 | 26.57 | 18.11% | 27 | 22.3 | $226 |
| Ty Dillon | $5,400 | 25.63 | 11.74% | 22 | 20.8 | $211 |
| Erik Jones | $7,900 | 25.32 | 4.21% | 9 | 15.7 | $312 |
| Ty Gibbs | $7,600 | 24.58 | 14.93% | 14 | 17.2 | $309 |
| Brad Keselowski | $7,000 | 23.27 | 5.11% | 8 | 16.2 | $301 |
| Harrison Burton | $5,800 | 23.07 | 18.38% | 30 | 25.3 | $251 |
| Bubba Wallace | $8,000 | 22.97 | 12.86% | 11 | 16.5 | $348 |
| Chase Briscoe | $7,700 | 21.58 | 12.43% | 15 | 18.2 | $357 |
| Cole Custer | $5,700 | 20.53 | 7.34% | 7 | 16.7 | $278 |
| Michael McDowell | $6,200 | 17.83 | 21.94% | 34 | 28.8 | $348 |
| Noah Gragson | $5,500 | 15.52 | 9.23% | 19 | 24.3 | $354 |
| Corey Lajoie | $5,200 | 14.33 | 9.53% | 31 | 28.7 | $363 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | $6,400 | 11.62 | 10.94% | 20 | 26.0 | $551 |
| JJ Yeley | $4,700 | 09.00 | 2.43% | 35 | 33.8 | $0 |
| BJ McLeod | $4,800 | 08.83 | 1.31% | 36 | 34.3 | $0 |
| Todd Gilliland | $5,100 | 07.80 | 4.11% | 16 | 25.8 | $654 |
| Cody Ware | $4,900 | 01.83 | 1.48% | 28 | 33.8 | $2,673 |
| Landon Cassill | $5,000 | 01.67 | 4.83% | 25 | 32.3 | $3,000 |
| Kurt Busch | $7,400 | 00.00 | 0.51% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
