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Let's get ready for some more NASCAR action! These daily fantasy NASCAR rankings for Saturday's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway were determined by a combination of DraftKings and FanDuel prices, and the projected DFS points each driver is expected to earn in this week’s race.
Each week, we'll present you the weekly rankings, followed by some key analysis of those rankings.
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Fantasy NASCAR Driver Rankings
| Driver Name | DraftKings Rank | FanDuel Rank |
| Brad Keselowski | 1 | 1 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 2 |
| Kyle Larson | 3 | 4 |
| Denny Hamlin | 4 | 3 |
| Joey Logano | 5 | 5 |
| Kyle Busch | 6 | 6 |
| Chase Elliott | 7 | 7 |
| Kevin Harvick | 8 | 9 |
| Alex Bowman | 9 | 8 |
| Kurt Busch | 10 | 10 |
| Austin Cindric | 11 | 13 |
| Ryan Blaney | 12 | 11 |
| Christopher Bell | 13 | 12 |
| Aric Almirola | 14 | 14 |
| Erik Jones | 15 | 20 |
| William Byron | 16 | 15 |
| Austin Dillon | 17 | 16 |
| Cole Custer | 18 | 17 |
| Tyler Reddick | 19 | 18 |
| Ryan Newman | 20 | 21 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 22 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | 22 | 19 |
| Daniel Suarez | 23 | 24 |
| Bubba Wallace | 24 | 23 |
| Ross Chastain | 25 | 25 |
| Ryan Preece | 26 | 29 |
| Michael McDowell | 27 | 27 |
| Chase Briscoe | 28 | 28 |
| Chris Buescher | 29 | 26 |
| Corey LaJoie | 30 | 30 |
| Justin Haley | 31 | 31 |
| Anthony Alfredo | 32 | 32 |
| BJ McLeod | 33 | 33 |
| Cody Ware | 34 | 34 |
| Garrett Smithley | 35 | 36 |
| Quin Houff | 36 | 35 |
| Josh Bilicki | 37 | 37 |
| James Davison | 38 | 38 |
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NASCAR Rankings Analysis
So, let's talk about this week. There are some really interesting plays.
I've got Brad Keselowski as my top play. He starts back in 20th, which offers some nice place differential appeal. A two-time winner at Richmond including the last time the Cup Series was here, Keselowski has five top 10s in a row here. This wasn't his best track early in his career, but 2015 was the last time he finished worse than 11th here. Consider him a top play.
Martin Truex Jr. is the other top play. Starting on the pole offers no PD upside, but he'll have 400 laps to try to make up for that by leading laps. Truex has four top-three finishes in a row here and has led over 100 laps in six of the last eight races here. Of course, in the other two races, he led a combined zero laps, but I don't want to hold that against him. He has the highest upside in this race, even if I don't necessarily think he's the best play. It's close, though.
There are some solid plays beyond that. Of the top drivers, I like Kyle Larson, who had a win here in the past and an average finish of 11.7. Really, I like a lot of the top guys this week -- no one stands out as obviously overpriced except maybe Ryan Blaney, who has never had a top 10 finish in the Cup Series at this track. In fact, his best finish here is 17th. I ranked him just outside the top 10, but I think that could be...really hopeful. I'll probably go pretty low on Blaney.
Austin Cindric is an interesting play. Starts last. Only two Cup Series starts ever, but has an average finish of 18.5 in them. His average finish at Richmond in six Xfinity Series starts here is sixth. It's a good track for him and this could be his first strong Cup Series run. I'll definitely have Cindric on some rosters.
Another interesting driver is Christopher Bell. Starting eighth might be a tad higher than I'd like, but Bell has three wins here in five Xfinity races. He was 15th here in his lone Cup start last year, but that came in the LFR 95 car, which wasn't nearly as strong as his current Gibbs ride.
Meanwhile, if we're talking about drivers to avoid, I have to say that I'm taking a step away from Chase Briscoe this week. It feels like I keep playing him because of place differential upside, but then he consistently fails to reach that upside. In eight starts, he has an average finish of 22.8. He has two finishes in the top 20, with the best of those being 18th at Homestead. Briscoe's rookie year is off to a rough start, and I'm fine at this point just waiting to see him perform before I put him back in my DFS lineups.
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