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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be running on Friday night this week, with qualifying going on beforehand.
I could opine a lot here about how qualifying means we don't have enough information to make confident picks yet, but you've heard that whole story before, so let's just skip ahead to the part where we talk about some truck racing.
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John Hunter Nemechek #4 ($10,900)
John Hunter Nemechek averages 49.2 DK points per race, the most of anyone running in this race. He's the best driver in the series.
Through nine races, Nemechek is averaging a finish of 8.8, with seven top 10s, five top fives, and a pair of victories. One of those victories was at Vegas, which is another 1.5-mile track. In fact, in three races at these intermediate tracks, Nemechek was a worst finish of fifth. He led 94 laps at Vegas, 21 at Atlanta, and 16 at Kansas. If you're looking for a guy who can dominate this race and wind up with a ton of laps led and fastest laps, JHN is the guy to target.
Sheldon Creed #2 ($10,700)
Of Creed's six Truck Series wins, two were on 1.5-mile tracks, and three more were on tracks that count as intermediate. Over the past two years, Creed's run really well at this type of track.
In his career at Charlotte, Creed's got an average finish of 8.5 in two races, including a fifth-place run here last year. He's never led laps here, but if you're looking for a really solid driver who should be able to finish up front, Creed's a great choice, even if he doesn't necessarily have the dominator upside of a John Hunter Nemechek.
Grant Enfinger #9 ($9,700)
Some concern here because Enfinger is in the 9 truck this week instead of the 98, but he's been running well when he's been in it.
My big hope here is that because the 9 isn't a great truck, Enfinger's qualifying run won't be great. He'll smartly move up through the field on race day because he's such a gifted driver, but if the qualifying speed isn't there, there's going to be a lot of place differential upside.
Now, if Enfinger qualifies in the top 15 or so, I'll be all about pivoting off of him, maybe for someone like Zane Smith or, if Bayley Currey or Derek Kraus end up qualifying near the back, one of them.
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Drew Dollar #51 ($6,900)
Love this price for a Kyle Busch Motorsports truck.
Obviously qualifying could cause this to be a bad play if Dollar shows too much speed, but he did finish 10th in his first-ever Truck Series race.
Of course, that was at Daytona, so it's impossible to know what to read into that showing.
What we do know about Dollar: 20 top 10s in 26 ARCA starts, though he hasn't run as well at intermediate tracks as he has at other track types.
Still, the 51 car for $6,900? My attention is piqued.
Carson Hocevar #42 ($6,100)
Hocevar has top 10s in the past two races and it appears Niece Motorsports has gained some speed lately. If Hocevar qualifies somewhere beyond, say...17th?...then I think he'll be an incredible value.
His 1.5-mile performances haven't been great, though he was 12th at Atlanta. These trucks have generally had strong runs at intermediate tracks, so at this cost, I'll likely be rostering a bunch of Hocevar. (I wish I had more to say about him, but...I don't, sorrry!)
Jack Wood #24 ($5,700)
VALUE.
We have a GMS truck at $5,700, which is just ridiculously cheap, even when you factor in that Wood doesn't have a ton of experience.
Wood finished just 28th last week at COTA, but I can't hold a road course debut against him.
He was fourth in ARCA at Kansas earlier this season, the best comparable track he's run lately. That was his best ARCA finish of the season.
Hopefully Wood qualifies pretty far back. If he even starts top 20, I'll be way, way less invested in him. But get him back in the pack at the start and I'll have a lot of shares at this price, because GMS trucks have a ton of speed.
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