Welcome back RotoBallers! These daily fantasy NASCAR rankings for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 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.
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Fantasy NASCAR Driver Rankings
Driver Name | DraftKings Rank | FanDuel Rank |
Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3 |
Ryan Blaney | 2 | 1 |
Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 2 |
Clint Bowyer | 4 | 4 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 5 |
Kyle Busch | 6 | 6 |
Chase Elliott | 7 | 9 |
Denny Hamlin | 8 | 7 |
Kurt Busch | 9 | 10 |
Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 8 |
Kevin Harvick | 11 | 11 |
Aric Almirola | 12 | 13 |
Ryan Newman | 13 | 12 |
William Byron | 14 | 14 |
Alex Bowman | 15 | 15 |
Erik Jones | 16 | 18 |
Matt Kenseth | 17 | 16 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 18 | 17 |
Austin Dillon* | 19 | 19 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 20 | 20 |
Bubba Wallace | 21 | 21 |
Chris Buescher | 22 | 22 |
Tyler Reddick | 23 | 23 |
Christopher Bell | 24 | 24 |
Ty Dillon | 25 | 25 |
Cole Custer | 26 | 26 |
John Hunter Nemechek | 27 | 27 |
Ryan Preece | 28 | 29 |
Corey Lajoie | 29 | 28 |
Michael McDowell | 30 | 30 |
Daniel Suarez | 31 | 31 |
Brennan Poole | 32 | 32 |
Timmy Hill | 33 | 33 |
Reed Sorenson | 34 | 34 |
Joey Gase | 35 | 35 |
Quin Houff | 36 | 36 |
JJ Yeley | 37 | 37 |
Garrett Smithley | 38 | 38 |
David Starr | 39 | N/A** |
* Austin Dillon is questionable for this race due to leaving for the birth of his first child. A.J. Allmendinger is on standby to replace him if needed.
** David Starr’s price is not listed on FanDuel as of the posting of these rankings.
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