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Let's get ready for some more NASCAR action! These daily fantasy NASCAR rankings for Sunday's Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway 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 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Larson | 2 | 3 |
| Denny Hamlin | 3 | 2 |
| Chase Elliott | 4 | 4 |
| Kevin Harvick | 5 | 6 |
| Kyle Busch | 6 | 7 |
| Brad Keselowski | 7 | 5 |
| Joey Logano | 8 | 8 |
| Kurt Busch | 9 | 10 |
| Alex Bowman | 10 | 9 |
| Aric Almirola | 11 | 13 |
| Cole Custer | 12 | 12 |
| Ryan Blaney | 13 | 14 |
| William Byron | 14 | 11 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | 15 | 15 |
| Christopher Bell | 16 | 16 |
| Austin Dillon | 17 | 18 |
| Erik Jones | 18 | 19 |
| Tyler Reddick | 19 | 17 |
| Bubba Wallace | 20 | 20 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 21 |
| Daniel Suarez | 22 | 22 |
| Chris Buescher | 23 | 24 |
| Ross Chastain | 24 | 23 |
| Ryan Newman | 25 | 25 |
| Michael McDowell | 26 | 26 |
| Chase Briscoe | 27 | 27 |
| Ryan Preece | 28 | 28 |
| Josh Berry | 29 | 29 |
| Corey LaJoie | 30 | 31 |
| Anthony Alfredo | 31 | 30 |
| Josh Bilicki | 32 | 32 |
| Quin Houff | 33 | 33 |
| BJ McLeod | 34 | 36 |
| Garrett Smithley | 35 | 34 |
| Cody Ware | 36 | 35 |
| James Davison | 37 | 37 |
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NASCAR Rankings Analysis
On Sunday, the Cup Series rolls into Dover, and if you've been following NASCAR for awhile, you know what that means: it's Martin Truex Jr. time.
Despite starting on the pole, he's my highest-ranked driver because this track lends itself well to his driving style. Truex has three wins here and four consecutive finishes of first or second. He's led over 100 laps at Dover five times in his career, plus led 88 laps here last year. Truex has absolutely zero place differential points possible, but starting from that first spot, Truex could just run away with this race.
Beyond that, there are some other strong plays. If you want place differential, Brad Keselowski starts 15th. Kurt Busch, meanwhile, starts 28th. A previous winner here, Busch's results at this track over the past two years haven't been idea, but he did finish ninth in 2019 in a Ganassi car. I think there's some really nice upside.
But let's talk about the driver I have the hardest time ranking right now: Aric Almirola.
As you can see, he's just outside my top 10. But oh boy, do I not feel great about that!
Almirola's having a nightmare season. A Stewart Haas driver starting 32nd should have so much place differential upside that he's a must play, but Almirola has an average finish of 24.4 this year with just one top 10. Through 12 races, he's led 16 laps, all at Talladega. He's got four crash DNFs. It's, uhh, not a great year!
As for potential value plays, I have Daniel Suarez rated pretty high, because he's been running really well, with an average finish of 20th this year. He has six top 20s in this 99 car.
A guy I'm avoiding? Chase Briscoe. Starts 17th, but has an average finish of 20.5. He's running slightly better, with two 11th-place finishes in the last three races, and he's had Xfinity success here, but I just don't think I'm ready to trust Chase Briscoe, no matter how good he was here in a different series. SHR has been rough this year aside from Kevin Harvick and I'm not ready to put my money up against that trend, you know?
Also, Josh Berry is filling in in the 77. I don't think that car is good enough to do much, but I really like Berry. Interesting punt play!
Anyway, peruse the rest of my rankings before making your lineups for Sunday's race! And let me know if you have questions!
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