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With Sam Mayer pulling off the surprise victory last week, no Truck Series driver locked their way into the next playoff round via win.
That places even more pressure on the playoff drivers, because it means at most only two drivers can win their way into the Round of 8, so points racing becomes even more important for drivers on the bubble of making the next round.
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Austin Hill #16 ($10,700)
Starting 11th
Love Hill this week. Lowest starting position of the playoff drivers and thus the best place differential upside of playoff drivers.
Hill has won five races over the past two seasons, with three of those wins coming at 1.5-mile tracks, including a win here at Las Vegas last season in which he led 29 laps. He's good at this track type and while his 2020 performance hasn't had the same highs as 2019, he has already surpassed his top 10 total from a year ago. Hill should be competitive for the win here.
Christian Eckes #18 ($9,900)
Starting 9th
Still looking for his first win in the Truck Series, Eckes has eight top five finishes in his career, with five of those coming at 1.5-mile tracks, including a third-place finish here last season.
Eckes has struggled lately, with just one top 10 in the last six races, but those tracks weren't intermediate tracks. His best runs this year have come at tracks like Vegas, and he should have a good chance to run top five this week.
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Stewart Friesen #52 ($8,100)
Starting 18th
A bad race at Bristol ended a string of five consecutive top 10s for Friesen, who struggled a lot earlier in the year but seems to have turned it all around.
Some of his good runs earlier in 2020 were at intermediate tracks, including a fourth at Texas. Not counting Daytona, Friesen's one race that he's led at was Kansas. Despite a short track background, Friesen is a pretty good racer at these 1.5-milers, and he has some nice added place differential upside.
Ryan Truex #40 ($7,700)
Starting 24th
Niece Motorsports has such an interesting lineup this weekend, with both Conor Daly and Travis Pastrana driving for them. But both of those drivers come with a lot of question marks because of either a lack of experience or history of underperformance in the series, while Ryan Truex is actually the Niece truck to target.
Truex finished ninth in points in 2017, then didn't run another Truck Series race until this year. He's started four races in this 40 truck, with three top 20s. Not super impressive, but he's a solid driver with top 15 upside who starts 24th. He was also 12th in his only Truck Series start at Vegas back in 2017. He's also had an Xfinity top 10 here in 2018.
Spencer Davis #11 ($7,200)
Starting 32nd
It's been awhile since we've seen this 11 truck, when it Davis finished 16th at Dover in it.
Davis was 12th here in the Spring, one of six top 20s he's gotten this season. Four of those have been at 1.5-mile tracks. There's a huge amount of place differential upside here, making Davis one of my favorite plays on this entire slate. As long as he keeps the truck clean -- and none of his three DNFs came from a crash -- then Davis stands a good chance at finishing top 20 again, which would lead to a really strong fantasy day for the owner-driver.
Davis might end up being a little too chalky, but there's really no one in his price range that I'd rather take a chance on.
Chase Purdy #24 ($6,400)
Starting 17th
Chase Purdy is no Sam Mayer, but he's still an interesting young driver in a GMS truck, and at this price and with this solid amount of place differential upside.
Purdy has just one top 10 in four starts this season, which was a 10th place run at Kansas. He was also 15th at the first Kansas race. He's not going to win this race, but he can gain a few spots and finish somewhere between 10th and 15th, which should wind up being a solid fantasy day for someone who can be your cheapest driver.
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