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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship race is here.
Four drivers have a chance to win a title. Unfortunately for fantasy players, there's qualifying, so we won't know anything about place differential at publish time, which definitely is not great, but hey -- it'll make the real-life race more exciting.
Here at RotoBaller, we want to help you make informed decisions about your DFS lineups, which is why I'll be breaking down the slates for the Truck Series. Let's look at some NASCAR Truck Series DFS lineup picks for the Lucas Oil 150 on DraftKings. Be sure to also check out our NASCAR Premium Tools for Truck Series including our DFS Lineup Optimizer and powerful Research Station.
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How The Top-Priced Drivers Have Run At Phoenix
With no qualifying, I'm changing up the format of the article. It makes no sense to give you six picks when we don't know who will start where. Instead, let's just look at the track history here of some of the top drivers to see who might wind up being a good play.
Five drivers cost at least $10,00 -- the four playoff drivers and Sheldon Creed.
Of those, only Creed has a win here. At $10,600, he might be a great dominator pick, as his average finish here is 7.7 and, well, he won this race last year.
Zane Smith ($10,400) is intriguing too. He has one Truck start here, but he finished second and led 48 laps last year, with 24 fastest laps. No one has a better track record here if we ignore the sample size issue, but...yeah, let's not make all our fantasy decisions based on one race.
The highest salary in this race belongs to John Hunter Nemechek ($10,800), whose average finish here is 7.6 but who finished outside the top 20 in his last two starts. He has a pair of seconds though.
Ben Rhodes ($10,200) and Matt Crafton ($10,000) aren't guys I would play much of if they start near the front, but if either has a bad qualifying run, he'll shoot to the top of my board, because playoff drivers always seem to find their way upfront at Phoenix.
Mid-Price Options
For guys under $10k, I like Chandler Smith ($9,600) a lot, as he has a pair of third-place finishes in two starts here.
Stewart Friesen ($9,500) is a former Phoenix winner. Considering he has just two Truck Series wins, one coming here is notable, as is the fact that over his last four starts here, his worst finish is sixth.
If he qualifies poorly, Johnny Sauter ($9,100) is intriguing. He's been pretty poor this season, but he's a former Phoenix winner with an average finish of 6.6 here.
Austin Hill ($8,500) is in his last race in the 16 truck before moving to Xfinity. He hasn't finished better than 12th here, but maybe this is the race, depending on where he starts?
Ty Dillon ($8,100) is in the 32 truck. If he qualifies poorly, he'll be high on my list of drivers to play, but we just don't really know yet what to expect.
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Potential Sleeper Picks
Let's look at potential options under $7,000.
Jordan Anderson ($6,800) has a lot of experience here, which is something many of the cheaper plays don't have.
Austin Wayne Self ($6,000) has run well at short tracks this year.
Hailie Deegan ($6,400) ran well at Gateway, a comparable track to Phoenix.
Dawson Cram ($5,550) once finished 16th here, if you want a chaos play.
Dean Thompson ($5,000) is racing full-time for Niece next year and is dipping his toe into NASCAR in this race. He ran here earlier this year in an ARCA Menards West race and while he finished 15th out of 30 drivers, it's worth noting that was the largest field of the season for the series because it was a combination race with the main ARCA series. Could be value here.
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