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So, did everyone enjoy Thursday's Xfinity race at Kentucky? No? It was your least favorite Xfinity race of 2020? It was bookended by accidents that probably killed you in DFS?
Well, good news, because on Friday we're doing it again, but with an extra 100 miles! Night two of the Xfinity doubleheader at Kentucky is upon us, and because of the inverted starting lineup, the first few laps are sure to be significantly better than what we watched on Thursday, at least!
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Brandon Jones #19 ($9,800) - Starting 36th
Something I want to do in today's race is exploit the starting order for place differential upside. We played it safe on Thursday and didn't have the greatest results, so let's change our tune.
Jones is scored from 36th place on Friday. He drives a Joe Gibbs car. I don't need to hear your "but is he actually good?" talks today. I don't need to hear any "well, he's crashed on the opening lap in two of the last three races" pessimism. If a Joe Gibbs car is starting 36th, you give that car a very serious look in your DFS lineup, regardless of the driver or how the team has had three bad races in a row. This is a car with top 10 speed. Roll with it.
Justin Haley #11 ($9,500) - Starting 9th
Here's the only guy starting in the top 10 that I'm going to recommend. I'll be honest here -- I filled out the other five lineup spots first, looked at how much budget I had left, and grabbed Haley because I liked him the most of the guys we could still afford.
Haley's average position on Thursday was eighth. He had the third-highest percentage of quality passes in the field, was in the top 15 for 99.3 percent of the race, and led three laps.
For Friday's race, Haley's what I like to call "that unexciting but relatively safe guy." Barring mechanical failure or an accident, Haley won't really hurt you, as it's hard to see him take a full-strength car to a finish much worse than his ninth-place starting spot. And he's got the upside to race up into the top five and provide you with a solid finish, even if he doesn't wind up leading your DFS lineup in points.
Riley Herbst #18 ($8,500) - Starting 14th
I don't love Herbst as much as I did on Thursday since 14th offers less upside than 23rd, but I still like him as someone who can keep up the momentum from Thursday's second place finish.
Herbst drove up through the field quickly on Thursday, ending the day with an average running position of eighth. He took advantage of trouble from some leaders late to land a career-best second place finish.
Like with Jones, there's some worry about the driver of this 18 car not being one of the elite ones of the series, but he showed us on Thursday that he can wheel a car around Kentucky Speedway.
Brandon Brown #68 ($7,800) - Starting 27th
Brown drops to the rear for a car change, so there's some worry for me there. But Brown had been running well on Thursday before contact with Justin Haley spun him around, and I still can't shake the fact that every time Brown has finished a race without incident in 2020, he's finished it with a top 15 finish.
Like I said before Thursday's race, I'm all in on Brown this year. This Brandonbilt team is good. They won't contend for wins, but Brown just needs to keep the car clean and he should sneak into the back-half of the Xfinity playoffs. I worry that Friday might not be his best race of 2020, but if he can be a top 15 car like usual, there's place differential upside here.
Daniel Hemric #8 ($7,400) - Starting 34th
CHALK. CHALK. CHALK.
Hemric's going to be rostered in so many DFS lineups on Friday that I almost just didn't include him here, but could I really ignore a JR Motorsports car starting 34th with an experienced driver like Hemric at the helm?
Overall, JR Motorsports showed a lot of speed on Thursday that wasn't prominent in the results because of final lap issues for Noah Gragson and Justin Allgaier. I have a lot of hope for this team on Friday, and Hemric should be able to progress through the field nicely, setting him up for a good day via place differential.
Bayley Currey #74 ($6,800) - Starting 22nd
I don't love a lot of the low-cost options this week. I could have taken a stab at Jeffrey Earnhardt again -- and I wouldn't blame you if you did, as he did happen to run well for a lot of the race -- but I'll go with Currey here.
Mike Harmon Racing is, somehow, extremely improved in 2020. They placed Kyle Weatherman in the top 10 on Thursday, which was a huge shock. (By the way, fade Weatherman. He starts eighth. I know his low pricing is nice, but I can't get behind using him when he's got that much place differential downside.)
Currey has three top 20 runs in this 74 car this year, with two of them coming at 1.5-mile tracks. I don't love him and I wish he started a few spots back of where he does, but if you're looking for a solid midpack guy, Currey's a fine option.
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