Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 DFS Picks | NASCAR Cup Series

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Trevor Marcotte gets you ready for the Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Top NASCAR Daily Fantasy picks for DraftKings, FanDuel

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Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 QUICK FACTS

• The “Brickyard”.  Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  
• SUNDAY 7/5/20 – 4:00 PM
• 2.5-mile
• 160 lap event

Tricky Triangle time #2. Headed to PA for this 140 lap. Remember, number of laps sway the importance of scoring in different directions.  Less laps = less laps led pts, and less fastest lap pts.  Making place finish and place differential pts a bit more valuable.  Yes you will still need the dominator, but there is less likely to have two or three of them and really separate them from the pack.  

Last Race Notables: Kevin Harvick won.

• Laps Lead: Harvick led 118 laps, Blaney led 19 laps, Logano led 11 laps.  
• Start/Finish: Wallace 15/3, Byron 29/4, Hamlin 33/6, Newman 22/8, Elliott 24/9, Suarez 20/11, Ty Dillon 25/13, Lajoie 30/19, Chastain 34/22, Sorenson 37/23, Sieg 36/24, McLeod 35/25, Yeley 40/26, Smithley 38/28, Bilicki 39/29

NASCAR DFS PROCESS

Let me give you guys a better idea of what we are doing here for NASCAR. We put out an early article with some track stats and what drivers to target, based on the numbers. Then we put out the final DFS picks article (which you’re reading) with drivers who seem to be fast or have good or bad starting positions. I put out a total of 12 drivers I like and a few who I am off. The guys I am off are typically guys who don’t run that well here and are starting in a decent position.

I am trying to narrow things down for you. Too much information can just be confusing. If you need more information, you can look at the projections tab and my cheat sheet. Take a look at the scoring to better understand why I do it this way.

Point Scoring

DK Scoring

Drivers will accumulate points as follows:

• Place Differential = +/- 1 PTs (Where they start vs. where they finish….Start 20^th, Finish 10^th = 10 pts)
• Fastest Laps = +0.5 PTs
• Laps Led = +0.25 PTs
• Finishing Position Scoring (Winner 46 pts, 2^nd 42 pts, 3^rd 41, 4^th 40, 39, 38, 37, etc…)

FD Scoring

Drivers will accumulate points as follows:

• .1pts for each lap completed
• Place Differential = +/- .5 PTs (Where they start vs. where they finish….Start 20^th, Finish 10^th = 5 pts)
• Fastest Laps = +0.5 PTs
• Laps Led = +0.1 PTs
• Finishing Position Scoring (Winner 43 pts, 2^nd 40 pts, 3^rd 38, 4^th 37, 36, 35, 34, etc…)

Track Stats

Let’s take a look at some of the track stats.

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Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 DFS PICKS

Top Tier

Kevin Harvick ($11,500) – Starting 11^th.  13 top 10’s, 7 top 5’ and 2 wins.  It may be the Harvick show this weekend.

Kyle Busch ($10,400) – Starting 7^th.   Looking for revenge week for Kyle.  He just hasn’t found his groove this year.  11 top 10’s, 5 top 5’s and 2 wins at Indy.

Brad Keselowski ($9,800) – Starting 9^th.  Having a great year and it continues this weekend.  5 top 10’s, 2 top 5’s and a win here at Indy.

Denny Hamlin ($10,100) – Starting 6^th.  Has never won here, but seems like a safe bet.  His last 6 at Indy are 6^th, 3^rd, 17^th, 4^th, 5^th and 3^rd.

Mid-Tier

Clint Bowyer ($9,000) –  Starting 22^nd.  5 top 10’s, 4 top 5’s at Indy.  Finished 5^th in both 2019 and 2018 race here. 

Ryan Blaney ($9,400) – Starting 12^th.  Going with the hot Blaney here.  He finished 7^th and 11^th in his last two here at Indy.  

William Byron ($8,700)  – Starting 18^th.  Finished 4^th and 19^th in his only two here at Indy.  Having a solid year but needs to finish a bit better.  Cracking top 10’s, but needs to start craching top 5’s.

Erik Jones ($8,100) – Starting 23^rd.   Great starting position and they finally raised is price.  Finished 3^rd last week.  Crashed in 2 of 3 here, but finished 2^nd in 2018.  Need him to stay out of trouble

Sleepers

Chris Buescher ($6,500) – Starting 20^th.  Good starting position, good price.  Lot’s of upside here.  Buescher has a top 10 here.  

Austin Dillon ($6,700) – Starting 16^th.  Has two top 10’s, here.  Been running decent.  I think this track sets up well for him this weekend. 

Cole Custer ($6,300) – Starting 30^th.  First time here.  Good upside play.   

Ryan Preece ($5,800) – Starting 36^th.  Same here.  Good price, good stating position.  Should be safe.  Finished 16^th his only time out here.

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Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 PICKS TO WIN

• Harvick
• Kyle Busch
• Kes
• Sleeper : William Byron

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As usual, if you have any questions, hit me up on Twitter, @trmp31. Let’s see some screenshots of wins!!