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The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Richmond, Va., Saturday for the Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders. Last week was a very profitable week for FTN subscribers as we saw multiple four- and five-figure profits from our readers and subscribers. This week the series returns to Richmond for the second race of the […]

I would like to start the article this week with a shout-out to the FTN subscribers who have turned this content into tens of thousands of dollars in the last few weeks. With a $17,000+ payday last week, we are looking to up the winnings this week for our subscribers!  The NASCAR Cup Series has […]

The NASCAR Cup Series has one more regular season race left — Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona — and there is one spot available in the playoffs. There are a handful of drivers who have been very successful at Daytona who sit in a must-win position to make the playoffs. There will be a […]

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to oval track racing this weekend with a trip to Michigan for Sunday’s Firekeepers Casino 400. There are just two races left before the playoffs, and this is a track where Ford has seen a lot of success. Kyle Larson is expected to dominate this race but there is some […]

NASCAR head to Indiana Sunday for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, and I’m here to break down the race for DFS. The Cup Series will visit the Indianapolis road course for the first time, so there is no history to go on here. What we do have are a few drivers who have raced […]

After a two-week hiatus to observe the Olympics, NASCAR returns to action with its annual trip into New York and the road course at Watkins Glen for Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen. This race has been Chase Elliott’s playground of recent, as have all road courses. Elliott at a road course is going to […]

New Hampshire plays host to the NASCAR Cup Series Sunday for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. This weekend is back to a short track, where we have seen Martin Truex Jr. dominate the last couple of years. Kyle Larson’s recent run has included running well at all tracks, and after he looked mortal last week, […]

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to the intermediate track in Atlanta for Sunday’s Quaker State 400. This is another of the “high-wear” tracks, meaning tire management is very important here. We want to look at the data from the previous high-wear tracks (Homestead, Darlington, Atlanta) this year as well as the previous races where the […]

NASCAR heads to Wisconsin Sunday for the Jockey Made in America 250. Qualifying was a disaster, as there were caution flags that rendered many with no opportunity to complete laps. There will be a lot of place differential drivers, including road course king Chase Elliott. I will be ranking my top drivers in each salary […]

NASCAR has its second race of the weekend Sunday with the Explore the Pocono Mountains 350. We saw another $50k in winnings last week from the direction in this article — congratulations to that subscriber. Saturday provided us a clear view of who was fast. It also reaffirmed that passing is hard at this track. […]

NASCAR heads to Pennsylvania Saturday for the Pocono Organics CBD 325, so it’s time again for a look at the DFS slate. Subscribers landed another $50k in winnings last week from the direction in this article. Congratulations to that subscriber. Pocono has been a track recently dominated by the Toyotas of Joe Gibbs Racing. This […]

The NASCAR Cup Series lands in Nashville Sunday for the Ally 400, set to start at 3:30 p.m. Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and William Byron have absolutely run away from the field in these intermediate tracks, and I do not see that changing here. I will be ranking my top drivers in each […]

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series rolls into Texas for the annual non-points paying NASCAR All-Star Race. This is a return to an intermediate oval with a less-than-550-horsepower package. There are only 21 cars eligible for this race, and the drivers starting 19-21 will be qualifiers from the open race right before the All-Star race. […]

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the road course format. Once again, Chase Elliott returns to the top of the rankings. Last week, we saw Kyle Larson utterly dominate as we expected in this article. I will be ranking my top drivers in each salary tier for each week’s race to help you […]

The NASCAR Cup series rolls into Charlotte Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. The series returns to its home track for the legendary Memorial Day weekend race. It was great to see the cars get some practice and qualifying for this race and give us a little more to go off for fantasy purposes. I will […]

The NASCAR Cup series rolls into Austin Texas for Sunday’s EchoPark Texas Grand Prix. This is a road course that the bulk of the drivers have never seen prior to this weekend. Chase Elliott has shown to be a road course ace lately and will certainly be in a portion of my lineups. After following […]

NASCAR returns to short track racing this week with the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway in Delaware. That means Martin Truex Jr, returns to the top of the rankings. The only multiple-race winner this year has been lights-out at short tracks. I will be ranking my top drivers in each salary tier for each […]

NASCAR lands at the Darlington Speedway in South Carolina this week for the Goodyear 400. Last week. this article listed Kyle Larson as the top play as well as Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez as top plays in the next two tiers, and all of them finished with great runs for some fantastic fantasy points. […]

The NASCAR Cup series returns to the intermediate tracks that are the bread and butter of the sport for Sunday’s Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway. Kansas produces some exciting racing, and I expect this weekend to be no different. Last week this article listed Brad Keselowski as the top play as well as […]

NASCAR heads to Talladega Sunday for the Geico 500. This track is similar to Daytona in that it is a superspeedway, though Talladega is a wider track than its Florida counterpart that allows four-wide racing at times. It is very difficult to roster a lineup with no casualties by the end of these superspeedway races. […]

NASCAR heats to Richmond this week for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400. Last week, Martin Truex Jr. again showed that he rules the short tracks. Denny Hamlin dominated the laps led category, but it was Truex who left with the win. This week we are back at another short track, and Truex will again take the […]

NASCAR is back after a brief hiatus for Saturday’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville. Once again, odds are high that this race will not run Saturday; it has been raining quite a bit in Virginia since Friday night and forecasts call for 70-90% again Saturday. That would relegate this to a day race […]

NASCAR lands in Bristol for this week’s Food City Dirt Race Sunday. Odds are high this race will not run Sunday — as I write this, there is a deluge of rain around the track and that is not ending any time soon — but that’s the schedule. If NASCAR postpones soon enough, the DFS […]

Atlanta Motor Speedway is the host for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. The series heads back east to the typical 1.5-mile track that is the bulk of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Again, there are not as many drivers starting way back in the field but there are some solid plays starting midpack and […]

The Phoenix Motor Speedway is the host for this week’s NASCAR event, the Instacart 500. The series returns to the track that saw Chase Elliott claim his first championship last November. Phoenix is a flat 1-mile track where the short-track package is run. Again. there are not as many drivers starting way back in the […]

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Nevada Sunday for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Below, we’re taking a look at the top DFS plays up and down the pricing pool for this week’s race. Last week in this space, my core of William Byron, Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick combined for over […]

The NASCAR Cup Series stays in Florida this week for Sunday’s Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The series is now 2-for-2 in first-time winners this year, and the racing has been outstanding. Congratulations to the multiple subscribers last week who took the top plays in the article and turned that into five-figure paydays. Once […]

NASCAR stays in Daytona, heading to the road course for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 253. After a thrilling underdog win by Michael McDowell, the series returns to the site of the Busch Clash from just two weeks ago. My DFS strategy for this race is to fade the big names starting up front in favor […]

The time has come for the NASCAR season to officially start with the biggest race of the year in the Daytona 500. This is a race where I have won a lot of money by leaving up to $12k in salary on the table. The biggest key is to make sure all your drivers finish […]

What a start to the NASCAR DFS season. FTN finished at the very top of the leaderboards in the Busch Clash. Hopefully we continue that with the two races Thursday night with the Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 and Duel 2 and Daytona. The races will be run on the traditional oval track where drafting will […]

NASCAR is back. My favorite time of the year is here, and the DFS NASCAR season starts Tuesday with the Busch Clash at Daytona. This race is limited to 21 drivers who qualified by either winning a stage, race or pole or making the playoffs in 2020. In addition, if a driver won a pole […]

The whole NASCAR season has brought us to the desert to settle what has been a very odd 2020 NASCAR Cup season with the Season Finale 500. For four drivers, this is the race that could make them the champion. This has been a lot of fun on my end for DFS, as I joined […]