Texas Fantasy NASCAR Confidence Ranking Picks

1) Brad Keselowski (Starting – 12th)
Texas Fantasy Spin – Brad Keselowski should be near the top of your fantasy NASCAR radar at Texas. This year at intermediate tracks, Keselowski has results of 1st (Atlanta), 2nd (Las Vegas) and 3rd (Auto Club). At Texas, Keselowski has been fast and in every race on the new configuration he’s been a top five contender despite what his results show. In Happy Hour, Keselowski was fast. He had the 4th best ten lap average and the 4th best 15 lap average. On Sunday, look for Keselowski to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Texas Track History – Texas has been a good track for Brad Keselowski and in every race on the new configuration he’s run well. Last fall he was a top five contender but finished an asterisk mark 12th. On lap 253 while he was running in the top five he made an unexpected pit stop for a vibration. In the race it should be noted he led 50 laps and finished 4th in Stage #2. Last spring he also ran well, but finished a misleading 33rd after wrecking during the first green flag lap of the final Stage. From the race it should be noted he finished 8th in Stage #1 and 7th in Stage #2. In 2017 at Texas he swept the top six. In fall 2017 he finished 5th and earned the 7th best driver rating, despite making an early unexpected pit stop near the start of the race. In spring 2017, he finished 6th, had a 6th place average running position and earned the 5th best driver rating.
DraftKings $11,900 / FanDuel $14,000

2) Kyle Busch (Starting – 16th)
Texas Fantasy Spin – Kyle Busch is the defending champion of this particular race at Texas and on Sunday he’ll likely be the man to beat. This year at intermediate tracks he’s been an elite performer. He finished 6th at Atlanta, 3rd at Las Vegas and at Auto Club he led 134 laps and raced his way to victory lane. Those results are very impressive when you take into account in all three of those races he had to overcome adversity. At Texas, Kyle Busch won the spring 2018 race but his three other results on the new configuration aren’t confidence inspiring. In Happy Hour, his ten lap average ranked as the 6th best. On Sunday, if Busch can have an incident free race I would look for him to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Texas Track History – Last spring at Texas, Busch raced his way to victory lane. In the other three races on the new configuration his results haven’t been good. Last fall he was a top ten contender, but finished a misleading 17th. In the race he was caught speeding on pit road during the competition caution while running in the top ten, and then later around lap 140 while he was running in the top ten again he made an unexpected pit stop because of a loose wheel which dropped him two laps down to 29th. Last spring at Texas he had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. When the checkered flag waved he finished 1st, earned the best driver rating, had a 4th place average running position and led a race high 116 laps. Additionally, he finished 2nd in Stage #1 and won Stage #2. In fall 2017 when the green flag waved he had contact with Keselowski and that led to an early unexpected pit stop which essentially ruined his evening. When the race reached its conclusion he finished 19th. In spring 2017, the first race on the new configuration his team missed the setup. He finished 15th and had a 14th place average running position.
DraftKings $12,200 / FanDuel $15,000

3) Joey Logano (Starting – 8th)
Texas Fantasy Spin – Joey Logano will be a factor at Texas. It’s been a great track for him and at intermediate tracks visited this year he’s been fast. Of the intermediate tracks visited, Las Vegas has the highest level of correlation to Texas and at that venue he led 86 laps and raced his way to victory lane. At Texas in the combined races on the new layout (last four), Logano has a 4.8 average finish, a 7.0 average running position and has finished in the top 7 every race. In Happy Hour, Logano had the 6th best 15 lap average. On Sunday, look for Logano to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Texas Track History – Joey Logano has performed at a very high-level at Texas on the reconfigured surface. Last fall the number you need to know about him is 3. He finished 3rd, earned the 3rd best driver rating and had a 3rd place average running position. Additionally, he led 54 laps, finished 6th in Stage #1 and 5th in Stage #2. In spring 2018 he had a strong showing. He finished 6th, had a 5th place average running position and earned the 5th best driver rating. Also from the race it should be noted he finished 4th in Stage #1 and 3rd in Stage #2. In 2017 he was strong in both races and had results of 7th and 3rd.
DraftKings $11,600 / FanDuel $13,500