DraftKings 2019 Daytona 500 NASCAR Driver Points

Below in this member exclusive post are DraftKings NASCAR driver points from the 2019 Daytona 500. Here’s links to previous DraftKings scores at Daytona. (Daytona Summer 2018, 2018 Daytona 500, Daytona Summer 2017, 2017 Daytona 500, Daytona Summer 2016, 2016 Daytona 500, Summer 2015, 2015 Daytona 500)

Driver Points Start Finish Notes
1 Kyle Busch 82.25 31 2 Great car. 2nd best driver rating and led 37 laps
2 Erik Jones 71 28 3 Won in summer 2018. In 3 of his 5 races he’s finished in the top 10
2 Michael McDowell 71 34 5 Great car. Consistent Daytona dark horse option
4 Denny Hamlin 63.5 10 1 Second Daytona 500 win. Led 30 laps.
5 Ross Chastain 62 36 10 Finished 21st last summer in his one other start
6 Kyle Larson 60.5 26 7 In 4 of the last 7 Daytona races he’s finished in the top 12
7 Ty Dillon 59 22 6 Back to back 6th place results at Daytona
8 Brad Keselowski 57.5 35 12 17th place avg. running position. Wrecked.
9 Ryan Preece 51 21 8 Dodged a lot of accidents to earn his good result
10 Jimmie Johnson 46 17 9 Great car even though his race was far from incident free
11 Joey Logano 44.25 4 4 In 5 of the last 7 Daytona races he’s finished between 4th to 6th
12 BJ McLeod 44 38 19 Track debut
13 Corey LaJoie 40.5 32 18 Had an early shredded tire. Benefited from attrition
14 Parker Kligerman 40 25 15 First Daytona race since 2014
15 Ryan Newman 39.5 19 14 8.8 avg. finish over the last four Daytona races
16 Austin Dillon 33.5 20 16 13.6 Daytona average finish
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 31 5 13 Great car but collected in a late wreck while running in 7th
17 Chase Elliott 31 18 17 Ran well, crashed late. 27.0 Daytona avg. finish
19 Tyler Reddick 30.5 39 27 Crashed. Only Daytona race
20 Brendan Gaughan 29 30 23 Wrecked. In 3 of his last 5 Daytona races he’s finished in the top 10
21 Alex Bowman 28 2 11 12.7 Daytona avg. finish in the #88 car
22 Landon Cassill 27.5 27 24 In 5 of the last 6 Daytona races he’s finished between 16th to 24th
23 Jamie McMurray 20.5 16 22 Not racing
24 William Byron 16.5 1 21 Best driver rating, led 44 laps. Top ten good but wrecked late
25 Matt DiBenedetto 13.25 9 28 Career day. Led 49 laps but wrecked late
26 Clint Bowyer 11 6 20 Wrecked late while running near the top five
27 David Ragan 10.5 24 30 Wrecked. 12.3 average finish over the last four July races
28 Daniel Hemric 8.25 29 34 Wrecked. Was in 9th with 15 laps to go
29 Kurt Busch 7.5 12 25 In 5 of his last 6 Daytona races he’s finished 23rd or worse
30 Matt Tifft 7 33 36 Didn’t run well and wrecked
31 Casey Mears 4.5 40 40 Not racing
32 Cody Ware 3 37 39 Crashed in his Daytona debut
33 Daniel Suarez 2 23 33 In 4 of his 5 Daytona races he’s wrecked. Ran well.
34 Ryan Blaney -0.75 14 31 Finished 5th in Stage #1, won Stage #2 but wrecked late
35 Kevin Harvick -4 3 26 Top five contender but wrecked late
36 Paul Menard -6 7 29 Wrecked. In 3 of the last 5 he’s finished in the top 6
37 Aric Almirola -11.5 8 32 Top ten contender but wrecked
38 Martin Truex Jr -13 11 35 Crashed late. Finished 2nd last summer
39 Chris Buescher -14 15 37 Wrecked. In 3 of the last 4 he’s finished in the top 10
40 Bubba Wallace -19 13 38 Wrecked. In his three prior Daytona races his avg. finish was 10.3