Las Vegas Fantasy NASCAR Confidence Ranking Picks

1) Joey Logano (Starting – 22nd)
Las Vegas Fantasy Spin – Joey Logano is an elite performer at Las Vegas who’ll be a favorite as he formally begins his title defense. He raced his way to victory lane this spring, and in recent races he’s arguably been the best. Over the last five Las Vegas races, Logano has the best driver rating, the best average running position (4.8), the 2nd best average finish (3.6), he’s led the third most laps (236) and he’s finished in the top 7 every race. One attribute I like about Logano heading into the weekend is his recent performances at 1.5 mile tracks. Over the last three he has a series best 4.0 average finish. That’s great, but keep in mind it underrates him because he was a contender to win at Kentucky but finished a misleading 7th after a bad late restart. In Happy Hour, Logano was fast and said he had a pretty good car in an interview. In that session he had the 3rd best 10 lap average and the 3rd best 15 lap average. On Sunday, look for Logano to finish in the top five and be a serious threat to win.
Las Vegas Track History – Las Vegas has been a great track for Joey Logano. As you read above in recent races he’s arguably been the best. Earlier this year at Las Vegas, Logano had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. In addition to winning he earned the 2nd best driver rating, had a 4th place average running position, led 86 laps, finished 3rd in Stage #1 and won Stage #2. Last fall, Logano was fast. He finished 4th, had a 4th place average running position, earned the 3rd best driver rating, led 46 laps, finished 7th in Stage #1 and 6th in Stage #2. In spring 2018, he had a solid showing. He finished 7th, had a 6th place average running position, earned the 6th best driver rating and led 25 laps. Additionally, he finished 5th in Stage #1 and 4th in Stage #2. In the four races prior to that he had results of 4th, 2nd, 10th and 4th.
DraftKings $9,700 / FanDuel $12,500

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2) Kevin Harvick (Starting – 3rd)
Las Vegas Fantasy Spin – Kevin Harvick is primed to compete for the championship and at Las Vegas he’ll be tough to beat. Right now in NASCAR, nobody is running better than him. He’s fresh off a dominate performance at Indy, and since New Hampshire minus Bristol he has 3 wins, a 3.3 average finish, a 6.0 average running position and he’s finished in the top 7 every race. At Las Vegas, Harvick has run extremely well. He’s a recent winner and in incident free races since 2015 he has a 3.3 average finish, a 3.5 average running position and he’s averaged leading 111.25 laps per race. In Happy Hour, Harvick had the 5th best 10 lap average. On Sunday, look for Harvick to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Las Vegas Track History – Kevin Harvick has run extremely well at Las Vegas. Earlier this year, Harvick had a great car. He earned the best driver rating, finished 4th, had a 3rd place average running position and led 88 laps. Additionally, he finished 1st in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. Last fall, Harvick had a fast car and was a top five contender, but finished a misleading 39th. On lap 148 while he was running around 6th place he had a flat tire and crashed hard which marked the end of his race. In that race prior to crashing he finished 2nd in Stage #1 and led 14 laps. In spring 2018, Harvick was the class of the field and put on a display of domination en route to victory lane. In addition to winning he earned a perfect driver rating, won both Stage #1 and Stage #2, and led 214 laps.
DraftKings $10,300 / FanDuel $14,000

3) Brad Keselowski (Starting – 18th)
Las Vegas Fantasy Spin – Brad Keselowski is the defending fall champion at Las Vegas and on Sunday he’ll be a favorite. At Las Vegas, he’s arguably the premiere performer in the series. He’s a three-time winner and currently he has 8 straight results in the top 7. Over the last five, Keselowski has the best average finish (3.0), the 2nd best average running position (5.4) and the 2nd best driver rating. This year at 1.5 mile tracks, Keselowski has shown a lot of speed and in his incident free races (He had problems at Texas, Charlotte and Kentucky) he has a 2.3 average finish. In Happy Hour, Keselowski had the best 5 lap average, the best 15 lap average and curiously the 7th best 10 lap average. On Sunday, look for Keselowski to finish in the top five and compete for the win.
Las Vegas Track History – Brad Keselowski has thrived at Las Vegas and since 2013 he has 3 wins and he’s finished in the top 7 every race. Earlier this year, Keselowski had a great car and on the final lap he made a serious charge for the win, but he came up just short. When the checkered flag waved he finished 2nd, earned the 4th best driver rating, had a 7th place average running position, led 17 laps, finished 10th in Stage #1 and 4th in Stage #2. Last fall, Keselowski had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. In the race he earned the 2nd best driver rating, led the 2nd most laps (75) and won Stage #2. In spring 2018, Keselowski had a strong showing. He finished 6th, had a 6th place average running position and earned the 7th best driver rating. In both Stage #1 & #2 he finished 6th. In 2017, he had a great car and should’ve won. In that race he developed electrical issues late and was then passed while leading with 2 laps to go. When the checkered flag waved he finished 5th, had a 2nd place average running position, earned the 2nd best driver rating and led 89 laps. Additionally, he finished 3rd in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. In 2016, Keselowski raced his way to victory lane. In 2014 he got his first Las Vegas win.
DraftKings $9,500 / FanDuel $13,000