Talladega Fantasy NASCAR Confidence Ranking Picks

1) Joey Logano (Starting 10th/ DraftKings $9,400/ FanDuel $14,500)

Joey Logano is a premiere performer at superspeedways and at Talladega he’ll be a favorite. He’s thrived at Talladega, and in fall races he’s been especially strong. Over the last four fall Talladega races he’s won twice, has a 2.8 average finish and he’s had a result in the top 5 every race. In recent Talladega races overall he’s been a standout performer and over the last four combined he has the best driver rating, the best average finish (3.5), the best average running position (8.0) and he’s led the most laps (166). This spring at Talladega, Logano had a great car and if he didn’t make a late bad block while leading with 4 laps to go I think he would’ve won. When the checkered flag waved he finished 4th, earned the 3rd best driver rating, led 37 laps and had an 8th place average running position. In fall 2018, Logano had a strong showing and consistently ran well. He finished 5th, finished 5th in Stage #1, 9th in Stage #2, had an 8th place average running position and earned the 4th best driver rating. In spring 2018, Logano had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. In the race he earned the best driver rating, had a 6th place average running position and led 70 laps. Additionally, he finished 2nd in Stage #1 and 2nd in Stage #2. In the three fall Talladega prior to 2018 Logano had results of 4th, 1st and 1st. At Daytona the other superspeedway on the schedule, Logano finished 4th in February and in the summer he led 40 laps but crashed and finished 25th.

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2) Chase Elliott (Starting 1st/ DraftKings $10,100/ FanDuel $12,000)

Chase Elliott is a strong performer at Talladega who’ll be a driver to be reckoned with. He raced his way to victory lane this spring, and in recent races he’s been very competitive despite what his results show. In 4 of the last 5 Talladega races he’s been a top five contender. This spring at Talladega, Elliott had a great performance. He finished 1st, led a race high 44 laps, earned the 2nd best driver rating, finished 4th in Stage #1 and won Stage #2. In fall 2018, Elliott was strong but finished a misleading 31st after wrecking on the last lap. In the race he had a 12th place average running position, finished 7th in Stage #1 and was running in 12th with 13 laps to go. In spring 2018, he had a great race. He finished 3rd and earned the 7th best driver rating. In fall 2017, Elliott wrecked while battling three-wide for the lead with 6 laps to go which led to his 16th place finish. In spring 2017, Elliott ran well but was collected in the late “Big One.” Two laps prior to wrecking he was running in 3rd.

3) Brad Keselowski (Starting 6th/ DraftKings $9,600/ FanDuel $12,500)

Brad Keselowski is an elite performer at Talladega who’ll be a factor. He’s a five-time winner who’s finished in the top five 33% percent of the time and in the top ten 52% percent of the time. At Talladega, Keselowski currently has three straight misleading results, but he’s run well in all of those races. This spring at Talladega, Keselowski had a great car but finished a misleading 13th. Late in the race during green flag pit stops he spun on pit road and never fully recovered from that. Five laps prior to spinning on lap 145 he was running in 2nd. Also from the race I’ll note he led 10 laps, had a 10th place average running position and earned the 3rd best driver rating. In fall 2018 he had a strong showing, but had to pit for fuel at the end which led to his 27th place finish. With 6 laps to go before the final caution came out he was running in 8th. In the race he led 21 laps, had a 12th place average running position, earned the 11th best driver rating and finished 10th in Stage #2. In spring 2018, he had a great car, but finished 33rd after getting collected in a wreck with 23 laps to go. From the race it should be noted he won Stage #1, finished just outside the top ten in Stage #2 and led 21 laps. In Stage #2 on lap 68 he was caught speeding on pit road under green. In fall 2017, he had a great car and raced his way to victory lane. In the race he won Stage #1, finished 2nd in Stage #2 and led 7 laps. In the four races prior to that he had results of 7th, 38th (led 90 laps but his engine blew up), 1st and 4th.