NASCAR Cup Series Kansas DFS Picks

NASCAR is back at a 1.5 mile track for the first time in months as the Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway this weekend. The Cup drivers raced here earlier this season in May where Kyle Larson swept all the stages and won the race. We will see 267 laps around Kansas this weekend so you will need to get the main lap leader in your lineup and potentially a secondary lap leader as well if there is one. Place differential will be in play though so we will want to use drivers that have good runs on the 1.5 mile tracks this season as tracks like Charlotte, Texas, and Las Vegas will compare well to Kansas with the race they ran here earlier this season.

Potential Dominators

Denny Hamlin

Chase Briscoe

Kyle Larson

Hamlin has been the most consistent driver all season having a contending car and he looked really good on the long run again this week. He starts on the front row and should be up front all race and have a chance to lead a bunch of laps and be the top dominator this week. His teammate Chase Briscoe got the pole for the seventh time this season and will be Hamlin’s main threat to lead early laps. I don’t like the speed I saw from Briscoe in practice but he has led a ton this season getting the lead from the pole so I don’t want to count out Briscoe this week. Larson was one of the fastest cars in practice if not the fastest car. Larson is one of the most consistent drivers on 1.5 mile tracks and should be a threat this week to get back on track with a win for the first time in months.

Place Differential Plays

Ryan Blaney

Joey Logano

Chris Buescher

Brad Keselowski

Austin Cindric

The Penske cars of Blaney and Logano looked awful in practice and both had issues in the session. They start way in the back and have huge place differential potential making them popular plays for this week. Hopefully they find something over night and end up being solid cars as you would expect them to be a threat to run in the top 10 as playoff drivers. Buescher and Keselowski were in the first practice session but both were some of the fastest cars in that session. Buescher starts 15th so that should keep his ownership low while Brad starts back in 31st giving him big upside for place differential. RFK is usually best on 1.5 mile tracks so this could be a good week for them both. Cindric is the one Penske driver that actually looked good in practice with top 5 speed in his session on the long run. He starts in 26th so he has room to move forward and should be a solid play.

Cheap Options

AJ Allmendinger

Erik Jones

Zane Smith

Justin Haley

Ty Dillon

Allmendinger looked really good in practice and has had top 10 speed at time this season, especially on 1.5 mile tracks. He starts in 20th so he has some upside and I would not be surprised to see him run really well this week and be a good option for top 10 upside. Another riskier play would be Erik Jones as he has had some good runs recently and he was really fast in practice. He starts 10th so he is a risky play with not much room to move forward, but he could be a tournament play if he can end up top 10. Zane Smith has been running better recently and had the best 10 lap average in practice. He should be able to move forward from his 28th starting spot and be a great value play this week. Haley is a bit of a flier as he has been really inconsistent this season but he had solid lap time in practice again this week. He starts 23rd so he has a few spots to gain if he can run top 20. Ty Dillon is a solid flier play with his teammate Allmendinger being so fast and he’s starting way back in 33rd.