The NASCAR Cup Series is at Sonoma Raceway today for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. There are 110 laps scheduled for this race and this is the second road course event of the season. For this article this weekend, it is very condensed, as you will see. I didn’t write up any drivers but my projections are here as well as the optimal lineup according to those projections. Good luck and enjoy the race!
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Optimal Lineup According to Jordan’s Projections
The optimal DraftKings lineup for Darlington on Sunday according to my Projections is:
- Christopher Bell
- AJ Allmendinger
- Austin Cindric
- Kurt Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Erik Jones
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Darlington Goodyear 400 DraftKings Driver Projections
The following chart takes into account the very basics: the starting position and the projected finish of each driver. The projected finishes are averaged from six different ranking systems. Also factored in are projected laps led and fastest laps for each driver. You can click the headers below to sort the chart by that attribute. By default, it is sorted by average projected FPTS.
| Driver | DK Salary | Avg Proj FPTS | Starting Position | Avg. Projected Finish | Dollar Per FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Truex Jr | $10,000 | 53.77 | 28 | 10.0 | $186 |
| Christopher Bell | $8,900 | 51.00 | 31 | 11.5 | $175 |
| Kyle Busch | $10,100 | 50.80 | 12 | 06.8 | $199 |
| Kyle Larson | $10,600 | 50.22 | 1 | 04.3 | $211 |
| Ross Chastain | $9,800 | 48.50 | 7 | 06.0 | $202 |
| Chase Elliott | $10,400 | 47.20 | 2 | 05.0 | $220 |
| Erik Jones | $7,500 | 45.67 | 33 | 15.2 | $164 |
| AJ Allmendinger | $8,800 | 43.80 | 16 | 09.7 | $201 |
| Kurt Busch | $8,200 | 42.08 | 11 | 07.8 | $195 |
| Ryan Blaney | $9,400 | 41.95 | 14 | 09.7 | $224 |
| Austin Cindric | $8,400 | 40.83 | 25 | 13.8 | $206 |
| William Byron | $9,200 | 39.83 | 20 | 12.0 | $231 |
| Kevin Harvick | $8,100 | 39.83 | 23 | 12.2 | $203 |
| Alex Bowman | $7,900 | 37.40 | 19 | 15.2 | $211 |
| Joey Logano | $9,000 | 36.33 | 9 | 08.7 | $248 |
| Daniel Suarez | $7,700 | 35.83 | 8 | 09.7 | $215 |
| Chase Briscoe | $8,700 | 33.38 | 15 | 14.8 | $261 |
| Denny Hamlin | $9,600 | 32.33 | 10 | 11.2 | $297 |
| Tyler Reddick | $8,500 | 27.43 | 5 | 13.7 | $310 |
| Justin Haley | $6,300 | 25.75 | 18 | 18.3 | $245 |
| Brad Keselowski | $6,600 | 25.17 | 22 | 19.7 | $262 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | $6,800 | 24.83 | 32 | 25.3 | $274 |
| Bubba Wallace | $6,400 | 18.50 | 27 | 25.3 | $346 |
| Ty Dillon | $5,800 | 18.50 | 34 | 29.0 | $314 |
| Austin Dillon | $6,900 | 16.67 | 13 | 19.8 | $414 |
| Chris Buescher | $6,100 | 15.33 | 3 | 15.3 | $398 |
| Harrison Burton | $5,600 | 14.83 | 26 | 26.7 | $378 |
| Cody Ware | $4,900 | 12.50 | 36 | 32.3 | $392 |
| Corey Lajoie | $5,300 | 11.33 | 30 | 30.3 | $468 |
| Todd Gilliland | $5,100 | 09.67 | 24 | 28.3 | $528 |
| Aric Almirola | $7,300 | 09.33 | 21 | 26.2 | $782 |
| Scott Heckert | $5,400 | 07.83 | 35 | 34.2 | $689 |
| Joey Hand | $6,000 | 05.33 | 17 | 27.2 | $1,125 |
| Cole Custer | $7,000 | 04.83 | 6 | 21.0 | $1,448 |
| Josh Bilicki | $5,000 | 04.83 | 29 | 32.7 | $1,034 |
| Michael McDowell | $7,100 | 01.67 | 4 | 21.8 | $4,260 |
