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NASCAR Cup Series Setup Top Plays for FanDuel: Sonoma

Welcome to the Cup Series Setup for Fanduel. Here we will be breaking down the best plays for Fanduel purposes. My name is RyanLarkin88 and you can follow me @Larkin8 on twitter. This week the Cup Series is at Sonoma. The VIP Member Research Station and Domination Station will be ready to go for you to help create your lineups so be sure to check that out. Also, jump in the NASCAR VIP Slack and get some great insight into this weeks race. If you are not a DFS Army VIP Member then sign up now and use promo code Xfinity for 20% of your subscription.

Top Tier Plays

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick’s last 4 races have netted a win and four finishes of 6th or better. He starts 23rd on sunday so not only does he have strong top 5 potential but has the ability to gain lots of place differential points as well. He is the most expensive driver at $14,500 but hard to ignore him this week.

Clint Bowyer 

Bowyer has been as good as anyone at Sonoma and has the best average finish of any driver to prove it. In 13 career races he has 8 top 5 finishes and 10 top 10s. Had the best 10 lap average in final practice. He starts 14th which allows him some position upside and he is definitely a contender for the win.

Brad Keselowski

Keselowski will be starting 22nd which puts him in line for strong position upside similar to Harvick but he cost $2,000 less. This will make him a good play off of Harvick where you get a driver with similar upside but that allows for a better overall lineup. He has struggled to secure top end finishes at Sonoma in the past but he did finish 3rd in 2017 and his 4 top 3 finishes at Watkins Glen show he can get it done on the road courses.

Martin Truex

MTJ has won 2 of the last 6 races here and absolutely dominated both races. He is fantastic at Sonoma and is a strong favorite to win again this week. Over the course of the long run with the massive tire fall off I expect Truex to really surge forward from his 8th place starting position.

Value Plays

Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson had the fastest lap in final practice and turned that into the Pole for Sunday’s race. He was fastest in 10 lap average first practice and third in final practice. Larson has qualified on the pole for the previous two Sonoma races only to fade deep into the field. He has never scored a top 10 in 5 career starts at Sonoma either. With all that being said Larson has shown too much speed to be ignored.

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch is another driver who is great at road course racing especially at Sonoma. He is the 9th most expensive play  at $11,000 but he is potentially dollar for dollar the best value on the slate. He starts 16th so position upside is available for a driver who has a worst finish of 12th in his last 8 starts at Sonoma. During that 8 race span he has 1 win, 7 top 10s and 4 top 5s. He accomplished those 4 top 5s driving for 4 different teams. He is as consistent as they come and will likely end up towards the front come the end of the race.

Paul Menard

Menard isn’t the flashiest but he certainly knows how to score a solid run at Sonoma. From 2013 to 2017 he had finishes of 14th, 5th, 13th, 16th, and 11th. Starting 24th and at $7,600 if he can stay out of trouble he could end up scoring another solid finish paired with a few position diff. points.

Low Tier/Punts

Parker Kligerman

Parker is my favorite ultra cheap play. He cost $3,500 which is exactly what might be needed when trying to play multiple in that high price range. In his two Cup Series road races he finished 23rd at Sonoma and 24th at Watkins Glen. Thats type of position from the 29th starting position might be just enough to get the job done. I do think there is top 20 upside for this team as well which could be huge.

Matt Dibenedetto 

Matty D is loving his car and loves this track and I am a huge fan of confidence. He finished 17th and 23rd at Sonoma the last two years driving for Go Fas Racing. Considering his current team is better in every aspect he could be a sleeper for a top 10. At $7,000 he is a great price as well.

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