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Race Info
The Truck Series heads north to Canada for the only national touring series race outside the US. The race is also the only road course race on the Truck Series schedule. The track is just barely under 2.5 miles in length. Due to its size of the track we see an ultra small number of laps at only 64. Roughly 25% off this race run under caution and there are quite a few spins that result in localized yellows but not full course cautions. This race sees lots of bumping and rough driving especially in the final corner on the final lap. Great racing and fantastic finishes here has made this one of the most exciting races on the schedule. The original entry list only showed 28 Trucks for this weekend but I wouldn’t be surprised if he see a couple more added to the field come this weekend.
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Quick Facts
Date: August 25th
First Practice: Saturday 9:35 am ET.
Second Practice: Saturday 11:35 am ET.
Qualifying: Sunday 9:35 am ET
Race: Sunday 2:30 am ET.
Laps: 64 Stages: 20/40/64
Drivers: 28 on entry list
Defending Champion: Justin Haley
AVG. # of Cautions: 4 excluding stage cautions
AVG DNF’s: 7.5 per race
Lineup Building
Dominator
For this race we will look to play 1 dominator. We tend to see one driver lead 60% of the laps and really dominate a good chunk of the fast laps as well. While there aren’t many dom points in general we do see one driver able to add 15ish points to his total. If they can finish up front they will clearly separate themselves from the pack. There is always a chance that two drivers lead around 25 laps each essentially splitting the dom points. If this happens and both guys finish up front then of course you will want both in your lineup. However, simply finishing outside the top 5 can offset the dom points gained in this scenario. Alex Tagliani driving the #51 for KBM this week will be the clear cut favorite to dominate and win this week. Outside of that Chastain and Moffitt are top contenders for the win as well simply off pure driving ability.
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Mid Tier
In the mid tier this week we see lots of really good value including Todd Gilliland at $7,900. Gilliland was one corner away from winning this race last year before teammate Gragson made a late move causing both drivers to wreck. This field is rather thin which has caused some of the pricing to be off what we normally see. As always it is important to find the balance between place differential and finishing position upside. Canadian Raphael Lessard is back in the #46 this week for KBM.
Tyler Dippel was recently suspended by NASCAR and will not be competing in this race. Make sure to not have him in your lineup. We are currently waiting for a replacement driver to be named.
Low Tier/Punts
With the low number of trucks in the field everyone has a decent finishing position upside. I expect somewhere between 2-4 start and parks so those drivers you will want to avoid. I believe there will be a couple drivers in punt equipment that will end up inside the top 20 and score over 30 points. Lots of new drivers in this group for this week.
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