Welcome everyone to the of NASCAR Buffet. For this edition we are going to take a look into the upcoming Xfinity and Truck races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We will give info for each race as well as detail into what we can expect for the upcoming DFS slate. Of course, this article will be brought to you by DFS Army and is being written by Ryan Larkin aka @Larkin8 on twitter. For next level DFS coverage of NASCAR and every sport, you should become a DFS Army VIP Member!! VIP membership gives you access to VIP articles, research and domination stations as well as elite coaches. Sign up today and use promo code LARKIN for 20% off membership.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host both the Xfinity and Truck Series for race number two of their respective schedules. LVMS is a 1.5 mile track with progressive banking in the corners. The banking ranges from 12 to 20 degrees and promotes great side by side racing action for both series. Weather should be in the high 50’s to low 60’s with a chance of rain over the weekend. This weekend will give us a ton of info on how things will look in 2020 for both series.
Xfinity Series
Date: Feb. 22nd
Practice 1: Friday 2:35 pm ET.
Qualifying: Saturday 1:05 pm ET.
Race: Saturday 3:30 pm ET.
Laps: 200 Stages: 45/90/200
Drivers: 36
Defending Champion: Kyle Busch
AVG. # of Cautions: 4.8 excluding stage breaks
AVG DNF’s: 10.5 per race
Domination Station & Xfinity Series Cheat Sheet will be available AFTER qualifying Saturday.
Race Preview
The first true test of the season should be a good one. Vegas historically sees a couple long green flag runs with a handle of cautions sprinkled throughout the race. Long run speed is important as tire fall off is prevalent on the long runs. We usually look for 2 dominators here at Vegas that share the majority of fast laps and laps led. With so many changes in the offseason it will be important to pay close attention to the lone 90-minute practice to see where teams stand. There are a couple of notable driver changes from last week. Daniel Hemric will drive the #8 for JRM, Ross Chastain will actually get to drive the #10 for Kaulig and Joey Gase will be in the #93 for Ryan Seig. This track rewards the absolute best of equipment. So don’t look for any top finishes from outside the elite teams. One major thing we will have to pay attention to are start and parks. This west coast trip is brutal on teams and we often see a high number of start and parks at Vegas. There are a handful of possible teams for this race that we need to be carfeul of.
There are 36 cars on the entry list so all 36 cars will make the race
Cheat Sheets
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Truck Series
Quick Facts
Date: February 21st
Practice 1: Friday 11:05 pm ET.
Qualifying: Friday 5:05 pm ET.
Race: Friday 9:00 pm ET.
Laps: 134 Stages: 30/60/134
Drivers: 32
Defending Champion: Kyle Busch
Domination Station & Truck Series Cheat Sheet will be available AFTER qualifying Saturday.
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Race Preview
There is only one place to start when discussing the Truck race this week. Kyle Busch will make his first start of 2020. Busch won all five races he entered in 2019 and absolutely destroyed the competition. His price will be extremely high so he will have to dominate to pay off but based off last year that should be no problem. Last fall we saw a plethora of teams have engine issues here at Vegas so we can’t take too much info from that race. The trucks run wide open around Vegas. This enables a draft that keeps the top trucks around each other and even sets up multiple passes for the lead. Unless Kyle Busch just goes off. If Busch doesn’t turn this into a one dom race again, the normal plan is to play 2-3 dominators. Given how cool the temperature should be on Friday evening there should be plenty of grip for the trucks.
There are 35 Trucks on the entry list but only 32 drivers will qualify for the race. Three drivers will not qualify for the race. Make sure you do not have any of these drivers in your lineups!!
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Check out some of our other DFS Army NASCAR content for the 2020 season!!!
Cup Series: 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Season Preview
Xfinity Series: 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season Preview
Truck Series: 2020 NASCAR Truck Series Season Preview
DFS Army Strategy Series – NASCAR Scoring Fanduel vs Draftkings
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