NASCAR closes out Sunday’s motorsports holiday. The F1 Monaco Grand Prix and the Indy 500 are in the books. There is one last leg of fantasy racing to be run. The NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 on DraftKings is the last chance to enjoy DFS racing action this Memorial Day Weekend. Check out the DFS NASCAR rankings below and make your fantasy racing picks for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte.
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1. Kyle Larson ($11,000) — The DFS player and the gambler say, “No way.” Larson is running the double. There’s just no way a driver can race the Indy 500 and be an optimal DFS NASCAR pick in the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. It’s Yung Money. He was fine last Sunday. He’ll be fine on Memorial Day Weekend.
2. Denny Hamlin ($10,700) — Darlington was an off-race for Hamlin. It wasn’t bad, just off. In the previous seven races (excluding Talladega and COTA), Hamlin averaged 35 Hog Points per race (fast-lap and lap-led points).
3. Martin Truex Jr ($9,500) — It’s been a while since Truex has torn up Charlotte, but he has and has often. If not for a penalty on lap 233 of the 2023 Coca-Cola 600, Truex could have been one of the top hogs. He was still an optimal DFS NASCAR pick on DraftKings.
4. Ryan Blaney ($10,300) — The Dover setup is similar to Charlotte. Blaney earned 22 Hog Points at Dover (fourth-most). Perhaps more importantly, Blaney won the 2023 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte.
5. William Byron ($10,000) — Track history or current form? Byron was the runner-up in the 2023 Coca-Cola 600 and earned a top-5 finish in 2021. Byron has three wins this season, but he’s only scored more than 16 Hog Points in a race once in 2024 (Martinsville).
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6. Brad Keselowski ($8,700) — The RFK Fords clawed their way to the top. A month ago, Keselowski could barely put together a five-lap run in practice without making a setup change. Fast forward to Darlington, and Keselowski returned to Victory Lane for the first time in 110 races.
7. Chris Buescher ($8,500) — Brad Keselowski got his win, now it’s Buescher’s turn. Buescher lost the Kansas race by inches. The next week at Darlington, Tyler Reddick took him out while battling for the lead late in the race. Buescher is due.
8. Tyler Reddick ($9,700) — Cautions at the end of the Texas races cost Reddick the win. He was the caution that cost himself the win at Darlington. This car has speed but can Reddick keep it clean for 600 miles?
9. Ross Chastain ($8,200) — The Watermelon Man earned the No. 1 driver rating in the 2022 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. In his other four Coca-Cola 600 races, Chastain has a driver rating ranked outside of the top 20.
10. Christopher Bell ($9,000) — It’s a 600-mile intermediate-track race. There is no way Bell stays out of the wall. His JGR Toyota will likely have race-winning speed. That will probably be too much speed. Once Bell puts it in the fence, that speed will vanish.
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr ($6,600) — Charlotte is Stenhouse’s best track. He has 13 top-15 finishes in 19 Charlotte races. He’s earned a top-10 finish in five of the last seven Charlotte races.
12. Chase Elliott ($9,300) — He’s wrecked out of the last two Charlotte Memorial Day Weekend races. In the previous six Charlotte races, he has a win, three runner-up finishes and a fourth-place finish.
13. Kyle Busch ($8,000) — Before finishing 26th at Darlington, Busch earned back-to-back fourth-place finishes at the intermediate tracks in Dover and Kansas. Busch’s average finish in the last five Coca-Cola 600 races is fourth.
14. Justin Haley ($5,800) — This isn’t the same Rick Ware Racing. After his ninth-place finish at Darlington, Haley told reporters that they just copied Brad Keselowski’s setup. Hold up. The technical alliance between RFK and Rick Ware Racing is that close? This isn’t the same Rick Ware racing.
15. Alex Bowman ($7,800) — The No. 48 Hendrick Chevy does not have race-winning speed but it’s clicking off a lot of top-10 finishes. Bowman has earned a top-10 finish in seven of the last nine races.
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