NASCAR runs its last intermediate-track race of the 2024 season at the unique track in Homestead on Sunday afternoon. DraftKings will reward the DFS NASCAR first-place winner with a $25K grand prize. Check out the DFS NASCAR rankings below and make your fantasy racing picks for the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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1. Kyle Larson ($11,000) — A comfortable position in the standings doesn’t change anything. Larson only knows one way to race at Homestead — an inch from the wall. He’s led 2,560 laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway but has only won once.
2. Tyler Reddick ($10,500) — Homestead is where Reddick established himself as an elite NASCAR driver. He won two Xfinity Series championships by running the wall and dominating at Homestead.
3. Christopher Bell ($10,800) — A comfortable position in the standings doesn’t change anything. Homestead’s fast groove along the wall favors dirt racers. Bell is the exception. The dirt star has never felt comfortable running the cushion at Homestead in the Xfinity and Cup Series.
4. Denny Hamlin ($9,800) — The No. 11 JGR Toyota hasn’t been elite but Hamlin and his team keep grinding. Hamlin hasn’t been an appealing DFS NASCAR pick at his recent price point. That could turn around at any time.
5. Ross Chastain ($8,800) — His last two finishes summarize Homestead. Chastain finished 31st in 2023 and second in 2022. Florida’s Watermelon Man has looked good lately with a win at Kansas and a seventh-place finish at Las Vegas.
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6. Joey Logano ($9,300) — Look at that. Logano won the first race of Round Three for the third time and qualified for the championship. He won the Cup Series championship the first two times. Who saw that coming? The DK Network Fantasy NASCAR Rankings did.
7. Chase Elliott ($9,500) — Homestead hasn’t been Elliott’s best track. He has a top-15 finish in each of the last five Homestead races but only one top-10 finish.
8. Ryan Blaney ($10,000) — The Las Vegas weekend didn’t go well but Blaney is still alive in the playoffs. Next week’s Martinsville race is the 2024 Cup Series Champion’s best bet to advance. This weekend is not a throw-away race but there are better drivers at Homestead.
9. Martin Truex Jr ($9,000) — The laps are winding down as the sun sets on Truex’s career. He’s just out there. The Joe Gibbs Racing resources are going to their championship drivers. The No. 19 team wasn’t that great in 2024 before the disadvantage.
10. Ty Gibbs ($8,200) — Similar to his JGR Toyota teammate, Gibbs isn’t the focus of the team this late in the season. He’s received a little more attention than Truex due to his age and lineage. Gibbs has been a top-10 driver this season
11. William Byron ($10,300) — Things are looking better for Byron. The 2024 season began with a Byron breakout — three wins in the first eight races. A summer slump followed but now he’s back and bookending the season — four straight top-5 finishes.
12. Kyle Busch ($8,600) — There’s JGR Rowdy Busch at Homestead and the RCR version. The current rendition is good but not great. Similar to his former veteran teammate, Martin Truex, Busch just seems to be out there turning laps.
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr ($6,200) — Homestead is a unique track. It rewards aggressive drivers. Wrecky Spinhouse is aggressive — or sloppy. Either way, his recent Homestead results are attractive — four top-20 finishes in the last five Homestead races.
14. Austin Dillon ($6,700) — How determinant is track history at Homestead? Dillon has finished 12th or better in each of the last five Homestead races.
15. A.J. Allmendinger ($7,300) — It’s hard to believe but Allmendinger finished fifth at Homestead in 2023 and third in 2022. Is he for real? Think of this. Allmendinger has already qualified for the Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix. He is distraction-free and can lean into the Cup Series race at Homestead.
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