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NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: DFS Picks on DraftKings for NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas

NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: DFS Picks on DraftKings for NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas

DraftKings Fantasy Advice NASCAR

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By: Pearce Dietrich

NASCAR stays out west for the first intermediate-track race of the 2025 season. DraftKings is hosting a $100K grand prize fantasy NASCAR contest for this Sunday’s race. Check out the DFS NASCAR rankings below and make your fantasy racing picks for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas.

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Set your DraftKings fantasy NASCAR lineups here: NAS $444K Engineer [[$100K to 1st] (Cup)

  1. Christopher Bell ($10,700) — Logano got lucky and won at Las Vegas in the fall by stretching fuel. Bell had the fastest car but ran out of laps. Bell returns to Vegas with speed and luck on his side — three wins in a row. Sin City is a great place to have luck on your side.
  2. Joey Logano ($9,500) — Pick your narrative: luck or conspiracy. No one’s luckier than Logano. That’s not to say he lacks skill and speed. Logano checks all boxes, including the intangible box of good fortune. He also checks another conspiratorial box: he’s the Pennzoil driver in the Pennzoil race.
  3. Kyle Larson ($10,500) — Continuing the Las Vegas luck theme, Larson’s luck has never been great. He’s great because he’s great. Larson won the 2024 spring Las Vegas race. It was his third win in the last eight Vegas races. He also has two runner-up finishes over that span.
  4. Denny Hamlin ($9,700) — The best intermediate-track driver in 2024 was Hamlin. In 15 races, he earned a top-five driver rating in 11 of them. He may not lead the most laps, but he’s always in contention on the final run.
  5. William Byron ($10,000) — Las Vegas and Kansas are similar intermediate tracks. Both held races last fall that serve as useful data points. Byron was the second-highest-rated driver at Las Vegas and the highest-rated driver at Kansas.
  6. Chase Elliott ($9,000) — Speed matters, but it isn’t everything. Qualifying, pit stops and restarts are major factors in NASCAR DFS. Elliott may not be the best qualifier, but his pit-road game is the best. He doesn’t speed, and his pit crew is speedy.
  7. Tyler Reddick ($10,200) — Although Reddick has not won a Cup Series race at Las Vegas, he knows his way around the 1.5-mile track. Reddick has earned more than 10 hog points (lap-led and fast-lap points) in three of the last five Las Vegas races.
  8. Ross Chastain ($8,300) — Trackhouse Racing has a good read on Las Vegas. In the six Gen-7 races at Las Vegas, Chastain has an average finish of sixth.
  9. Chase Briscoe ($8,500) — Throw out Briscoe’s stats. Stewart-Haas Racing was on the decline. This is a new era for Briscoe. He’s a legit threat to win at Las Vegas in the No. 19 JGR Toyota.
  10. Riley Herbst ($5,400) — This is a very low price for a 23XI Toyota. Herbst’s teammates are priced thousands of dollars more for similar equipment. Herbst may not have the same skill, but he does have the hometown narrative.
  11. Kyle Busch ($8,800) — Rowdy has the hometown narrative, too. Does he have the equipment? Practice should reveal whether Busch will be in play at Vegas. It might also reveal if he’s in play in 2025.
  12. Alex Bowman ($8,000) — The often-overlooked Hendrick driver is always a sneaky DFS NASCAR pick. He’s often a wasted pick, too. Is this the weekend where he comes through? He closed the final three intermediate-track races of 2024 with driver ratings of seventh, fourth and seventh.
  13. Ryan Preece ($6,200) — RFK hasn’t been great at Las Vegas, but Preece’s Ford is an equipment upgrade compared to his 2024 SHR Ford. Preece averaged a driver rating of 17th in the last four intermediate-track races of 2024.
  14. Josh Berry ($6,700) — How strong is the technical alliance between Team Penske and the Wood Brothers? In previous seasons, it didn’t appear to be strong at all. Berry had speed last week at Phoenix. Las Vegas will answer a lot of questions.
  15. Ty Dillon ($5,100) — Why not play a punt? The NASCAR Cup Series has changed. Parity is widespread. Kaulig isn’t elite, but they can compete. Dillon’s Cup Series career has been disappointing but expected. He drove poor equipment in a racing package that favored big teams. A top-25 finish for $5,100 isn’t a bad deal.

Pearce Dietrich

I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. All customers should use their own skills and judgment in building lineups. I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.