The NASCAR season is revving up and DraftKings is shifting into high gear with an assortment of fantasy NASCAR contests. Dive into the best fantasy racing picks for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma.
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- Shane van Gisbergen ($12,500) — Copy and paste. NASCAR is running back-to-back road courses. Lock the Kiwi in. The field is playing checkers, and SVG is playing chess.
- Kyle Larson ($10,500) — Can anyone defeat Shane van Gisbergen? The answer is no, but Larson can put up a fight. The California native has always been fast at Sonoma. He never had the right car with CGR, but with Hendrick Motorsports, Larson won in his home state in 2021 and 2024.
- Tyler Reddick ($10,300) — Where are the wins? It’s not that easy. As Reddick mastered road racing, so did the field. There are no gimmes. Reddick hasn’t won a road race since early 2023, but he has two podiums in the three 2025 road course races.
- Michael McDowell ($9,300) — It happens. McDowell suffered a mechanical failure at Chicago, where he could have won. Sonoma offers redemption. He was the runner-up at Sonoma in 2024 and has two podiums and three top-10 finishes in the last three years.
- Ty Gibbs ($9,500) — Ty is a strong road racer. Most Cup Series drivers are skilled on road courses. Xfinity Series wins are meaningless—many drivers have them. Gibbs has performed well at Chicago and should improve with each lap at Sonoma.
- AJ Allmendinger ($8,800) — Kaulig Racing has focused heavily on road courses. The Dinger is supposed to be the road course ringer, but his former Xfinity Series Kaulig Racing teammate is stealing the wins. The basket of eggs is empty.
- William Byron ($10,000) — It’s America vs. New Zealand, with national pride on the line. Byron is one of the few who can challenge van Gisbergen on Sunday. He’ll need help from pit strategy and luck.
- John H. Nemechek ($6,200) — The No. 24 Legacy Motor Club Toyota team made significant offseason changes, and they’re paying off. Nemechek is 20th in the standings—impressive for a small team, given that there are over 30 competitive cars in the Cup Series. He has back-to-back top-15 finishes at road courses.
- Chris Buescher ($8,600) — Surprisingly, Buescher’s road course skills are still underrated. During the Chicago radio broadcast, the play-by-play announcers—who cover NASCAR for a living—highlighted Buescher’s emergence as a road ringer. Sudden? He’s been strong for years, winning the Xfinity Series Road America race a decade ago.
- Christopher Bell ($9,000) — Kyle Larson gets credit for racing every discipline—stock cars, dirt tracks and the Indy 500. Bell could do it, too. He can race anything, anywhere, including road courses. Bell won at COTA and was runner-up in Mexico.
- Ross Chastain ($8,400) — Trackhouse Racing excels at road courses. Chastain isn’t a marquee road racer, but he’s earned a top-10 finish in four straight races at Sonoma.
- Chase Elliott ($9,800) — The seven-time road course winner has never won at Sonoma. He has four top-five finishes in six Sonoma races and five top-10s.
- Brad Keselowski ($6,600) — Traditional road courses favor veterans. Keselowski has logged many laps at Sonoma. In 14 races, the RFK No. 6 Ford driver has 11 top-20 finishes, including nine straight since 2015.
- Kyle Busch ($8,000) — His skills remain sharp. Rowdy can race, but he needs a competitive car. RCR has done a solid job with road course setups. Busch was the runner-up in 2023 and has four top-five finishes in the last six races in California’s Wine Country.
- Alex Bowman ($8,200) — This is Chris Buescher Lite. Bowman is an underrated road course driver. He won the 2024 Chicago race, though it was dismissed due to weather. Bowman has earned a top-10 finish in all three 2025 road course races.
