The NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway is on Sunday, and DraftKings is offering a new way to play fantasy NASCAR. The game is simple. Build a “Pick Set” (2+ drivers) and decide if they will outperform their stat projections. Here is some advice to help build your DraftKings Pick6 Pick Sets for the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski | Pick6 Projection: 39.5 Fantasy Points
Pick6 Play: More
We’ve seen this movie before. This isn’t the sequel. It’s a trilogy. Texas qualifying was the third time this season where Brad Keselowski qualified poorly at an intermediate track. In the first two (Las Vegas and Kansas), starting deep in the field was a minor inconvenience. The No. 6 RFK Ford earned a top-10 finish in both races. Keselowski has a top-10 finish in four of the five Gen 7 races at Texas.
Denny Hamlin | Pick6 Projection: 57.5 Fantasy Points
Pick6 Play: Less
The board’s highest line belongs to a driver with the smallest margin for error on the slate. Starting fourth gives Hamlin no place differential cushion, and 57.5 fantasy points from that grid spot requires a top-three finish, a stage win, or 50-plus laps led. Probably some combination of the three.
Texas does not hand out perfect afternoons. Twelve cautions flew last spring — the pole sitter finished 24th, the Stage 1 winner finished 25th, and five of the top 10 started 25th or worse. The chaos eats front-row starters. The No. 11 has the speed to chase the over, but the line assumes a clean run that this race almost never produces. Lean less.
Carson Hocevar | Pick6 Projection: 62.5 Laps Led
Pick6 Play: Less
The pole sitter logged the most pole-position miles of his short career last spring at Texas and led 22 laps before getting passed and later wrecking out. Now DraftKings Pick6 is asking the bettor to stake him at three times that total.
Spire’s pit crew ranks 29th in the garage. At a track that runs through 12 cautions and lives on pit-cycle execution, that is the wart that will not heal. Hocevar gets the green flag, holds it for a stage, and gives it back the moment he hits pit road. Behind him sit Hamlin, Bell, Larson, Reddick and Briscoe — all with faster pit crews and Texas pedigrees of their own. Sixty-two laps is roughly a quarter of the race. The pole helps, but the math does not. Take the under.
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What is DraftKings Pick6?
Pick6 is a peer-to-peer fantasy variant where you build a lineup (your “Pick Set”) of 2+ players and select whether you believe each will outperform their listed stat projection. Enter your Pick Set in Pick6 contests to compete against other users. Get enough picks correct and win a share of cash prizes.
How to Play
Create a Pick Set
Create a Pick Set by choosing 2+ players from the same sport and Pick Group (a set of picks available from a group of set competitions). For each player, simply select if you think they’ll have more or less than their listed stat projection. In each Pick Set, you can not pick the same player twice and you must pick players from at least two different teams.
Enter an Amount
Once you finalize your Pick Set, choose your entry fee amount. Your entries will be automatically distributed into available contests, subject to your confirmation.
Sweat Your Picks
When the games go live, use the My Picks tab to follow your picks in real time to track how your players are performing against their projections and how they stack up against other users.
Compete for Prizes
Make enough correct picks and win a share of the contests’ guaranteed prizes. Any prizes won will be credited to your DraftKings account after contests are finalized.
