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NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: Top DraftKings Picks for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire

NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: Top DraftKings Picks for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire

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By: Pearce Dietrich

New Hampshire keeps the flat, short-track stretch rolling. Iowa and Richmond just set the tone, and this track fits the same mold. The short-track package has produced tight, physical racing all year. Expect more of it this weekend.

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Top DraftKings Picks for the Dollar Tree 301

  1. Christopher Bell ($10,700) — The dirt track legend from Oklahoma is a crustacean expert. He has a trophy case full of lobster to prove it. He’s won two of the last four Cup Series races at New Hampshire. He’s a perfect four for four in the O’Reilly Series. Forget a trophy case. Get Bell an aquarium.
  2. Joey Logano ($10,500) — The No. 22 Ford has entered the chat. Logano is a contender. Team Penske has perfected the setup for the 2026 short-track package at the flat tracks. Ryan Blaney won at Phoenix. Logano won at North Wilkesboro and Richmond. Both earned top-5 finishes at New Hampshire last season.
  3. Ryan Blaney ($11,200) — The Blaney blurb hasn’t changed much over the last month. Iowa, Richmond and New Hampshire are all flat-banked short tracks. Blaney has always excelled at this track type. Team Penske has always built speed at these tracks. Blaney won at New Hampshire last season.
  4. Kyle Larson ($9,500) — Hendrick doesn’t have the cars. Larson doesn’t have the luck. Truth be told. The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion wasn’t great last season either. Larson had a historic Saturday night last weekend. He earned a top-10 finish at Richmond, then flew to Knoxville, Iowa, and won the biggest dirt race of the year. Vibes are definitely on his side.
  5. Ty Gibbs ($9,200) — This is the week. Has Gibbs become elite? He won at Bristol and Iowa in the short-track package. Gibbs scored top-5 finishes at Phoenix, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro and Richmond. That’s elite.
  6. Josh Berry ($8,200) — The late model legend is racing for his life. He’s been here before, and it shows. Berry is heating up. Team Penske is sharing its short-track speed with the Wood Bros Ford. This short, flat track plays into Berry’s roots. He finished third in 2024 and second in 2025.
  7. Denny Hamlin ($11,000) — It’s New Hampshire week, which means the obligatory Denny Hamlin lobster joke: the man has ostraconophobia — fear of lobster — and the New Hampshire trophy is a lobster. It sounds silly, but Hamlin’s best finish in the last four New Hampshire races is sixth.
  8. Tyler Reddick ($8,700) — Remember when NASCAR was fixing the 2026 season for Michael Jordan’s team? That conspiracy theory didn’t have legs. Reddick was running away from the field. He’s still running, but he’s chasing. The flat, short tracks are Reddick’s biggest weakness. The chase continues.
  9. William Byron ($9,000) — Does the 2026 short-track package matter? Absolutely. Byron was statistically the second-best flat, short-track driver last season. He’s a top-10 driver at these tracks in the new stock car. New Hampshire will be a Toyota and Penske playground.
  10. Todd Gilliland ($5,600) — This is an egregious price for Gilly. He’s been a top-15 driver in the 2026 flat, short-track races by cPOMS (continuous percentage of max speed). Basically, his lap speeds across thousands of laps at these tracks average out to a top-15 ranking.
  11. Chase Elliott ($8,500) — It’s not impossible for a Hendrick Chevy to visit Victory Lane in Loudon, New Hampshire. It’s unlikely. Elliott has two top-5 finishes in the last four races at New Hampshire, but that was the old package. That data might be meaningless.
  12. Austin Cindric ($7,900) — Is this fool’s gold? This Team Penske Ford comes at a discount. Cindric is cheaper than Josh Berry. It’s enticing. Cindric has run well, but he never gets the job done for fantasy NASCAR players.
  13. Carson Hocevar ($7,200) — Buy low. Sell high. The Hocevar hype train has halted. Spire Motorsports is fine. Hocevar hasn’t regressed. It’s racing. Bad things happen. Hocevar missed a shift at Richmond and earned a DNF.
  14. Shane van Gisbergen ($6,900) — Advanced stats are cute. DFS websites will create any statistic that makes subscribers think they have an edge. This is racing. Only finish matters. SVG is a top-10 driver at flat, short tracks based on finish.
  15. Ryan Preece ($7,300) — The New Englander is very familiar with this track and this track type. Preece will be even more familiar by the week’s end. The RFK Ford driver raced the Governor’s Cup race in Vermont on Thursday. He’ll run the modified race on Saturday. He will be ready for his flat, short home track.

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.