The NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol is on Saturday, 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 Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol.
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Top NASCAR Pick6 Picks for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Denny Hamlin | Finishing Position: 5.5
Pick6 Play: Better
Wins matter and wins in the Gen-7 package carry a lot of weight. Hamlin won at Bristol in 2024. His last two trips to this track produced a second and a ninth, sandwiched around one bad night where contact dropped him to 31st. His four wins this season back up the case that the No. 11 JGR Toyota is fast enough to beat this number. A third-place starting spot on Saturday only helps.
The points lead is down to nine after Gateway. A strong run in the bullring would ease that pressure. Nothing about a fifth-place projection accounts for his ceiling at this track, and history says he’s more likely to beat it than miss it.
Kyle Larson | Finishing Position: 4.5
Pick6 Play: Better
Yung Money starts on the pole Saturday night. He earned it, hard way or the easy way — a win at Gateway last week (Bristol practice and qualifying were rained out). His win at the WWTR short track snapped a 51-race drought. That drought never told the real story. A driver does not sit second in the Cup Series standings by accident. Larson spent all those races finishing close enough to matter even while the trophy kept slipping away. The No. 5 Hendrick Chevy was never the problem. The finish line was.
Now the wins have caught up to the results. Larson heads into Bristol as the reigning Cup Series champion chasing back-to-back titles. Two wins already sit on his Bristol record over his last five starts here, and six of his last seven trips to this track ended in the top five. Starting up front at a place this hard to pass removes the one variable that could slow him down, and a fourth-place projection undersells what he’s carrying into Saturday.
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.
