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NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: Top DraftKings Picks for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 400 at Charlotte

NASCAR Fantasy Rankings: Top DraftKings Picks for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 400 at Charlotte

NASCAR DraftKings Fantasy Advice

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By: Bill Yin

Charlotte Motor Speedway is the third 1.5-mile oval in a row for the Cup Series, so Kansas and Las Vegas are the best recent guide. In the Gen-7 car, the drivers who run up front at Charlotte have been the ones finishing up front.

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Top DraftKings Picks for the Bank of America 400 at Charlotte

  1. Kyle Larson ($11,500) — Kansas was a front-running win for Larson, who led 235 laps and averaged a running position of 1.3. At Las Vegas a long stop on lap 34 put him a lap down, and he still finished second. No driver with at least seven intermediate starts has run closer to the front this season (6.0 average position).
  2. Chase Briscoe ($10,400) — The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 175 laps and won at Las Vegas. Briscoe easily earned the best average running position in the field (2.7). At Kansas he started 23rd, passed Larson for the lead on lap 238 and finished fourth.
  3. Austin Cindric ($8,200) — This isn’t AI slop. Austin Cindric has earned back-to-back top-5 finishes. Go ahead and check for yourself. Team Penske’s forgotten driver started 11th at Kansas and finished second. Even Kyle Larson said he “was flying.” At Las Vegas a slow pit stop on lap 83 dropped him to 27th at one point, but he still finished fourth.
  4. Denny Hamlin ($11,200) — Two wins in nine intermediate starts and a 5.8 average finish, the best among drivers with at least seven starts, define Hamlin’s season. He finished third at Kansas. At Las Vegas a spin and a fuel pressure problem turned his pole into a 16th-place finish.
  5. Ryan Blaney ($9,700) — Fifth place came twice for Blaney, at Kansas from 25th and at Las Vegas from 20th. The Kansas finish followed a 33rd at Bristol, where he led 202 laps before Hocevar sent him into the wall. His lap speeds at Las Vegas were second best in the field.
  6. William Byron ($9,000) — He started eighth in each of the last two intermediate track races and finished seventh at Kansas and sixth at Las Vegas. His average running position over the two races was 7.8, fourth best in the field.
  7. Christopher Bell ($10,700) — He started third in both of the last two 1.5-mile oval races. Bell finished sixth at Kansas. At Las Vegas he ran second in Stage 1 and pitted from the lead on lap 131. A power steering problem two laps later left him 23rd.
  8. Tyler Reddick ($10,000) — The 23XI Racing No. 45 has two wins and a 7.6 average finish, second best among drivers with at least seven intermediate starts. He fell as low as 33rd at Kansas and recovered to 11th. At Las Vegas he finished third despite an alternator problem and a battery change.
  9. Chase Elliott ($8,700) — He climbed to eighth at Kansas from 18th and to seventh at Las Vegas from 13th. His average running positions were 9.1 and 9.2. Elliott has one intermediate win this season (Texas).
  10. Bubba Wallace ($8,500) — An equipment interference penalty did not stop Wallace from running second at Las Vegas, where he finished eighth. At Kansas a flat tire accident in lap 122 dropped him to 26th, but he recovered to ninth.
  11. Ty Gibbs ($9,400) — Las Vegas and Kansas are the best indicators heading into Charlotte. Both recent races ended 17th for Gibbs. At Kansas the car was too tight, and at Las Vegas a speeding penalty hurt. His season average running position of 9.4 is fifth best among drivers with at least seven intermediate starts.
  12. Joey Logano ($9,200) — A first-place start at Kansas, a week after his Bristol win, turned into a 20th-place finish after a jack problem on lap 168. Las Vegas went better, with a climb from 23rd to 10th. His season average running position through Las Vegas is 17.1, the weakest of these 15 drivers.
  13. Daniel Suarez ($6,900) — He finished 14th at both Kansas and Las Vegas. At Kansas he ran ninth late before fading. Suarez won the Coca-Cola 600 after a two-tire stop put him in front for the final restarts, even though he averaged 21.0 in running position — better to be lucky than good.
  14. Carson Hocevar ($8,400) — He was running third early at Kansas until contact on the lap 122 restart started a multi-car accident, which left him 33rd. Las Vegas was better. He finished 12th, one week after a third at Bristol.
  15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ($5,600) — Charlotte has been a good track for Stenhouse, who has averaged a 21.0 start and a 13.6 finish in five Gen-7 starts there. He started 32nd in this year’s Coca-Cola 600 and finished 12th. The risk is that he finished 32nd at both Kansas and Las Vegas.

Bill Yin
Bill joined DraftKings as a writer and editor in August of 2024, where he has been primarily covering the NBA. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English at Rutgers University and has transitioned into sports coverage after working in academic publishing. He is based in NYC and has previously contributed to FantasySixPack and Razzball.
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