The NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 400 at Charlotte 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 DraftKings NASCAR Pick6 Plays: Top Picks for the 2026 Cup Series Bank of America 400 at Charlotte.
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Top NASCAR Pick6 Picks for the Bank of America 400
Denny Hamlin | Finishing Position: 4.5
Pick6 Play: Better
Rain is constant in NASCAR these days. October hurricanes in Charlotte are a routine. Saturday was a wash. Here we are again. Drivers have got what they got. How’s your sim setup? Hamlin didn’t grow up on iRacing, but he embraced the technology. The series shifted during the COVID era. Hamlin’s career was sliding. He adapted, and now he’s on top and could be for another decade. He’s the Tom Brady of NASCAR.
The rain-out metric lineup puts the No. 11 JGR Toyota in 12th, and Charlotte is a track where that car runs near the front. Hamlin has averaged a running position of sixth in five Gen-7 starts at Charlotte, the best of any driver with at least three starts. In the Coca-Cola 600 in May he started 11th, ran fourth on average and finished third.
He started first at Las Vegas and led 39 of the first 80 laps before a spin and a fuel pressure problem dropped him to 16th. He finished third at Kansas the week before and is second in the Chase standings, 40 points behind Kyle Larson. Hamlin needs this one. He can’t let Larson run away with the championship.
William Byron | Finishing Position: 9
Pick6 Play: Better
The last two 1.5-mile ovals both ended in the top 10, with a seventh at Kansas and a sixth at Las Vegas, and Byron started eighth in each. He starts sixth on Sunday. Toyota’s totalitarian rule is over. Chevy may not have caught up, but Hendrick has.
Charlotte has suited Byron in the Gen-7 car. In five starts at the heart of NASCAR, and just down the road from Byron’s childhood home (young William Byron was Jimmie Johnson’s neighbor), he has an average running position of seventh, second only to Hamlin among drivers with at least three starts. His average finish is 10th. In the Coca-Cola 600 in May, he started 31st, ran 20th on average and still finished ninth. In the three 600-miles Gen-7 races from 2023 to 2025, Byron was the runner-up twice and finished third.
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 DraftKings Pick6!
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.
