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It’s going to be a tight window for the Xfinity series on Saturday. Luckily, they ran practice on Friday and the track conditions should be similar to when they race on Saturday. Qualifying will be at 10:00am ET on Saturday and then the actual race will be at 1:00pm ET. We have 200 laps on the docket for Saturday and they’ll be run in 45-45-110 increments. So that means we have 140 dominator points on the table which is a very solid amount for Xfinity.

Similar to yesterday for the truck series, I don’t think I’ll have as many updates readily available in the Playbook. I highly encourage you to jump in the NASCAR DFS chat and ask for any changes of opinion based on qualifying. Here are the practice results. Personally, I didn’t watch the practice session so I do need to go back and watch it, but here’s where things stand.

Driver Pool

Chase Briscoe ($11,000) – Briscoe’s stepping into the 99-car which Ryan Ellis piloted to some decent finishes, gaining some positions along the way, but Briscoe ran the seventh-fastest lap on Friday during practice. He won a ton of races last year so his resume speaks for itself. He had three wins on intermediate tracks last season in Xfinity with strong runs at other intermediate tracks as well. He’s probably going to qualify high and if that’s the case, I think it relegates him just to GPP’s. For whatever reason, if we find him in a spot where he gives us PD then he’s clearly in play in both formats and he’ll be incredibly popular.

Ty Gibbs ($10,800) – Technically this is his first 1.5-mile track at the Xfinity but who cares, he’s been pretty awesome regardless of the track type. He has four top five’s in five races so he’s going to be in play no matter where he starts. Interestingly enough this race will serve as practice for the ARCA race on Saturday night. He won last year’s ARCA race at Kentucky and he won Kansas earlier this year. Regardless, if you have functioning eyeballs and you’ve watched his XFIN races, you know he’s in play.

Austin Cindric ($10,500) – This isn’t just your weekly reminder to give the reigning Xfinity champ DFS exposure. It’s also a reminder that he’s quite strong on intermediate tracks. Sure, he’s a phenomenal road ringer, but he swept Kentucky, won at Texas, finished second at Kansas, third at Charlotte, yadda yadda yadda. He didn’t have a good run at Atlanta by his standards, but he had a top five at Vegas earlier this season.

Tyler Reddick ($10,300) – You could really make an argument for everyone at the top and I’m trying to avoid writing them all up. But the last time Reddick ran Charlotte at this level he led 110 laps and won the race. He looked pretty solid in the 23-car for Our Motorsports, but even in the 31-car last week he got a top ten at COTA. Regardless, he could very well dominate this race no matter the equipment he’s in.

A.J. Allmendinger ($9,800) – We’re getting Dinger at under $10,000 given the added competition to this race and that’s just fine. Dinger won Vegas at a similar price tag and he finished fifth at Atlanta. As of Friday night, he and Reddick might be my favorite GPP targets for Saturday’s race but we’ll see how qualifying shakes out. To no surprise he did record the third-fastest practice lap on Friday.

Jeb Burton ($8,400) – Burton’s an intriguing mid-range play that might come with lighter ownership. He got himself a top ten at Vegas and he finished seventh here in his last race at Charlotte back in 2019. He has top five-to-top ten potential as we’ve seen plenty of times this year and with a couple Cup drivers in the field we could get Jeb at lighter ownership.

Ty Dillon ($8,200) – Dillon could be a lock in the mid-range but it depends on qualifying. He hasn’t had the greatest season and for his career this has been a rough one since he lost his full-time Cup series ride. But the 23-car for Our Motorsports has had speed no matter who has been behind the wheel. Keep an eye on where he qualifies because that’ll dictate my exposure to him.

Myatt Snider ($7,400) – Based on his practice speed you’re getting a nice value play at $7,400. He hasn’t made too much noise since his win at Miami but he still has top ten upside. The issue is that the field is so competitive for Saturday’s race that you wonder if there’s room for him in the top ten. If he can run a clean race, he’ll likely go under the radar. He started 17^th here a year ago and got himself a top ten. But just keep it in the back of your mind that intermediate tracks weren’t his best tracks a year ago, but this is still a good driver in great equipment with a very tempting price.

Ryan Sieg ($7,200) – Sieg is pretty hit-or-miss at intermediate tricks. That sums up his career accurately though. He had top 15 speed in practice, but that’s to be expected. The question will be if he can avoid bad luck. Last year at intermediates he finished third at Vegas, ninth at Kentucky-1, fourth at Kansas (then third at Kansas in the playoffs), and fifth at Vegas in the playoffs. Now on the other side of the coin he also finished 28^th at Charlotte, 35^th at Atlanta, 35^th at Kentucky-2, 29^th and 31^st at Texas. So as you can see… There is a ton of variance here. Per usual, Sieg’s a GPP play. So far in 2021 he finished 38^th at Vegas and tenth at Atlanta.

Brett Moffitt ($6,900) – This is still too cheap for Brett Moffitt. Last week it was stupid how cheap he was, but at least this time around they bumped the price up. Moffitt has topped 40 DK points a few times this year and he’s been a pretty good source of PD. Last year in this race he started 22^nd and finished sixth so he might be my favorite value play if the qualifying spot is generous.

Tommy Joe Martins ($5,200) – This truly depends on where he starts. If he can offer some PD, then great we can target him. If he’s starting in the top 18, I don’t think I’ll be playing him. That just doesn’t seem to work out as often as I’d like. If he’s outside the top 20 then we can turn to him. Similar to Myatt Snider, historically intermediates haven’t been his best but he did get a top 15 at Vegas this year and a top 20 at Atlanta.

BJ McLeod ($5,100) – You are strictly hoping for PD here. McLeod typically starts toward the back of the field, but he tends to move his way up a little bit. He started 24^th at Dover in worse equipment and finished 21^st and last week at COTA he started 38^th and finished 26^th. Two very different styles of track and not comparable to Charlotte by any means, but he’s a wheel man. He gets the most out of his equipment if he runs a clean race and you’re only looking for 22-25 points from him.

Ryan Vargas ($4,500) – I’m perfectly fine punting to Vargas on Saturday. By plugging him in you have $9,100/driver to work with. He’ll need to actually qualify for the race, but the 4-car should get in. He hasn’t done well on intermediate tracks this year, but we’ve seen him priced in the $7K range at times this year and while he isn’t worthy of being priced that high, $4,500 still gives us flexibility and he doesn’t need to do much to return value.

Core Drivers

Core drivers below are based on the attached qualifying results. Head into the chat for lineup questions leading up to lock!