The NASCAR slate on Saturday, 10/31, is a single-game card, Nasca @ Nasca, with a $50,000 salary cap on DraftKings classic. Lock comes at 4:23 p.m. ET (1:23 p.m. PT), so lineups need to be set before then.
Our model's top plays start with Lee Pulliam at $7,900. He carries the highest ceiling among our top plays at 94.4 and a DraftKings average of 43.9, a strong pairing for the price. Jesse Love is close behind at $8,500, with a ceiling of 93.1 and a DraftKings average of 41.4. Corey Day costs $10,000 and has a ceiling of 91.3, though his DraftKings average sits at 35.6, lower than the two cheaper drivers above him.
Value is where the slate opens up. Dean Thompson at $7,200 has a ceiling of 83.0 and a DraftKings average of 28.2. Jeremy Clements at $6,600 shows a ceiling of 76.0 and an average of 20.4. The cheapest play on our list is Joey Gase at $4,900, whose ceiling of 73.3 is not far off Clements at a much lower price, even with a DraftKings average of 19.6. At the other end, Justin Allgaier costs $13,000 and carries the top DraftKings average on the board at 47.1, but his ceiling of 71.0 is the lowest of our top plays. Sammy Smith at $9,800 has a ceiling of 78.1 and an average of 32.5.
The fact sheet does not include ownership figures, so we cannot say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,000 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Corey Day at $10,000 and adds Austin Hill at $8,800, Jesse Love at $8,500, Lee Pulliam at $7,900, Dean Thompson at $7,200 and Jeremy Clements at $6,600. The build skips the $13,000 price tag on Allgaier in favor of a balanced group of mid-priced drivers.
Lock is Saturday at 4:23 p.m. ET.
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