NASCAR By The Numbers - Cracker Barrel 400

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This weekend we head to Nashville for the Cracker Barrel 400. The race is Sunday at 7pm ET on Prime. Qualifying was canceled due to rain on Saturday, and practice was a combine longer practice, which I think is better. This is only the sixth time the Cup Series has run a race at Nashville Speedway. Nashville Speedway is a unique racetrack for the Cup Series. It’s a 1.333-mile concrete “flat track”, which makes it tough to comp it to any other track. This is a new tire combo for Nashville, but they’ve run it five times already this season. They used this tire combo at Vegas, Darlington, Kansas, Texas, and last weekend at Charlotte. I’ll look at recent Nashville, 2026 speed, high-speed intermediate data, practice, and a few other things when building lineups this weekend. Practice correlated well here the last three seasons, so I will use practice data a little more than I usually do.

NASCAR DFS Picks: Cracker Barrel 400

The stages are 90, 95, and 115, which is a total of 300 laps. With 300 laps, we’re looking at 30 laps led, and 30 laps completed points on FanDuel. On DraftKings, we’re looking at 135 fastest lap points and 75 laps led points.

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The Head of Motorsports at RotoGrinders and the long-time host of the popular Morning Grind podcast, Stephen Young (aka stevietpfl) has been one of the top NASCAR, NFL, NBA, and MLB analysts in the industry since its inception. He has accumulated numerous Live Final seats and is a multiple-time finalist for the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Racing Writer of the Year. Follow Stevie on X – @stevietpfl