NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series - Focused Health 250

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Race into the NASCAR DFS streets with the most trusted NASCAR analyst in the industry! Stevie has been providing NASCAR content since the very first NASCAR DFS contest and has taken down 10+ large-field tournaments in NASCAR alone. Multiple subscribers of his NASCAR package have been $1,000,000 winners thanks to the premium content he provides. His article for the 2026 Focused Health 250 will preview the racetrack, roster construction, past optimal lineups, core plays, tournament plays, and value plays.

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This weekend, we head to Circuit of the Americas for the Focused Health 250. The race is Saturday at 3:00 PM ET on The CW. This is the first road course race of the 2026 season. COTA is a fantastic road course. Last year was the first year we saw them race the shorter version of this track. We’re going from a 3.41-mile, 20-turn course to a 2.4-mile, 17-turn course. The shorter course provided battles and very interesting racing last season. I felt like the course benefited the good road-course racers. I’ll be using practice, recent COTA data, recent road-course data, and a few other things when building lineups. There have been 4 cautions in 4 of the 5 races here. The race winner has started on the pole in 4 of the last 5 races here (and 4th in the other race). Practice and qualifying are on Friday night, which is helpful for content. All content will be posted by 10:00 AM ET on Saturday.

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The stages are 20, 20, and 25, which is a total of 65 laps. With 65 laps, we’re looking at 29.25 potential fastest-lap points and 16.25 laps-led points.

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Stephen Young (stevietpfl)

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