NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Black’s Tire 250

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This weekend, we head to Richmond Raceway for the Black’s Tire 250. The race is Friday at 7:30 PM ET on FS1. There are only 2 races left in the regular season for the trucks. They also finish on back-to-back short-flat tracks. Richmond is the 3rd short-flat-track race of the season. The Truck Series returned to Richmond in 2020 for the first time since 2005. There have been 4, 11, 3, 4, 9, and 5 cautions in those 6 races. The race winner has started inside the top 5 in 4 of those 6 races. The race winner has started on the front row in 3 of the last 4. I’ll be using recent Richmond data, short-flat-track data, practice, recent speed data, and a few other things when building lineups this weekend.

NASCAR Truck Series DFS Picks – Black’s Tire 250

The stages are 70, 70, and 110 laps, for a total of 250 laps. With 250 laps, we’re looking at 112.5 potential fastest-lap points and 62.5 laps-led points. With 160ish dominator points, I’m looking for 2 to 3 dominators.

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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