NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - North Carolina Education Lottery 200
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This weekend we head to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. The race is on Friday at 7:30 PM ET on FS1. I just want to say, it’s a little harder for me to dig into the content this weekend. Kyle Busch news still feels unreal, and I’m still in shock. I pray and pray for his family. It’s going to be on my mind for a long time. As a dad, I hurt so much for his kids.
This is a new right-side tire, and they ran this left-side tire code at Las Vegas, Kansas, and Texas. I will be using recent Charlotte data, recent 1.5-mile data, practice, and a few other things when building lineups this weekend. There have been at least 5 cautions in 8 straight races and 9 of the last 10 races here. There have been exactly 5 cautions in 4 of the last 5 races here. Last season there were only 3 cautions for 20 laps. The race has been won from 16th or worse in 3 of the last 6 races here. The last 2 years Corey Heim dominated this race, but in 2024 he was disqualified because he had three lug nuts loose. For DFS, he was optimal with his credited win and 34.65 dominator points.
NASCAR Truck Series DFS Picks – North Carolina Education Lottery 200
The stages are 30, 30, and 74, which is a total of 134 laps. With 134 laps, we’re looking at 60.3 fastest lap points and 33.5 laps-led points. After cautions, we’re looking at 80ish dominator points. The optimal lineup has had one dominator in 11 straight races here.
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