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 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1. This is the same tire code they’ve run at Charlotte since 2022, 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 four straight. The race has been won from 16th or worse in 3 of the last 5 races here. Last season Corey Heim dominated this race but was disqualified because he had three lugnuts 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 80-ish dominator points. The optimal lineup has had one dominator in ten straight races here. That’s one driver with at least 15 dominator points. There have been races with multiple drivers, but they weren’t optimal. I’ll be looking for 1-2 dominators with a lot of focus on finishing potential and place differential.

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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 Twitter – @stevietpfl