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NASCAR DFS - Straight Talk Wireless 500, 2026 | DraftKings Drivers, Dominators & Place Differential · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to this weekend's NASCAR Quick Hit. Here for
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  Speaker 1: ship a Nation, I am Eric, also known as the
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  Speaker 1: Game on Discord, and tonight we will be discussing the
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  Speaker 1: straight Talk Wireless five hundred taking place at the Phoenix Raceway.
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  Speaker 1: let me get my notes up here. This weekend, there
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  Speaker 1: are three hundred and twelve laps on the board for
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  Speaker 1: the NASCAR Cup Series, which should equal out to two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen point four dominator points roughly give or take.
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  Speaker 1: With NASCAR overtime, we will absolutely want to target those points.
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  Speaker 1: This is the first weekend where we have true dominator
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  Speaker 1: type plays and you will want to make sure to
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  Speaker 1: for this weekend. All right, let me go up and
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  Speaker 3: Then can I zoom that in no one second?
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  Speaker 1: Here we go? Hey, I got it? Perfect, perfect, and
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  Speaker 1: everything's on the screen all right. And my notes this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: the NASCAR Cup Series did have a full practice session
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  Speaker 1: and there were some noteworthy events. First up, the Ralsh
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  Speaker 1: Fenway Kasilowski duo of Chris Buscher and Brad Kaseialowski both
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  Speaker 1: had flat tires and Riley Herps got into the wall
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  Speaker 1: as well with his flat tire. To note there, Chris
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  Speaker 1: Buscher should be okay, Riley Herbs should be okay. However,
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  Speaker 1: Brad Kasilowski will be going to a backup car and
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  Speaker 1: he did not take a qualifying lap. So Brad kay
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  Speaker 1: did not qualify on Saturday, and because he did not qualify,
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  Speaker 1: he is starting dead last in thirty seventh place. He
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  Speaker 1: will be a very popular play on Sunday. Also to mention,
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Riddick, the hottest driver in NASCAR, also spun in practice. However,
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  Speaker 1: he did not incur any damage in that spin. I
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  Speaker 1: don't anticipate him going to the rear for a backup
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  Speaker 1: car or anything like that. However, we do not know
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  Speaker 1: as of now, because it is eight forty on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: night when I'm recording this message, and we won't know
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  Speaker 1: drivers to the rear, all of them until like Saturday
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  Speaker 1: two o'clock Eastern time rather Sunday two o'clock Eastern time.
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  Speaker 1: So as always, please pay attention to discord and if
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  Speaker 1: there are any late breaking driver announcements of drivers going
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  Speaker 1: to the rear, I will make sure to tag. As always,
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  Speaker 1: a couple other things you should know going into this
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  Speaker 1: weekend's race at Phoenix is first and foremost, the Hendrick
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  Speaker 1: Motorsports number forty eight has a different driver this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: as Anthony Alfredo is taking the wheel for injured driver
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  Speaker 1: Alex Bowman. If you remember back to last week at
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  Speaker 1: the Circuit of the America's Alex Bowman left the race
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  Speaker 1: early and a lot of the speculation at that time
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  Speaker 1: was he was having an eat exhaustion type issue like
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  Speaker 1: many drivers had encountered last weekend Coda at Coda when
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  Speaker 1: their cool suits failed. However, it came out during the
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  Speaker 1: week that Alex Bowman is experiencing at Vertigo and is
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  Speaker 1: out of the car for at least this weekend. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: thoughts in all of the good vibes sent to Bowman,
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  Speaker 1: I could not imagine racing a race car with a
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  Speaker 1: case of verdigo. That has to be terrifying as far
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  Speaker 1: as one fast pasta Anthony Alfredo is concerned. He is
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  Speaker 1: the Hendrick Motorsports SIM driver, so he is familiar with
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  Speaker 1: the team and the next gen car, at least from
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  Speaker 1: a SIM standpoint. So don't think that this is just
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  Speaker 1: a random Hendrick just pulled the random driver. He is
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  Speaker 1: in the Hendrick Motorsports sphere, so to speak. Alfredo did
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  Speaker 1: not have the greatest practice session on Saturday, and he
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  Speaker 1: only managed a thirty first place qualifying position. However, a
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  Speaker 1: thirty first place starting Hendrick Motorsports car at only sixty
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  Speaker 1: five hundred is pretty juicy as far as DFS goes.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the opportunity of a lifetime for Anthony Alfredo.
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  Speaker 1: Will he be able to make the best of it? Now?
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  Speaker 1: This has happened to Hendrick before. In fact, Alex Bowman
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  Speaker 1: got his ride by replacing Dale Junior who was battling concussions.
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  Speaker 1: Now here's Anthony Alfredo taking the seat over for Bowman
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  Speaker 1: who's going through vertigo. Am I saying that this is
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  Speaker 1: the last we see Bowman and Bowman's out as of
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  Speaker 1: next year. That remains to be seen. However, leading up
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  Speaker 1: to this race, Bowman did not have a strong season,
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  Speaker 1: I think literally dead last points, so who knows? Who knows?
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  Speaker 1: This could not come at a worse time for Bowman
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  Speaker 1: and it'll be very interesting to see what happens if
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  Speaker 1: Alfredo puts a good performance together in this car on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday and Bowman's out for an extended period of time.
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  Speaker 1: And last, but not least, is horsepower and tires. The
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  Speaker 1: Cup Series this weekend is using the seven hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty horse power package at Phoenix as well as the
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  Speaker 1: same tire combination that was used in last year's championship race.
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  Speaker 1: We have already seen the seven hundred and fifty horse
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  Speaker 1: power package twice this season, the first being at Bowman
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  Speaker 1: Gray and the next, or rather the last time we
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  Speaker 1: saw it was just last week at the Circuit of
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  Speaker 1: the Americas. Now, I really don't think the seven hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty horse power package will be much of a
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  Speaker 1: talking point this season. Yes, it is more horse power,
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  Speaker 1: so the course in theory should burn it through tires faster. However,
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  Speaker 1: these are world class teams with world class drivers and
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  Speaker 1: they all have had plenty of notice that this change
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  Speaker 1: was coming. Will it make for a better race as
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  Speaker 1: far as entertainment purposes go? On Sunday. That remains to
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  Speaker 1: be seen. I don't lie. Phoenix is often on the
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  Speaker 1: boring side of things, so they could use anything to
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  Speaker 1: help make their race a little bit more exciting. But
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  Speaker 1: will it truly make any difference as far as we're concerned,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so. All right, Now, for some drivers
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  Speaker 1: and some teams that I want to highlight, I think
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to stay with the format of when I
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  Speaker 1: first started these quick Kit videos, I focused on a
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  Speaker 1: strict rule of four drivers per video. Then I'm morphed
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  Speaker 1: into doing a whole rundown of the entire starting lineup,
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  Speaker 1: and now I'm just doing some picking and choosing of
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  Speaker 1: some drivers and teams that I want to highlight, and
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  Speaker 1: I think I like that technique the most. Year three
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  Speaker 1: and I'm still figuring out what's the best way to
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  Speaker 1: tackle these things. If you have any ideas, please feel
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  Speaker 1: for you to let me know in the comments or
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  Speaker 1: in discord. Always interested in that. First up though, for
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  Speaker 1: a team that I want to the highlight is Team Penske.
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  Speaker 1: All of their cars are starting in the top ten,
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  Speaker 1: all of them. Joey Logano, Team Penske. He is on
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  Speaker 1: the poll. Austin Sindrick teen Penske. He is starting third,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Blaney, everyone's odds on favorite to win is fifth,
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  Speaker 1: and Team Penske affiliated driver Josh Barry is starting in tenth. Now,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of attention will go to Logano and Blaney,
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  Speaker 1: and rightfully so, I think as of this recording, Blaney
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  Speaker 1: to win is a disgusting plus three point fifty, with
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  Speaker 1: Joey being the closest to him. I believe at plus
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  Speaker 1: five hundred. Yes, So Team Penske is absolutely on kill
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  Speaker 1: mode whenever they come to Phoenix, and that couldn't have
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  Speaker 1: been more apparent this weekend when they unloaded FORCTICE and qualifying.
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  Speaker 1: A ton of the attention will go to Logano and Blaney,
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  Speaker 1: and rightfully so. As I mentioned before, however, do not
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  Speaker 1: sleep on Austin Sindrick or Josh Berry. Austin Sindrick had
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  Speaker 1: more than a few impressive runs last season where he
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  Speaker 1: just kind of came out of nowhere right and Josh
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  Speaker 1: Berry cut his teeth on these short flat tracks. So
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  Speaker 1: love literally everybody affiliated with Team Penske. On Sunday, next
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  Speaker 1: up for a driver I want to highlight is fourth
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  Speaker 1: place starter Daniel Swarez Mia Migo has had speed all
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  Speaker 1: season with his new digs Aspired Motorsports. He's been fast
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  Speaker 1: at Atlanta and Aytona. He showed up last week Coda
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  Speaker 1: the boy be quick now, Mia. Migo does not have
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  Speaker 1: the best track Phoenix, not have the best track history
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  Speaker 1: here at Phoenix, with his best finish of ninth in
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  Speaker 1: the next Gen Era, which is with Joe Gibbs. I
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  Speaker 1: think back in twenty twenty two. But he has been
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  Speaker 1: fast so far all season. He was extremely fast in
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  Speaker 1: Saturday's practice session, and he's priced just exactly perfectly at
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  Speaker 1: sixty two hundred. So yeah, I love me some Me
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  Speaker 1: and Migo on Saturday or for Sunday. Do I think
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  Speaker 1: he's going to dominate and lead a pile of lapse?
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  Speaker 1: He could, but I expect him to be in the
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  Speaker 1: upper half of the field and for sixty two hundred,
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  Speaker 1: that's fantastic. I love it. Next up, we have the
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  Speaker 1: Joe Gibbs racing duo of Denny Hamlin and Christopher bell
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  Speaker 1: Both of these drivers are fantastic at Phoenix. However, I
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  Speaker 1: am surprised that Belle is eight hundred dollars cheaper than Hamlin,
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  Speaker 1: as both drivers have an average finish of ten ten
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  Speaker 1: point two technically for Hamlin, and both have led roughly
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  Speaker 1: the same percentage of laps since twenty twenty three. Bell
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  Speaker 1: has led fifteen point eight percent of all laps at
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  Speaker 1: Phoenix and Denny led fifteen point six percent of all
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  Speaker 1: laps at Phoenix, so point two percent of a difference
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  Speaker 1: between them, and they made Bell ten to two and
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  Speaker 1: Denny eleven K. I don't understand that. In my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: they should be almost identical in price, if not, maybe
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  Speaker 1: one hundred dollars difference between them, but not eight hundred dollars,
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  Speaker 1: and for eight hundred dollars less, I will absolutely take
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  Speaker 1: Bell over Hamblin all day long. Plus it gives you
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  Speaker 1: one extra spot of PD. So love me, love me
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  Speaker 1: both Denny and Christopher Bell, but if I'm picking one
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  Speaker 1: at c Bell. Next up is Ryan Priest, who struggled
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  Speaker 1: in practice but then fired off a fast qualifying lap
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  Speaker 1: and manage a thirteenth starting spot, which makes Priest the
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  Speaker 1: highest starting roush Fenway, Keslowski Drimer. Priest jumps out to
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  Speaker 1: me since he's already won in twenty twenty six with
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  Speaker 1: the seven hundred and fifty horse power package at Bowman Gray. Now,
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  Speaker 1: obviously Bowman Gray and Phoenix very different. Bowman Gray's crazy short,
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  Speaker 1: and plus the weather was really cold. So I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to assume that Priest is going to have a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic day because he did well at Bowman Gray. However,
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  Speaker 1: he that is the best race we can look back
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  Speaker 1: on where we've seen these cars with this horsepower package
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  Speaker 1: and at least, like I believe, the right side tires
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  Speaker 1: in action. So it's worth going back and checking out.
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  Speaker 1: Priest jumps out to me since he's already won in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, like I said, at Bowman Gray, and
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  Speaker 1: Priest has had a fairly solid may at Phoenix. If
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  Speaker 1: you take away the twenty twenty four races where Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Priest finished thirty seventh and twenty third, his average finish
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  Speaker 1: in the next gen era would be twelve point five.
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  Speaker 1: Priest rolls off the grid thirteenth on Sunday, so he's
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  Speaker 1: an average finish of thirteenth of twelve point five if
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  Speaker 1: you take away the two outlier races there for twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty four, and he starts thirteenth, So unexpecting a positive
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  Speaker 1: day for one Ryan Priest and last, but most certainly
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  Speaker 1: not least is Bubba Wallace. Twenty three XI have obviously
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  Speaker 1: been on a heater this season, and while all eyes
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  Speaker 1: have been on Tyler Redick, who should also not be
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  Speaker 1: ignored this weekend, Bubba Wallace has also been having fantastic
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  Speaker 1: finishes to start the year, so much so that he's
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  Speaker 1: currently second in Winston Cup points. Bubba has not led
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  Speaker 1: any laps here in Phoenix the next Gen era and
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  Speaker 1: has a best finish of seventh. However, it's hard to
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  Speaker 1: ignore the speed twenty three XI has brought to the
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  Speaker 1: track week in and week out this year, and Bubba
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  Speaker 1: is starting fairly deep in the field and should be
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  Speaker 1: able to score you some nice, nice place differential points.
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  Speaker 1: Bubba rolls off the field, rolls off the grid twenty
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  Speaker 1: eighth on Sunday, and let me make sure, yes, that
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  Speaker 1: is the last note I had here and the last
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  Speaker 1: driver I wanted to highlight. Please check out the slate
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  Speaker 1: for me. As always, if you have any questions on
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