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NASCAR DFS - Cook Out Southern 500, 2026 | DraftKings Drivers, Dominators & Place Differential · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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• 0:42
  Speaker 1: to this weekend's NASCAR Quick Hit here for Ship It Nation.
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  Speaker 1: I am Eric, also known as The Game on Discord,
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  Speaker 1: and this morning we're going to be breaking down the
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: Cookout Southern 500. I wish it was just the Southern
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: 500 and the Cookout was not in there, but it
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  Speaker 1: is the Cookout Southern 500 at the track that is
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: too tough to tame, the Lady in Black Darlington Raceway,
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  Speaker 1: give us a shot. This weekend, back to NASCAR, this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: once again, we're at Darlington Raceway for the Cookout Southern 500,
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  Speaker 1: and there are 367 laps on tap for us tonight,
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  Speaker 1: which should equal out to roughly 256 dominator points on DraftKings.
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  Speaker 1: That can always change with caution laps or with NASCAR overtime,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera, but roughly 256. The most important thing so far,
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  Speaker 1: Of this slate is this next sentence. Both practice and
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  Speaker 1: qualifying were canceled. They had some bad rain, some lightning
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  Speaker 1: in the area, and it just got canceled. Which means
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  Speaker 1: the starting lineup was set via the rulebook. Now, when
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  Speaker 1: it's set via the rulebook, a large portion of that
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  Speaker 1: is from the results of the previous race. Now, as
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  Speaker 1: we all know, the previous race was Daytona. where there
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: were a couple big accidents that really jumbled up the field,
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  Speaker 1: not only in the finish of last week's race at Daytona,
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  Speaker 1: but now the starting lineup of this week at Darlington,
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  Speaker 1: which means we have some pretty heavy chalk plays basically
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  Speaker 1: spread throughout the field. I think literally 34th, 35th, and
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  Speaker 1: 36th will probably be the most played players of the
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  Speaker 1: day today. But yeah, with no practice and no qualifying,
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  Speaker 1: On a track that is extremely, extremely hard on tires,
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  Speaker 1: I wrote in the Slate Station report that in the
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  Speaker 1: next-gen era, a good car can mask a bad driver
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  Speaker 1: or a mediocre driver. I don't want to say you're
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  Speaker 1: not a bad driver if you're in a cup ride.
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  Speaker 1: But in the next-gen era, a good car and a
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  Speaker 1: good team can most times mask a mediocre driver. Not tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Darlington Raceway has the nicknames The Lady in Black and
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  Speaker 1: The Track That's Too Tough to Tame for a reason.
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  Speaker 1: It is high tire wear. It is a weird egg shape.
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  Speaker 1: It is a driver's racetrack. You will see more cars
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  Speaker 1: up and into the wall tonight and then without stopping.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like every time a car gets into the wall,
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  Speaker 1: the caution flag is going to come out tonight because
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  Speaker 1: there's going to be cars in the wall probably within
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  Speaker 1: the first 10 or 15 laps. Most cars will have
• 6:10
  Speaker 1: a big old Darlington stripe, as they call it, along
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  Speaker 1: the passenger side body panels. Expect to see not only
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  Speaker 1: beating and banging with the other drivers, but just beating
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  Speaker 1: and banging against the racetrack itself. If you have never
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  Speaker 1: watched a race at Darlington, I highly recommend you give
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  Speaker 1: tonight's race a shot. It should be an excellent show,
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  Speaker 1: especially with the starting lineup as jumbled as it is.
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  Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and bring up the NASCARstone.pdf that
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  Speaker 1: I have blacked out all of the appropriate goodies here
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  Speaker 1: so I don't share everything away. And once again, practice
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  Speaker 1: and qualifying completely rained out and canceled yesterday. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going to lie. I normally am a big practice data
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  Speaker 1: user as it comes to Darlington because long run is
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  Speaker 1: king at Darlington. If you can't get around here for 30, 40,
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  Speaker 1: 50 laps in a run, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: long day. And practice, especially when it's a 45 or
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: 55-minute practice, I forget how long they made it, a
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  Speaker 1: 55-minute practice with everybody on the track at once is
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  Speaker 1: really beneficial in finding out who's good at those long runs. However,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have that data this weekend. The first time
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  Speaker 1: these cars are seen in the racetrack are going to
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  Speaker 1: be for the race tonight. So in that case, I
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  Speaker 1: am relying heavily on the power rankings and particularly the
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  Speaker 1: track rankings. Track rankings is using from the Darlington results
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  Speaker 1: from 2023 on up. I removed the 2022 results from
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  Speaker 1: that algorithm because that was the first year of next
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  Speaker 1: gen and everybody was still figuring stuff out and we're
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  Speaker 1: kind of far removed from 2022. So track ranking is
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  Speaker 1: from 2023 on up for the next gen era for
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  Speaker 1: Darlington only. And then the track type ranking is the
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  Speaker 1: tracks of the tires were used at this year. Chicagoland, Vegas, Charlotte, Nashville,
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  Speaker 1: There's three more that I'm forgetting. I'll give you that
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  Speaker 1: information in Discord. But so the track ranking is from
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  Speaker 1: seven race track type ranking is from seven races from
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  Speaker 1: this year with that same tire combination. So this week
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  Speaker 1: I am really relying on track rank, track type rank,
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  Speaker 1: recent form, although truthfully track rank and track type rank
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  Speaker 1: outdo any recent form for me. And Vegas odds, Vegas odds. That's,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be my, my three keys for building
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  Speaker 1: the day, but really track rank and track type rank
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  Speaker 1: will be my number one and two. So we don't
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  Speaker 1: have any practice or qualifying to talk about today. So
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: we're going to go ahead and write down and break
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  Speaker 1: down this starting lineup. And I think I'll finally maybe
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  Speaker 1: be under 28 minutes today because I don't have practice
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  Speaker 1: to talk about. So Tyler Reddick is on the poll.
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  Speaker 1: He is fantastic at Darlington. When you give Tyler Reddick
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  Speaker 1: a high tire wear racetrack where he can rip the top,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to rip the top. He already has one
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  Speaker 1: win in the next-gen era at Darlington. I pasted a
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  Speaker 1: few videos in Discord this morning, which showed him. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think I posted victory, but I showed him. a
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  Speaker 1: couple times up near the front of the field. Redick
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  Speaker 1: is really good here. He needs a really good start
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  Speaker 1: to the playoffs. He's had a tough go of it.
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  Speaker 1: He was the hottest driver in the series to start
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  Speaker 1: the year. Then he kind of cooled down a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Redick will be setting the pace tonight. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: he'll have any issues tonight. gapping Suarez or Ryan Preece.
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  Speaker 1: But that remains to be seen how long he can
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  Speaker 1: stay up front. Because, like I said, Daniel Suarez is
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  Speaker 1: in second. I really don't have too much love for
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  Speaker 1: him today. Sorry, mi amigo. Ryan Preece. If Ryan Preece
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  Speaker 1: was starting anywhere other than third I would be all
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  Speaker 1: about it, but I don't see him anyway, finishing in
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  Speaker 1: the top 10. I don't see him winning. I don't,
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  Speaker 1: I don't, he's going to lose spots. He's got, if,
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  Speaker 1: if he pulls off a great DFS point night tonight,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to eat my shoes. So I love Ryan Preece.
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  Speaker 1: He had a hell of a run last weekend at
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  Speaker 1: Daytona to put him into this chase. Uh, I just
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  Speaker 1: don't think, um, that will translate till tonight at all.
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  Speaker 1: I might be wrong. I just, I don't see it. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Danny Hamlin is in fourth. He also has one win
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  Speaker 1: in the next gen era. Danny is the points leader
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  Speaker 1: heading into the chase. We all know he's been on
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  Speaker 1: fire all year as have the entire, uh, Joe Gibbs
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  Speaker 1: racing stable of Toyotas. So of course we have Danny
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  Speaker 1: in there. Uh, Michael McDowell at Austin. Sindrick is fifth
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  Speaker 1: and six. No, uh, maybe Sindrick, maybe, uh, but definitely
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  Speaker 1: not Mike Mack. Chase Briscoe. Yes, yes, yes. Briscoe is
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  Speaker 1: fantastic at Darlington. He has two wins in the next-gen era.
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  Speaker 1: One was in a Stuart Haas car, which definitely was
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  Speaker 1: not the top equipment back in the day, and last
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  Speaker 1: year in the Joe Gibbs car. He is not projected
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  Speaker 1: as nearly as much ownership as Briscoe is. I can't,
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to give out, hold on, exact numbers here.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: Let me open up my... There we go. Yeah, so
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  Speaker 1: he is projected not nearly as much as Reddick and
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: Hamlin are as far as potential dominator goes, but don't
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  Speaker 1: not sleep on Chase Briscoe. He is excellent here at Darlington.
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  Speaker 1: This is a race he looks forward to. Not many
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: of the drivers look forward to coming to Darlington because
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: it is a hard day in the office. Not Chase Briscoe.
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  Speaker 1: Chase Briscoe is all about the lady in black. So
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: I expect a good night from Mr. Briscoe. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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  Speaker 1: and Austin Dillon at 8th and 9th. No real love
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  Speaker 1: there for me at all. Sorry, boys. Same with Alex Bowman.
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: I've kind of dismissed Bowman ever since the lame duck
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: stuff came out of him losing his ride at the
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  Speaker 1: end of next year. However, he has had some decent
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  Speaker 1: runs for Bowman. Um, I just, again, I don't see
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  Speaker 1: it tonight from 10th place here at Darlington. This was
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: another racetrack. Sure. At Darlington. I just don't see it. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Christopher Bell. Yup. It's a joy Gibbs joy. It's a
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: joy Gibbs. Uh, it's joy. Goodness gracious, Eric, Joe Gibbs, Toyota, uh,
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  Speaker 1: they're the best team in the, in the, in the
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  Speaker 1: league this year, like by far. Um, and he's excellent
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  Speaker 1: at ripping the top. He doesn't, uh, grade as well
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  Speaker 1: in the track rank as far as like rank. He's
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: at a B minus compared to Redick and Hamlin and
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: Briscoe's B plus A pluses. But still, it's Christopher Bell.
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: I think he finished like third last year. I might
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  Speaker 1: be wrong on that, but I think he finished around third.
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: He's fantastic race car driver. He can rip the top.
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: He can save tires. There's no reason not to play
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  Speaker 1: him or at least consider him in your player pool. Uh,
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: Brad Keselowski. Yup. He's also a previous winner here at Darlington. Uh,
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: rough go of it this year. Uh, but still old
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: veteran knows how to save the equipment. I wish he
• 13:57
  Speaker 1: was starting deeper in the pack like he normally does
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: for us, but he is starting up near 12th, which
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: could scare people away. So if you want to take
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: a gamble, which, Hey, we're all gambler gamblers. You want
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: to take a gamble on Keselowski. I don't hate it
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  Speaker 1: because like I said, he is a previous winner here. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he is priced fairly moderately at only 8,300. He's not
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: getting a lot of ownership love and he could put
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: in a solid night. I know he's burned us here
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: or there a couple of times this season, but every
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: week is a new race and we have to look
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: at that way. And Keselowski good scores and points tonight. Uh,
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: Joey Logano and Josh Berry up next. Uh, Joey Logano,
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: he could, pop off a win at any time and
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: not be surprising. Uh, Josh Berry has been on quite
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: the run recently. Um, he is, uh, highly expected to
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: take the Joe Hunter Nibachek ride at legacy motorsports next year.
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  Speaker 1: So I, uh, I think those, the, the, the, the
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: good runs will continue for Josh Berry, especially because this
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: is a high, uh, tire wear racetrack. I'm not going
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: to go out of my way to play him because
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: we have some deep, deep plays who I think are
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: better plays. But if you land on some Josh Berry,
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: I don't hate it. Riley Herbst and Cole Custer. Nope.
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: Riley Herbst was announced as running for Legacy Motor Club
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: next year in the car that JJ would run. Sometimes
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: I just I don't have any love for him here
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  Speaker 1: at Darlington. And same for Cole Custer. If this was
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: an Xfinity Series race. Yeah, all for it. But not
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: the Cup Series. Bubba Wallace and Chase Elliott. Sure. Bubba's
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: good here. He doesn't really get talked about for being
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: good here, but he's good here. Just look at the
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: at the rankings. Plus, he has pretty good recent form. So, yeah, no,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: no issues taking a shot on Bubba. Same for Chase Elliott.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: Chase Elliott's kind of mediocre here. He has a decent
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: track type ranking for this season. If I get him, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I just don't think I'm going to get him at 9,000.
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: I don't think I'm going to click that button. But
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: I don't hate it if the button is clicked. I
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: just don't think he's for me. John Hunter Nemechek, he
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: was fired this week from the Legacy Motor Club ride.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: He's out at the end of this year. This was
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  Speaker 1: a little bit unexpected. I think it was even announced
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: maybe earlier in the year that they were planning on
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: like extending or going forward. But he's had a very
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: rough go of it. And they just decided, hey, Josh
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Berry's here killing it. Why don't we put him in
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: one of these cars? So he's gotten the boot. So
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: that means he's now a lame duck, which means I
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: have zero interest in John Hunter Nemechek because I think
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: he was already kind of a little bit of a
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: head case. And now he lost his ride. So yeah,
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: not for me, dog. Willie B. Yep. He also has
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: a win here at Darlington. Love me some Willie B.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: They haven't been as dominant lately. They haven't had as
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: much speed lately. And by they, I mean not only
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: the 24 team. I mean Hendrick Motorsports in a whole.
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: But it's the chase. We're in the playoffs, baby. Everybody,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: not that they weren't on their A game before, but
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: they were in a comfortable position and they were never
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: in a way of, uh, uh, possibly like losing out of,
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: of the playoffs. So they might've been doing some testing. Uh,
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: it is like, trust me, like if, especially in the
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: previous playoff formats, once a team would like lock themselves in,
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: they could kind of use the rest of the, of the,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: of the year until the playoffs as a testing session,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: they could try crazy things. And if they blew up,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: that sucks, but, but at least, you know, Hey, don't
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: do that in the playoffs when it's championship time. Right?
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: So just because Willie B has been a bit down
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: recently does not scare him away. Uh, or does not
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: scare me away from him. He might be scared of me,
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: but it does not scare me away from him. So, uh,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: no issues taking a chance on Willie B. I do
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: have him listed as a potential dominator. And like I
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: said earlier, since practice and qualifying was rained out, um, Dominators,
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: potential Dominator players are starting all throughout the field today
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: versus kind of Jarvel towards the front. Todd Gilliland, I'm
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: normally a proud member of the Gilly Gang. Not today.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: Corey Heim, he's in the player pool every time he
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: straps in a car. That kid is talented beyond his years.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Two-time winner this year in a part-time ride. It's crazy.
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: Dross Chastain, yup, I'll take the chance. I love Mellow Man.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Ryan Blaney, the big thing with Ryan Blaney is he
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: failed post- He failed pre-race inspection twice. Now, what does
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: that mean? That means his car chief got ejected. Not
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: the crew chief. The car chief got ejected for the
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: rest of the weekend. And he lost his pit stall selection.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: So not only is he starting, what, 24th? He now
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: has the worst pit stall on pit road ever. And
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: his team have had notoriously bad pit stops this year. Like, notoriously. Like,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: it's a theme. Like, it's discussed on broadcast how not
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: so great his pit crew is sometimes. So, Blaney's fast
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: every single week. But a track like this, starting where
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: he's starting, and he gets a crappy, the worst pit
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  Speaker 1: stall paired with his team scary uh larson young money
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: 25th yep larson one win as well here at darlington
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: in the next gen era ripping the top tire wear
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: that's larson it's been a while since he's won yes
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: it would not surprise me to see young money park
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: it in victory lane tonight Ram racing, I know you
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: would like that. So it wouldn't surprise me. And he's
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: starting 25th, so he can get you fast laps for sure.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: That is a part of Dominator Points. And he can
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: win this thing. Like, you can win this race from
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: 25th because it's that type of racetrack, right? Like, it's
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: that type of racetrack. So he's starting deeper in the field,
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: but that does not scare me off, Young Money. Next up,
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: we have Shane Van Gisbergen. I will take a flyer
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: on old SVG. He's been trending upward as far as
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: oval racing goes, and he was bumped out of the
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: chase last week with Ryan Preece's win. So I think
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: he has a little bit of a chip on his shoulder.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: He has been trending well as far as oval racing goes,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: and this is tire wear. This is all tire wear.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: And SVG is fantastic, fantastic at saving tire's on road courses. Now, obviously,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: we're only going right here. Or rather, we're only going
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: left-hand turns here. No right-hand turns to be found. But
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: he does have that very unique skill set, and he's
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: been trending upward lately. For his price and his projected ownership,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: I will take a shot on SVG. Do I think
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: he's going to win tonight? No. Do I think it
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: could be another really solid night which would mean for
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: us good place differential points absolutely uh ty dylan no
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: uh there's there's actually a rumor that ty dylan's not
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: going to be back with colleague uh next year if
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: colleague goes to um goes to dodge goes to ram
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: in the cup series i'm not sure if they used
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: to be dodge or ram in the cup series or
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: what the heck it would be i guess just dodged
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: uh there's not any ram car so i assume it
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: would just be dodge um there is a rumor that
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: he won't be with colleague because of how close he
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: is to pop pop and Chevrolet. So he could also
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: be a lame duck. That's still, even if he was
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: locked in for the next five years, that probably wouldn't
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: change my opinion on him here. But, uh, Ty Dillon,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: that's a no for me. Uh, the furthest starting Joe
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: Gibbs racing car is Ty Gibbs in 28th, $ 8, 800 one
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: this year. parked it in victory lane is in the
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: playoffs is in some of the if not the best
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: equipment in the garage and he's only 8800 why love
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: me some ty gibbs today give me give me old
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: gibby uh no gregson i'll take a shot uh this
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: is like a driver's racetrack right and look no was
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: no slouch no uh no uh was really good when
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: he was in the Xfinity series for JRM. I know
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: even myself clown on Noah sometimes, but the kid can
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: drive a race car. I just don't think front row
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: has all the gusto all the time, right? This is
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: a situation where I think a good driving performance from
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Noah Gregson can give him positive place differential on the day,
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: which gives us the points we are looking for. Should
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: you go out of your way to jam him in
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: your lineups? No. Could he be a great last click? Absolutely. Absolutely.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: AJ Allmendinger and Conor Zilich in 30th and 31st. I'll
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: take a shot on the Dinger. He's colleague as well,
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: but he's not as bad as Ty. Right? Like the Dinger. Dinger.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: I'll take a shot on the Dinger start here in
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: the back. Conor Zilich. Yeah, I'll take a shot. He
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: he's driving that 48 car for Hendrick Motorsports two years
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: from now. Obviously, they see something in him to give
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: him that ride. I know he's having a very, very,
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: very rough rookie season, like very rough rookie season. But.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: But he's an excellent road course racer. Road course racing,
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: you have to save your tires. That's what you have
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: to do tonight. That's my theory on why I'm giving
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Shane Van Gisbergen a shot, and that's why I'm giving
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Connor Z a shot. Shane Van Gisbergen is 6,500 on
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: DK and starts 26th. Connor Z, 5,731st. So if you
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: like that line of thinking, which I hope you do,
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: consider Connor Z because then you could maybe pop him
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: in and then upgrade somewhere else. Next up, Austin Hill
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: and Zane Smith. I have Austin Hill as a GPP play.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: I think he's like a 150 max GPP play. I
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: don't think he's a 20 max. He's just cheap at 5,900,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: not as cheap as Zilly at 57, but cheap at 59.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: And he has positive PD ahead of him. He has
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: also signed for I'm not sure how long his contract
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: is for Richard Childress Racing, but he will be full-time
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: in Cup Series next year. Yeah. Yeah. Zane Smith. He's
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: had some good runs for us this year. I don't
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: love it, but he has had some good runs for
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: us this year. Now, here comes the heavy chalk here
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: in the back. Carson Hosovar in 34th. Chris Buescher in 35th,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: and Eric Jones in 36th. I'm an Eric Jones fan.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: I like Eric Jones. Eric Jones is fantastic at Darlington.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: I don't know why he sucks. I don't want to
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: say he sucks at other tracks, but, you know, not
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: the greatest at other tracks. I'm not sure if it's
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: a Legacy Motor Club thing, if it's a whatever, right?
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: That does not seem to matter when it comes to Darlington.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: And the fact that he starts 36th makes me so excited.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: What does not make me so excited is his projected ownership.
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: He is projected to be over 50% owned. I don't
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: love that. However, I do think he is a really
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: good play today. I think he has a shot to
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: win this thing from 35th. And that's no joke. That's
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: how good he is at Darlington. That man can save
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: tires at this racetrack. It seems like I don't understand.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: I don't understand. But Eric Jones is fantastic at Darlington.
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: He's starting deep in 36th. I just wish the rest
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: of the industry didn't also love Eric Jones for us
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: because he's literally priced perfectly at $ 7, 500 and he's starting
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: so far back. I just wish the rest of the
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: industry wasn't also in love with Jones. But back to
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Josevar and Buescher. Look, Josevar, he's had a rough kind
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: of couple weeks. It seems like my man got that
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: social influencer girlfriend and forgot how to drive a race
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: car sometimes. But it is the playoffs. He is in
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's go time, right? So last week he
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: was in contention and he got caught up in an incident.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Maybe it was his doing. I'll let you decide. Got
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: to take last week out of your mind. He's in
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: a fast car, a Hendrick-affiliated car, playoff driver. Yep, plays
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: some Josevar. And Sam goes for Buescher. Buescher's great race
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: car driver, fantastic race car driver. And he's starting 35th
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: at 8,600. So those three, Josevar, your highest owned will
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: be Redick, Posavar, Buescher, and Jones. Like, by far. By far.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: I love those last three, but we are playing a
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: skill game. We are playing DFS. We're trying to beat
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: the other player. So, I don't mind pivoting. I just...
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: There's some hard pivots to make when it's those three
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: drivers starting so deep in the field when it's a
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: driver's race. So, they will get a lot of attention today.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: And for a good reason. they are excellent plays, the
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: three of them. And then rounding out the field is
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: Cody Ware in 37th and Chad Fincham in 38th. And
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: let me tell you, zero interest in any of those boys.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: I quoted at the beginning of this breakdown, I would
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: probably be under time and we're at 29 minutes. I
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: just can't, I can't get away from this half hour, which, hey,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: that's okay. But I thought today was going to be
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: a shoo-in for being under the half hour mark. And
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: that's not the case. So anyway, that is your rundown
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: for the Cookout Southern 500 tonight at the track that's
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: too tough to tame, the Lady in Black Darlington Raceway.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: The Cup Series playoffs kick off tonight. It should be
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: a really good race. Once again, no drivers to the rear.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: as of this recording, which I'm recording at 930 on
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: Sunday morning. I don't expect drivers to the rear to
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: be announced until much later on in the afternoon. And
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: even then, I kind of don't think we're going to
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: see much because those cars didn't hit the racetrack. The
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: big thing to take away from yesterday is, once again,
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Ryan Blaney did indeed fail pre-race inspection twice, which means
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: he loses not only his car chief for the weekend,
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: which isn't that big of a deal, but the more
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: important portion of this is he loses his pit stall
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: selection for the year. Not for the year, for the
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: race tonight, which means he is pitting in the worst spot.
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: All night long with a team that has given him
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: disastrous pit stops all night long. It could be a
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: very difficult night for Mr. Blaney, or he could overcome.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: We will see. Anyway, as always, if you have any
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: follow-up questions about any drivers or anything concerning this slate today,
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: please feel free to hit me up on Discord. If
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: this happens to be the last time you're playing NASCAR
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: for the year because it's NFL time, thank you for
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: sticking with me. sticking with the content. I appreciate it
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: as always. However, stick around, please, because we have nine
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: more races after today, including some good ones. So I
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: know the NFL is coming, but don't forget about NASCAR.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: We still have fun over here on Sundays. So anyway,
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: that's it for me. Have a great Sunday. Have a
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: great Labor Day weekend. I will be at a racetrack tomorrow,
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: but I'm relaxing the rest of the day today. Good
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: luck in all of your slates. And as always, let's
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: ship it. Yeah.