Latest / Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation / NASCAR DFS - Bass Pro Shops Night Race, 2026 | DraftKings Drivers, Dominators & Place Differential
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- 0:45Speaker 1: I am Eric, also known as The Game on Discord,
- 0:49Speaker 1: and this morning we'll be breaking down the Bass Pro
- 0:53Speaker 1: Shops night race at Thunder Valley, the last great coliseum,
- 0:59Speaker 1: or also known as Bristol Motor Speedway. Can't wait. But
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- 1:10Speaker 1: Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Let me, of course,
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- 4:45Speaker 1: good old Johnny Morse's Bass Pro Shops night race at
- 4:48Speaker 1: Bristol Motor Speedway tonight. There are 500 laps on deck.
- 4:56Speaker 1: I think they call it the Last Grey Coliseum. I
- 4:58Speaker 1: much prefer Thunder Valley, but we'll go with their branding.
- 5:01Speaker 1: There are 500 laps on deck at the Last Grey Coliseum,
- 5:05Speaker 1: which should equal out to roughly 350 Dominator points up
- 5:11Speaker 1: for grabs. We will absolutely want to target those points
- 5:17Speaker 1: at least two Dominators today, even though qualifying was rained
- 5:21Speaker 1: out at least two Doms. especially the one that's on
- 5:26Speaker 1: the pole. You probably want to grab to start. Anyway,
- 5:30Speaker 1: practice and qualifying were both rained out slash lightening out.
- 5:39Speaker 1: So the starting lineup was set via the rule book,
- 5:42Speaker 1: which we have some fairly chalky, fairly really good plays
- 5:46Speaker 1: up front and some fairly chalky, really good plays in
- 5:49Speaker 1: the back. So it should be a fairly straightforward building
- 5:53Speaker 1: situation for today. But before we do that, I just
- 5:56Speaker 1: want to do something on a personal note here real quick.
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- 7:04Speaker 1: still very, very, very weird waking up and having you
- 7:08Speaker 1: not be here. But anyway, let's continue on before I
- 7:11Speaker 1: start crying. All right. The NASCAR Cup. Oh, did I freeze?
- 7:15Speaker 1: Here we go. We're back. Hey, thanks. That was Maxine
- 7:17Speaker 1: messing with the camera. As mentioned before, qualifying and practice
- 7:23Speaker 1: were both rained out. So we have no really data
- 7:26Speaker 1: to look at at all. Thankfully for the Xfinity slash
- 7:32Speaker 1: O'Reilly series guys yesterday, they at least got practice in
- 7:35Speaker 1: while their qualifying got like canceled mid-go. The Cup boys
- 7:39Speaker 1: didn't get a shot at all. So everything we are
- 7:43Speaker 1: building off of will be the power rankings because, as
- 7:47Speaker 1: I mentioned before as well, the starting lineup was set
- 7:50Speaker 1: via the rulebook. So we have some really, we have
- 7:54Speaker 1: a really chalky play on the poll and we have
- 7:56Speaker 1: a really chalky play in 29th and what, 32nd? Yeah. So,
- 8:03Speaker 1: and then everything else is kind of, you know, up
- 8:06Speaker 1: for grabs, GPP type stuff. But let's go ahead and
- 8:09Speaker 1: break down the starting lineup And we are starting with
- 8:12Speaker 1: last week's winner, Kyle Larson, on the poll. If there
- 8:18Speaker 1: has ever been an obvious DFS Dominator play, it's going
- 8:23Speaker 1: to be Kyle Larson today at Bristol. Yes, we have
- 8:27Speaker 1: not seen them roll off the track. We have not
- 8:31Speaker 1: seen them turn a lap this weekend. I don't care.
- 8:35Speaker 1: Larson has led since 2023. 1,196 laps at Bristol. Let
- 8:42Speaker 1: me say that again. Since 2023, Kyle Larson has led 1,196
- 8:45Speaker 1: laps at Bristol. That's two complete races and then some. Okay.
- 8:51Speaker 1: Larson is fantastic here. I don't care if he timed
- 9:14Speaker 1: dead last, if they had practiced and he timed dead
- 9:16Speaker 1: last and still made the poll, I would still roll
- 9:19Speaker 1: him out heavy. Larson finally got that win off his
- 9:24Speaker 1: back last weekend. Now he's gifted the poll. Gifted, I
- 9:29Speaker 1: don't want to say gifted like that because he did
- 9:30Speaker 1: earn it. He won rulebook, etc. But got the poll,
- 9:34Speaker 1: basically the rulebook for tonight. a track he absolutely crushes
- 9:41Speaker 1: at absolutely like like just like the the next highest
- 9:48Speaker 1: lap leader in that same time frame is ty gibbs
- 9:51Speaker 1: with 496 arson almost has like what almost triple double
- 9:57Speaker 1: more than double not as triple. But yeah, like he's
- 10:05Speaker 1: obviously dominated here before. He's found speed recently. He's been
- 10:11Speaker 1: on the uptick. He finally won last week. That man
- 10:16Speaker 1: is going to get a ton of ownership today. but
- 10:20Speaker 1: for good reason. I have a hard time not seeing
- 10:23Speaker 1: him lead a huge chunk of this race. Now, the
- 10:27Speaker 1: one kind of wrench into this is probably the competition
- 10:34Speaker 1: caution that's going to happen around lap 25 to lap 35,
- 10:38Speaker 1: lap 40, somewhere in there. They haven't called it yet.
- 10:41Speaker 1: At least I don't think so. I have a Twitter
- 10:42Speaker 1: notification that I haven't read, so maybe they did. But
- 10:46Speaker 1: there's almost guaranteed... going to be a competition caution today
- 10:51Speaker 1: which uh so you'll probably have larson lead that first
- 10:56Speaker 1: batch of laps or whatever and then the competition caution
- 11:00Speaker 1: comes and then it's going to be you know who's
- 11:03Speaker 1: pitting who's not pitting etc etc but assuming larson leads
- 11:11Speaker 1: this whole opening stretch and tires aren't an issue which
- 11:15Speaker 1: they shouldn't be As long as there's not crazy, funky
- 11:20Speaker 1: pitch strategy from that point on, I could easily see
- 11:24Speaker 1: Larson leading the whole opening stage and then some. When
- 11:31Speaker 1: you lead over a thousand laps at a racetrack, it's
- 11:37Speaker 1: hard not to gush over. We're going to continue on,
- 11:40Speaker 1: but that's why Larson is far and away probably I
- 11:44Speaker 1: would assume every DFS talking head today is going to
- 11:47Speaker 1: talk about how great of a potential dominator play Kyle
- 11:50Speaker 1: Larson is. If they're not, I would second guess what
- 11:54Speaker 1: they're telling you. Next up, Joey Logano, who's also a fantastic.
- 11:58Speaker 1: Like there was one at one point where Logano was
- 12:00Speaker 1: like the king of Bristol. That's not so much anymore.
- 12:05Speaker 1: He's outside pole. I don't think he has anything for
- 12:08Speaker 1: young money. Denny Hamlin starting third. He has two wins
- 12:12Speaker 1: in Bristol since 2023. If he wasn't starting directly behind
- 12:16Speaker 1: the God of Bristol, Kyle Larson, I would love him
- 12:19Speaker 1: a whole lot more. Don't love Denny too, too much today.
- 12:24Speaker 1: But if you're looking from pivots away from Larson, he's
- 12:27Speaker 1: a good one to go to. William B. and Carson
- 12:31Speaker 1: Hosovar up next. William B. great at Bristol. I have
- 12:35Speaker 1: no issues making him a GPP play. I don't think
- 12:37Speaker 1: he's going to dominate today. Hosovar has shown speed at
- 12:41Speaker 1: Bristol in the past. He's still kind of like a while.
- 12:45Speaker 1: I don't, I don't, he's so aggressive that I just
- 12:49Speaker 1: am worried that the aggression is going to be a
- 12:54Speaker 1: negative for us at a racetrack where aggression is hyped up.
- 13:00Speaker 1: Like I posted a pile of videos in the discord
- 13:03Speaker 1: this morning, uh, showing aggressive Bristol situations. And, everybody talks
- 13:11Speaker 1: about how much they hate Jose Var. And we know
- 13:14Speaker 1: that Jose Var is not afraid to use the bumper, right? So, like,
- 13:18Speaker 1: do we really want to take that chance with a
- 13:21Speaker 1: fifth place starting Jose Var, who's, what, 7,900, when we
- 13:26Speaker 1: have a 6,900 Josh Berry starting in 32nd? Like, probably not.
- 13:34Speaker 1: But I do understand if you want to make that play.
- 13:37Speaker 1: Alex Bowman and Ross Chastain's up next. If Bowman the
- 13:40Speaker 1: showman was starting deeper in the field, I would be
- 13:42Speaker 1: all about taking the chance. I just don't love it
- 13:44Speaker 1: from that sixth place starting position. I think, and as
- 13:48Speaker 1: far as Ross goes, I think I'm off of all
- 13:51Speaker 1: of track house for the rest of the season. It's just,
- 13:58Speaker 1: I don't know what they have to do to turn
- 14:01Speaker 1: it around, but track house just is not looking good.
- 14:03Speaker 1: That's track house as a whole. like just not looking great. Uh,
- 14:08Speaker 1: Austin Dillon, he's a great little short track racer. I
- 14:12Speaker 1: just don't love him in this starting position. So that's
- 14:15Speaker 1: a no, uh, Austin Sendrick. I missed him. Yup. I'll
- 14:19Speaker 1: take a chance. He's not as great, uh, at Bristol
- 14:22Speaker 1: as Logano and Blaney are, but he is in and
- 14:27Speaker 1: around them all week long. The cars are prepared by
- 14:30Speaker 1: the same people. Like, you know, was that high tide
- 14:37Speaker 1: raises all ships. So you got to assume that some
- 14:40Speaker 1: of that personal ability and magic has made its, will
- 14:46Speaker 1: eventually find its way to Sendrick. So am I saying
- 14:49Speaker 1: to go out of your way to play Sendrick? No,
- 14:51Speaker 1: but he should be considered just because he's not as
- 14:54Speaker 1: terrible as when people start to talk sometimes. Austin Dillon, no,
- 14:57Speaker 1: like I said, just don't love him here. Bubba Wallace. Yep.
- 15:01Speaker 1: I'll take a chance on Bubba. Brad Kozlowski. Yep. I'll
- 15:05Speaker 1: take a chance on Brad. I'm probably like Brad will
- 15:10Speaker 1: be in the pool. If I don't get much of Brad,
- 15:12Speaker 1: I won't be too, too terribly upset. I just, I
- 15:18Speaker 1: don't know. I feel like the old dog still has
- 15:19Speaker 1: a couple in them. And at these like racetracks, we
- 15:22Speaker 1: have to grind out a hard, grueling night. I like,
- 15:26Speaker 1: I like veterans in these situations. So, Brown will definitely
- 15:29Speaker 1: be in the player pool, but I'm not sure how
- 15:31Speaker 1: much exposure I'm going to end up getting. Uh, Christopher
- 15:34Speaker 1: Bell and Ty Gibbs up next. Christopher Bell is fantastic.
- 15:37Speaker 1: Love Bell. Uh, same with Ty Gibbs. Uh, Larson has
- 15:40Speaker 1: led 1,196 and Bell led what? 498. I think I said,
- 15:45Speaker 1: so don't sleep on Ty Gibbs. He's really good at
- 15:48Speaker 1: Bristol as well. Won the, uh, spring race, uh, and
- 15:52Speaker 1: is in the Kyle Bush tribute M & M throwback scheme. So, uh,
- 15:57Speaker 1: all of rowdy nation, Kyle Busch fans, et cetera, will
- 16:00Speaker 1: be behind that 54 car tonight. And, uh, yeah, it
- 16:06Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me to see him win it. Like, you know,
- 16:10Speaker 1: it seems like we get storybook endings and NASCAR, maybe
- 16:14Speaker 1: a tad more frequently than other sports do. And, uh,
- 16:18Speaker 1: seeing that car win tonight would be said storybook ending.
- 16:22Speaker 1: So we'll see, uh, Eric Jones and Connor Zilich. No,
- 16:25Speaker 1: and no, uh, Ryan Preece. Yeah, I like Preece. He's
- 16:30Speaker 1: had some good runs lately, is in the chase. Starting 16th,
- 16:35Speaker 1: I think he will stay on the lead lap, at
- 16:38Speaker 1: least for the first half of the race. Yes, cars
- 16:41Speaker 1: will be a lap down today, for sure. They'll probably
- 16:45Speaker 1: be up into the 20s, a lap down by the
- 16:47Speaker 1: end of the race. Preece should be able to stay
- 16:50Speaker 1: ahead of that, assuming everything goes well. I'd like a
- 16:54Speaker 1: chance on Preece. Cole Custer, no. Almond Digger, no. John
- 16:58Speaker 1: Hunter Nemechek, no. Tyler Reddick, yeah, just because of Dread Dog.
- 17:03Speaker 1: He's great. He's fast. If this was Bristol Dirt, I
- 17:06Speaker 1: would be much, much more into it. I don't love it,
- 17:13Speaker 1: but we can't ignore the fact that he's talented. He's
- 17:15Speaker 1: high in the points, and we know he has grade
- 17:19Speaker 1: A equipment and team all around him. Not my favorite
- 17:22Speaker 1: play on the board, but I don't hate Red Dog today.
- 17:25Speaker 1: Mike Mack, no. Shane Van Gisbergen, no. Chris Buescher, yep.
- 17:31Speaker 1: Everything I said about Kozlowski also goes to Chris Buescher
- 17:35Speaker 1: for sure. And Chris Buescher starts 23rd and is $ 8, 300.
- 17:39Speaker 1: So yeah, I love some of that. Gilliland, he's power
- 17:45Speaker 1: ranking real bad. But it's Gilly. It seems like he
- 17:52Speaker 1: pulls it out for us more often than not. And
- 17:55Speaker 1: he's cheap, right? And we got to save some money somewhere.
- 17:58Speaker 1: We're stacking in these studs. So we'll keep Gilly in
- 18:02Speaker 1: the pool. Austin Hill, no. He's in Kyle Busch's car,
- 18:06Speaker 1: but he ain't no Kyle Busch. So Austin Hill, no.
- 18:10Speaker 1: Chase Briscoe, yup. So many people will be making Larson
- 18:14Speaker 1: and Blaney their first and second click, followed by Josh Berry.
- 18:20Speaker 1: And I love all those clicks. If you're looking for
- 18:23Speaker 1: an easy pivot off of that, pivot from Blaney to
- 18:26Speaker 1: Briscoe it saves you some money you do lose some
- 18:30Speaker 1: potential place differential points but you still get the race
- 18:33Speaker 1: winning and potential dominator upside so yes love it Chase
- 18:40Speaker 1: Elliott projects actually really good here I don't really I
- 18:45Speaker 1: don't have like a stand out Bristol Chase Elliott memory
- 18:50Speaker 1: in my mind to be like oh yeah like that's
- 18:53Speaker 1: like I don't But he projects decent. He is getting
- 18:59Speaker 1: some potential ownership. And he's starting deep enough in the
- 19:02Speaker 1: field with good enough equipment to should be able to
- 19:05Speaker 1: pass cars. So am I going out of my way
- 19:08Speaker 1: to play Chase Elliott? No, I never go out of
- 19:11Speaker 1: my way to play Chase Elliott. But he should be
- 19:14Speaker 1: considered in the player pool for sure today. Same goes
- 19:17Speaker 1: for mi amigo Daniel Suarez. He grades out like terrible,
- 19:21Speaker 1: but he's shown speed this season. So he should be included. 29th,
- 19:26Speaker 1: Ryan Blaney, he's just as good as Larson. Has he
- 19:31Speaker 1: led as many laps as Larson? No, but he's fantastic here.
- 19:34Speaker 1: He gets you crazy PD upside with legitimate race winning
- 19:41Speaker 1: and race dominating upside. It's rare you get all that
- 19:47Speaker 1: in one package like you do today with Ryan Blaney.
- 19:50Speaker 1: like it might take him till stage two you know
- 19:53Speaker 1: stage three to get up to the front but like
- 19:57Speaker 1: he can do it like we know he can do
- 19:59Speaker 1: it so yeah love me some blaney cody where no
- 20:04Speaker 1: uh ricky stenhouse if you're looking to save some money
- 20:07Speaker 1: yep which we will need to save some money today
- 20:09Speaker 1: Josh Berry, he's been on a tear recently. He was
- 20:13Speaker 1: trending well last week until he miffed it up there. So, yeah,
- 20:20Speaker 1: I'll roll him out at 6,900 from 32nd. You damn right.
- 20:24Speaker 1: Ty Dillon and Riley Herbst, no and no. Zane Smith
- 20:27Speaker 1: and Noah Gregson, yes and yes. I probably lean a
- 20:32Speaker 1: little bit more towards Zane than I do Noah. Um,
- 20:36Speaker 1: but Noah has had some fairly decent runs for Noah recently.
- 20:40Speaker 1: So that can't be ignored. Uh, Zane is cheaper at
- 20:43Speaker 1: 57 compared to Noah's 61. Uh, and Noah starts 35th
- 20:48Speaker 1: to Noah's 36. So it's not that big of a
- 20:51Speaker 1: deal there. Uh, and starting dead last is Josh Balicki.
- 20:55Speaker 1: And that is a big fat no from me dog. Perfect.
- 21:01Speaker 1: All right. Hey, 20 minutes this week. Like I said,
- 21:05Speaker 1: no practice, no qualifying to talk about with all the
- 21:09Speaker 1: studs up front with some studs in the back. So
- 21:13Speaker 1: it shouldn't be too, too much really else left to
- 21:16Speaker 1: talk about this late with no practice, no qualifying. I
- 21:20Speaker 1: don't expect any drivers to go to the rear. I
- 21:22Speaker 1: don't expect them to find like crazy faults with their
- 21:26Speaker 1: car and pre-race checkups, which would require, you know, fixing. So,
- 21:30Speaker 1: I kind of think what you see is what you get.
- 21:33Speaker 1: Let's hope for a good Bristol Night Race. I ain't
- 21:36Speaker 1: going to lie. Sometimes, especially in the next-gen era, these
- 21:42Speaker 1: races can feel a little drawn out and, dare I say,
- 21:47Speaker 1: a little bit boring. I'm just being honest. So let's
- 21:56Speaker 1: hope for, A, a good race. an exciting race and
- 22:02Speaker 1: let's hope we have a new Bristol memory at the
- 22:05Speaker 1: end of it with all of us shipping some fort
- 22:08Speaker 1: of GPP at the end of the night as well.
- 22:11Speaker 1: So as always, thank you for listening. If you have
- 22:14Speaker 1: any questions, please feel free to drop them in the discord.
- 22:17Speaker 1: Once again, hug your four legged friends a little bit closer,
- 22:23Speaker 1: a little bit tighter, uh, take your winnings, buy them
- 22:27Speaker 1: some treats, buy them some snacks, uh, They deserve it.
- 22:30Speaker 1: They love us. We love them. Maxine, I love you.
- 22:34Speaker 1: Good luck in all of your tournaments. Good luck in
- 22:37Speaker 1: all of your contests. Saturday night NASCAR, Saturday night MMA,
- 22:43Speaker 1: Sunday football. That's a lethal combination. Good luck. And as always,
- 22:49Speaker 1: let's ship it.