 Hey everyone, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined once again by Jim Sones of Fandle We switch over from the links over to Talladega. That's the course this week in NASCAR Jim. You ready? Always ready for Talladega Greg It should be a fun race and it's a pretty interesting one for DFS because the field is being set effectively by owner points and that means the best cars are starting up first But in Talladega you want to target drivers starting further back So you're probably gonna leave a lot of salary on the table here this week on Fandle But it's gonna be for some very interesting lineups. So I'm excited to get building and seeing how this shakes out How are you Greg? I'm doing well Jim. I'm excited obviously for this race this weekend. So let's start breaking it down Our lineup shares here in DFS and the highest price driver this week that you're going with it's Eric Amarola $11,000 on Fandle this week. Why is he your man as your high price play? Yeah, Amarola isn't even that high salary. He's $11,000 whereas the most expensive driver is $13,300 So not even that expensive, but he is a driver who is starting between 13th and 24th They will draw for starting positions on Thursday nights We'll know where he is in that range then but I think Amarola is good enough at this track Or we can get behind him no matter where he winds up within that range What can I model right now for Talladega? Amarola actually ranks eighth overall in my model for this race And it's for good reason because he actually won here back in the fall of 2018 and Stuart Haas racing the team he drives for dominated that entire race Amarola got the win Clint Boyer finished second and We also saw Amarola get a win on a pack racing track back in the day when he was with Petty Motorsports at Daytona So he's really good at this type of track where there's a lot of jockeying for position Amarola seven straight top ten finishes in Talladega That's borderline impossible given how high variance of a track it is He has four top-fives and a win in that time So he could start as high as 13th But given the fact that I think he has a good shot to win this race He's 26 to 1 to win a Fandalords book up like that number as well We're gonna throw that out there because why not but I think that Amarola will be starting lower in the order than most of the drivers who can realistically win this race So I am willing to use him regardless of where he starts He will probably be a cash game play if he starts 24th So see where Amarola winds up in the draw And I think that he is in play for tournaments regardless and very in play for cash games And probably the first guy locked into cash games if he draws at the bottom end of that range All right get it in there in those cash game lineups all those tops and finishes the Talladega like you said relatively Unheard of obviously previous success at Daytona that you mentioned as well high variance Good number at the Fandals sports work here a lot to like about Eric Amarola here $11,000 not even that expensive here on Fandal this week Up next also in that high salary range is Ricky Stenhouse Jr He's over $10,000 this week over at Fandal What's his starting position expected to be in the range here Jim? Yeah He'll be in the same range as Eric Amarola between 13th and 24th And in the spirit of Talladega nights Ricky Stenhouse Jr has a little bit of Ricky Bobby in him Where if he ain't first he's probably last his checkers or Wreckers for Ricky Stenhouse Jr That's true at every track because he wrecks a lot There's a reason his nickname is Wrecky Stenhouse But it's especially true in Talladega and his ceiling is higher at this track than it is at any other track He did get a win here back in 2017 and he also won the July Daytona race that year So basically he's either top 10 or he wrecks there is no in between He has been in the top five in for the past seven races in Talladega He wrecked in two of the others and finished ninth in the fall last year. So I'm not even exaggerating. This is very literal He either finishes top ten or he wrecks. That's the way it goes He will start outside the top 12 just like Eric Amarola good win odds a respectable starting spots So Ricky Stenhouse Jr If checks a lot of boxes the one box He does not check is that he drives a Chevy and I am overall kind of worried about Chevy's this week because Their bumpers didn't link up well in Daytona and that led to some weirdness at the end I don't believe there were any Chevy's in the top seven finishing positions. So Generally, I'm not super into the Chevrolet's this week But because Stenhouse is so cheap at ten thousand one hundred dollars has the ability to win and we'll start between 13th and 24th I'm going to take the risk on him as a driver and Chevy as a manufacturer to get him into my lineups this weekend You want to talk about high risk higher award that is it for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. As Jim mentioned he either crashes or finished in the top ten So either you'll it's very simple, right? You either cash on a panel this week or you won't he's pretty That's it Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Has the ability to crush it for you or get crushed That's the risk that you're to take the ten thousand one hundred dollars. It's well worth it Even though he was driving a Chevy Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Belongs in your lineup as does Christopher Bell. He's priced at ninety one hundred dollars here on Fandu will be as weak. Why is Bell worth getting into our lineups here, Jim? Well, stop me if you heard this one before Greg But it's because of where he will start this race Christopher Bell is actually going to start even deeper than Amarillo and Stenhouse because he is outside the top 24 His team is outside the top 24 and owner points Which means he could start this race as deep as 36 And if he does that Christopher Bell is going to be in a really good spot But he's also a good at talent He is a good driver coming up from the Xfinity series and the equipment has been good enough recently For us to have a good deal of confidence in him We saw Christopher Bell have a good run in Daytona this February his first race with Levine family racing and He actually restarted that race in second position with less than 10 laps left You'll be shocked to learn that he crashed because that happens a lot at these tracks But a good run there showed some upside in that race and he had a decent track record at the pack racing tracks in the Xfinity series he didn't win, but he was third in Talladega last year in the Xfinity series led 16 laps in that race So I'm not 100% convinced that Christopher Bell will wind up being an elite pack racing driver as his cup series career advances But the starting position is there The equipment is good enough for him to compete and I think that the talent is there enough as well $9,100 a good salary for Christopher Bell given that you'll be starting all the way in the back You're probably going to leave a lot of salary on the table and that should make it really easy to afford Christopher Bell Even if he may not be in like top tier equipment still very much worth his salary on Sunday And that's the important thing with Christopher Bell right worth his salary He's a good starting position may not be a top tier driver when it's all said and gone and his career continues on but This week at $9,100. It's a really nice price for Bell. It's worth putting in your items Another guy that you consistently like since NASCAR has been back has been Matt DiBenedetto He's priced at $8,100 and he's relatively been in this range He's been someone that you've relied on I know we talked about it yesterday in golf that until someone fails you We're gonna put him back in a lineup of course yesterday That was Rory McElroy until it doesn't work we you leave him in there Well Matt DiBenedetto is a bit cheaper than Rory McElroy McElroy comparatively here in NASCAR Why does DiBenedetto belong in our lineups once again? He's like a discount version of Eric El Merola where he checks a lot of the same boxes because he drives for a good team He's starting between 13th and 24th. He's not that expensive and I think he has a shot to win this race He is 40 to 1 to win a Fando sportsbook I think that's kind of interesting is the way that I would phrase that at 40 to 1 So DiBenedetto could win this race and like I was saying he has what we kind of want out of drivers in this range He drives for Woodbrothers Racing and that means he is effectively teammates It's they basically say that Woodbrothers Racing is a Penske team with a different Twitter account So he's as effectively teammates of Joey Logano Brad keselowski and Ryan Blaney and again teammates matter a lot here And all three of those teammates are 11 to 1 to win or better DiBenedetto is 40 to 1 so and he started between 13th and 24th if he gets to the front He will have help once he gets there now When you look at the track history for DiBenedetto at Talladega, it's not that great He's never finished better than 18th at this track, but he's crashed sometimes. He's also been in doggie-do equipment for his entire career and is now and finally in a competent car And I think that that bodes well for him having teammates should help as well He had a top 16 average running position in both Talladega races last year He almost won in Daytona last year So another good blend of talent and teammates like we discussed with Eric Almerola earlier on He's only $8,100. He's starting outside the top 12 There are a lot of good drivers in this range So if Almerola, Stenhouse, Tyler Reddick, Austin Dillon, William Byron, Eric Jones, Chris Bush, or any of those guys start In the bottom end of this range, I will go their way But just playing things straight up I think that DiBenedetto and Almerola are my two favorites. They're in forwards They've got good teammates and they've got a shot to win this race for not a not an overly restrictive salary I think that's really cool that his teammates right all at 11 to one Penske racing and he's at 40 to 1 here Matt Benedetto for a lot of the reasons that you're gonna like his teammates He'll get the starting position here right in that middle where you want to be He's had some track success and it would have been better if they get in those wrecks But Matt Benedetto is really nicely priced both the Fandall sportsbook and here on Fandall in DFS $8,100 DiBenedetto, a really good start here this week Let's go to some more of our value plays that includes Cole Custer at $7,800 Custer, he's had some success as well. He took a look at track history Cole Custer is it good enough that it's worth putting in your lineups here Yeah, so DiBenedetto is a discount version of Eric Almerola Cole Custer is a discount version of Christopher Bell because they're both rookies And Bell has outperformed Custer by a pretty significant margin so far this year But Custer will be starting outside the top 24 as well as to be starting between 25th and 36th And that's a good thing. The reason that I say he's a discount version of Bell is because there are several additional concerns with Custer namely that he didn't finish very well here in the Exciting series. He ran six races at the pack racing tracks. He crashed three times He had only one top 10 finish that one top 10 was in Talladega but a little bit concerted That's the bad. The good is that he is going to start deeper in the pack We always like that at Talladega. That's encouraging. The equipment is awesome He is teammates with Kevin Harvick, Eric Almerola, Clint Boyer with Stuart Haas racing So we know that he has a speed to get the job done in the upside to win this race That's all a good thing for Cole Custer So Custer in a similar mold to Christopher Bell He is riskier because I am more skeptical of the talent with Custer at this track type Than I am with Christopher Bell but he checks every other box we could possibly have So Cole Custer $7,800 If I could avoid him in cash games I would like to do so and it really does depend on where he draws Like if he draws 25th, I am okay passing him over but if he draws 36th Going to be hard not to go there. So see where he draws But I think overall Cole Custer despite the legitimate concerns around his profile Still a good play for Sunday in Talladega We'll see where he does wind up starting here Where he draws we'll see As Cole Custer like I said Of course history exists Not all of it's great but it does exist He has history of course at Talladega in tracks like this He's got good teammates like you mentioned And if Custer could just do enough for you as a rookie Comparatively Christopher Bell almost $2,000 cheaper than Christopher Bell It's worth putting in your lineups Cash games we'll see But let's just wait and it may be You may have no choice depending on where he's starting We'll have that draw coming up a little bit One last driver to get into our lineups According to you Jim Sonos and that's Ryan Priest He is $7,000 super super cheap on FanDuel Why is he worth getting in there? Yeah I just wanted to mention a couple of other drivers Who are starting outside the top 24 who could be interesting We mentioned Bell and Custer They're the primary guys I'm targeting back here Ryan Priest is one Also Michael McDowell, Brendan Gaughan, Corey LaJoy And Ty Dillon Ty Dillon $7,400 I think all those guys are intriguing The reason that I listed price here above those others Is that he's the one guy with a pretty decent track record on this track type Going back to last year He was eighth in last year's Daytona 500 A very different track but again similar style And he then followed that up with a third place finish in Talladega last year So he showed that he can get a top end finish on this track type And he will be running or starting outside the top 24 for this weekend Going back to February when he was in Daytona He was running really well in that race before a late crash took him out So I think that Priest is my favorite driver Among the non Bell or Custer drivers Who will start outside the top 24 But again I'm willing to use any of Bell, Custer, Priest, Ty Dillon I think that they're all really good plays And salary is not going to be an issue here But I think that Priest, given his ability I think that same thing is true with Christopher Bell I am willing to leave salary on the table To use them versus spending up for a driver Who may be starting higher in the pack So just get comfortable Get your mind set to the point where you need to be okay Leaving salary on the table Because it will be necessary to fill out a good lineup this weekend Priest is a big part of that, it's $7,000 You don't need the savings But I will still take them because his profile is so good A lot of different directions that you could go with here in the values In the value tier You don't necessarily need the savings, as you mentioned, Jim Because our highest priced driver that we have in the lineup here It's Eric Amarillo Only $11,000, right up to the Kevin Harvick level Here, Ryan Priest, $7,000 What he gives you is too good to pass up So let's take that extra savings We'll be able to manipulate the lineup here a little bit And let's get Priest in there this weekend That's a no-no for us here on The Fan Del Harriott We're set for the PGA Tour We are set for NASCAR I'm ready to go, Jim, I'm ready for this weekend Yeah, we got the Belmont Stakes coming up too We've got the English Premier League back It's a good time to be a sports fan Finally, once again, we have some live sports to watch Going to be a good weekend And looking forward to talking to you once again next week, Greg It has been way too long Since we've said it's a good weekend to be a sports fan Hopefully that'll be the case all summer long For Jim Sahn, I'm Greg Sussman Have a wonderful weekend Good luck and stay safe, everybody