Welcome to the 11th season of the Frontstretch Cup, a year-long competition in which the Frontstretch staff and guests from around the NASCAR world attempt to predict the winner of each Cup race.
This season, we are joined by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie.
Think you can do better? Leave your picks in the comments.
How it works
Each week, Cup drivers will be ranked in order of their respective DraftKings price. With only 37 drivers on the Phoenix entry list, competitors will select one driver ranked from 1-18 and one driver from 19-37. They will choose the two drivers they believe will either win the race or finish well.
2018 Scoring System
Each driver will receive points on an inverted finishing position system. For example:
1st = 40
2nd = 39
3rd = 38
4th = 37
and so on.
There will be a five-point bonus for the winning driver.
There will be a 10-point bonus if both drivers finish first/second.
There will be a five-point deduction per driver for DNFs.
There will also be no limit to the number of times a driver can be picked throughout the season.
Without further ado, here are this week’s rankings.
Ticket Guardian 500 picks
Writer/Guest | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
Corey LaJoie | Kevin Harvick | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Amy Henderson | Kevin Harvick | Daniel Suarez |
Ava Ladner | Martin Truex Jr. | William Byron |
Bryan Gable | Chase Elliott | Daniel Suarez |
Bryan Keith | Kyle Larson | Paul Menard |
Christian Koelle | Kevin Harvick | Daniel Suarez |
Clayton Caldwell | Jimmie Johnson | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Corey Brewer | Denny Hamlin | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Dan Greene | Kevin Harvick | Darrell Wallace Jr. |
Davey Segal | Kevin Harvick | Paul Menard |
Drew Mongiello | Brad Keselowski | Paul Menard |
Dustin Albino | Kevin Harvick | William Byron |
Frank Velat | Kyle Busch | Daniel Suarez |
John Haverlin | Kyle Busch | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Johnny Thomas | Martin Truex Jr. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Joseph Wolkin | Kevin Harvick | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Mark Howell | Chase Elliott | Daniel Suarez |
Matt Mclaughlin | Kevin Harvick | Paul Menard |
Michael Massie | Martin Truex Jr. | William Byron |
Mike Neff | Kyle Busch | Ty Dillon |
Tom Bowles | Kevin Harvick | Darrell Wallace Jr. |
Vito Pugliese | Kevin Harvick | Daniel Suarez |
Wesley Coburn | Kevin Harvick | AJ Allmendinger |
Standings following Las Vegas
Writer/Guest | Points | Behind | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | DNFs |
Corey Brewer | 219 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Bryan Gable | 210 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Mark Howell | 205 | -14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
John Haverlin | 202 | -17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Vito Pugliese | 193 | -26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Greg Davis | 175 | -44 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Tom Bowles | 172 | -47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Ava Ladner | 168 | -51 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bryan Keith | 166 | -53 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
Mike Neff | 162 | -57 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Clayton Caldwell | 160 | -59 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Michael Massie | 159 | -60 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Corey LaJoie | 152 | -67 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Joseph Wolkin | 150 | -69 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Amy Henderson | 148 | -71 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Wesley Coburn | 145 | -74 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Matt Mclaughlin | 134 | -85 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Dustin Albino | 133 | -86 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Frank Velat | 133 | -86 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Christian Koelle | 130 | -89 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Davey Segal | 111 | -108 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Dan Greene | 104 | -115 | 3 | 1 | |||
Michael Finley | 39 | -180 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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And then they were three ;-) Driver 1 #4 Kevin Harvick
Driver 2 #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
I guess you can play your game anyway you want, but it seems the contestants are using the same Driver 2 every week. It would be more fun to watch if you had a limit on how often you could use a driver, like Yahoo NASCAR Fantasy used to do.