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2018 Frontstretch Cup: South Point 400

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 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race.

This season, we are joined by 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 FanDuel price. With 40 drivers on the Las Vegas entry list, competitors select one driver ranked from 1-10 and one driver from 11-40. They 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.

South Point 400 picks

Writer/Guest Driver 1 Driver 2
Amy Henderson Kyle Busch Chase Elliott
Bryan Gable Kevin Harvick Erik Jones
Bryan Keith Kyle Busch Chase Elliott
Christian Koelle Kevin Harvick Aric Almirola
Clayton Caldwell Kyle Busch Erik Jones
Corey Brewer Martin Truex Jr. Erik Jones
Corey LaJoie Ryan Blaney Alex Bowman
Dan Greene Kevin Harvick Aric Almirola
Davey Segal Kevin Harvick Chase Elliott
Dustin Albino Kyle Busch Erik Jones
Joseph Wolkin Kyle Larson Aric Almirola
Mark Howell Kevin Harvick Chase Elliott
Matt Mclaughlin Kevin Harvick Chase Elliott
Michael Massie Martin Truex Jr. Chase Elliott
Mike Neff Kyle Busch Aric Almirola
Vito Pugliese Kyle Busch Erik Jones
Wesley Coburn Kevin Harvick Erik Jones
Zach Gillispie Martin Truex Jr. Chase Elliott

Standings following Indianapolis

Rank Change Writer/Guest Points Behind Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF
1 Bryan Gable 1604 26 8 24 35 5
2 +2 Wesley Coburn 1536 -68 26 5 18 31 5
3 -1 Dustin Albino 1489 -115 26 9 20 30 7
4 +1 Matt Mclaughlin 1487 -117 26 5 22 31 7
5 +1 Corey Brewer 1477 -127 26 5 20 30 5
6 -3 Michael Massie 1474 -130 25 5 18 31 4
7 Mark Howell 1457 -147 26 2 17 27 4
8 Clayton Caldwell 1429 -175 25 5 19 31 5
9 +1 Dan Greene 1408 -196 24 6 17 27 6
10 +2 Christian Koelle 1391 -213 25 3 13 30 4
11 Davey Segal 1383 -221 26 6 18 28 9
12 +1 Ava Ladner 1366 -238 23 7 19 24 5
13 -4 Amy Henderson 1360 -244 25 3 19 24 7
14 Vito Pugliese 1270 -334 24 8 16 25 4
15 Bryan Keith 1264 -340 21 5 17 26 5
16 John Haverlin 1253 -351 22 5 14 23 3
17 Joseph Wolkin 1192 -412 23 4 13 24 6
18 Mike Neff 999 -605 18 4 14 19 3
19 Frank Velat 911 -693 17 1 10 17 4
20 Greg Davis 731 -873 13 2 10 14 4
21 Corey LaJoie 519 -1085 11 3 4 8 3
22 Tom Bowles 505 -1099 9 2 5 9
23 Drew Mongiello 347 -1257 7 2 5 5 3
24 Zach Gillispie 129 -1475 2 1 2
25 Michael Finley 39 -1565 1 1 1
26 Rick Lunkenheimer 39 -1565 1 1 1

About the author

Corey Brewer made the move to Frontstretch to follow his dream of covering the sport of NASCAR. He is a die-hard motorsports fan and an avid player of daily fantasy sports.

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