Welcome to the 11th season of the Frontstretch Cup. It’s 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 section below.
How it works
Each week, Cup drivers will be ranked in order of their respective FanDuel price. With 40 drivers on the Kansas entry list, competitors select one driver ranked from 1-10 and one driver from 11-38. They then 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.
Hollywood Casino 400 picks
Writer/Guest | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
Amy Henderson | Brad Keselowski | Aric Almirola |
Bryan Gable | Kevin Harvick | Aric Almirola |
Christian Koelle | Ryan Blaney | Paul Menard |
Corey Brewer | Kevin Harvick | Denny Hamlin |
Dan Greene | Clint Bowyer | Aric Almirola |
Davey Segal | Kyle Larson | Jamie McMurray |
Dustin Albino | Kevin Harvick | Alex Bowman |
Joseph Wolkin | Brad Keselowski | Jamie McMurray |
Mark Howell | Clint Bowyer | Erik Jones |
Matt Mclaughlin | Kevin Harvick | Aric Almirola |
Michael Finley | Chase Elliott | Ty Dillon |
Michael Massie | Ryan Blaney | Denny Hamlin |
Vito Pugliese | Martin Truex Jr. | Alex Bowman |
Wesley Coburn | Kurt Busch | Aric Almirola |
Zach Gillispie | Kevin Harvick | Erik Jones |
Standings following Talladega:
Rank | Change | Writer/Guest | Points | Behind | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | DNF |
1 | – | Bryan Gable | 1805 | – | 31 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 3 |
2 | +1 | Corey Brewer | 1756 | -49 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 6 |
3 | -1 | Wesley Coburn | 1735 | -70 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 2 |
4 | – | Dustin Albino | 1732 | -73 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 8 |
5 | +1 | Michael Massie | 1697 | -108 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 6 |
6 | +2 | Mark Howell | 1689 | -116 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 6 |
7 | +2 | Dan Greene | 1682 | -123 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 7 |
8 | -1 | Matt Mclaughlin | 1673 | -132 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 10 |
9 | -4 | Clayton Caldwell | 1665 | -140 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 6 |
10 | +1 | Amy Henderson | 1637 | -168 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 8 |
11 | +2 | Davey Segal | 1635 | -170 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 11 |
12 | -2 | Christian Koelle | 1622 | -183 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 5 |
13 | -1 | Ava Ladner | 1561 | -244 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5 |
14 | – | Joseph Wolkin | 1522 | -283 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 6 |
15 | – | Vito Pugliese | 1483 | -322 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 5 |
16 | – | Bryan Keith | 1455 | -350 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 6 |
17 | – | John Haverlin | 1253 | -552 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 |
18 | – | Mike Neff | 1220 | -585 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 4 |
19 | – | Frank Velat | 1032 | -773 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
20 | – | Greg Davis | 731 | -1074 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
21 | – | Corey LaJoie | 678 | -1127 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
22 | – | Tom Bowles | 543 | -1262 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
23 | – | Drew Mongiello | 410 | -1395 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
24 | – | Zach Gillispie | 396 | -1409 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
25 | – | Michael Finley | 146 | -1659 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 2 |
26 | – | Rick Lunkenheimer | 39 | -1766 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |