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 39 drivers on the Texas FanDuel entry list, competitors select one driver ranked from 1-10 and one driver from 11-39. 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.
AAA Texas 500 picks
Writer/Guest | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
Amy Henderson | Kyle Busch | Aric Almirola |
Bryan Gable | Kevin Harvick | Erik Jones |
Christian Koelle | Kevin Harvick | Jamie McMurray |
Clayton Caldwell | Kevin Harvick | Erik Jones |
Corey Brewer | Kevin Harvick | Clint Bowyer |
Dan Greene | Martin Truex Jr. | Clint Bowyer |
Davey Segal | Kevin Harvick | Clint Bowyer |
Dustin Albino | Martin Truex Jr. | Erik Jones |
Joseph Wolkin | Kyle Busch | Aric Almirola |
Mark Howell | Chase Elliott | Clint Bowyer |
Matt Mclaughlin | Brad Keselowski | Clint Bowyer |
Michael Massie | Kurt Busch | Clint Bowyer |
Vito Pugliese | Martin Truex Jr. | Alex Bowman |
Wesley Coburn | Kyle Busch | Erik Jones |
Zach Gillispie | Kevin Harvick | Erik Jones |
Standings following Martinsville:
Rank | Change | Writer/Guest | Points | Behind | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | DNF |
1 | – | Bryan Gable | 1935 | – | 33 | 8 | 27 | 43 | 3 |
2 | – | Corey Brewer | 1870 | -65 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 37 | 6 |
3 | – | Dustin Albino | 1856 | -79 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 8 |
4 | – | Wesley Coburn | 1847 | -88 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 2 |
5 | – | Michael Massie | 1826 | -109 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 6 |
6 | – | Mark Howell | 1814 | -121 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 6 |
7 | – | Dan Greene | 1808 | -127 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 7 |
8 | – | Matt Mclaughlin | 1791 | -144 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 10 |
9 | +1 | Davey Segal | 1763 | -172 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 11 |
10 | -1 | Amy Henderson | 1750 | -185 | 32 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 8 |
11 | – | Christian Koelle | 1726 | -209 | 32 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 5 |
12 | – | Clayton Caldwell | 1665 | -270 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 6 |
13 | – | Joseph Wolkin | 1655 | -280 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 6 |
14 | – | Ava Ladner | 1561 | -374 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5 |
15 | – | Vito Pugliese | 1551 | -384 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 5 |
16 | – | Bryan Keith | 1455 | -480 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 6 |
17 | +1 | Mike Neff | 1269 | -666 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 4 |
18 | -1 | John Haverlin | 1253 | -682 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 |
19 | – | Frank Velat | 1032 | -903 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
20 | +1 | Corey LaJoie | 739 | -1196 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
21 | -1 | Greg Davis | 731 | -1204 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
22 | – | Tom Bowles | 543 | -1392 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
23 | – | Zach Gillispie | 529 | -1406 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
24 | – | Drew Mongiello | 410 | -1525 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
25 | – | Michael Finley | 207 | -1728 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
26 | – | Rick Lunkenheimer | 39 | -1896 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
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