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2018 Frontstretch Cup: Can-Am 500

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 37 drivers on the ISM Raceway FanDuel entry list, competitors select one driver ranked from 1-10 and one driver from 11-37. 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.

Note: FanDuel creates their price chart for each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race based on the initial entry list for the race.  The initial entry list for Sunday’s race had 37 teams on it. After that entry list was released, two additional teams (MBM Motorsports’ No. 66 and Obaika Racing’s No. 97) confirmed their entries. They were not added to the price chart.

Can-Am 500 picks

Writer/Guest Driver 1 Driver 2
Amy Henderson Kevin Harvick Alex Bowman
Bryan Gable Kevin Harvick Erik Jones
Christian Koelle Chase Elliott Alex Bowman
Corey Brewer Kevin Harvick Erik Jones
Dan Greene Kevin Harvick Clint Bowyer
Davey Segal Kevin Harvick Alex Bowman
Dustin Albino Kevin Harvick Clint Bowyer
Joseph Wolkin Kyle Busch Alex Bowman
Mark Howell Kevin Harvick Erik Jones
Matt Mclaughlin Kevin Harvick Ryan Blaney
Michael Massie Kevin Harvick Alex Bowman
Wesley Coburn Chase Elliott Erik Jones
Zach Gillispie Kevin Harvick Ryan Blaney

Standings following Texas:

Rank Change Writer/Guest Points Behind Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF
1 Bryan Gable 1977 34 9 29 45 3
2 +1 Dustin Albino 1925 -10 34 9 22 40 8
3 +1 Wesley Coburn 1908 -27 34 6 21 38 2
4 -2 Corey Brewer 1890 -45 34 6 27 38 6
5 Michael Massie 1875 -60 33 5 22 38 6
6 Mark Howell 1864 -71 34 3 20 34 6
7 Dan Greene 1855 -80 32 7 21 35 7
8 Matt Mclaughlin 1835 -100 34 7 25 36 10
9 +1 Amy Henderson 1807 -128 33 5 23 33 8
10 -1 Davey Segal 1783 -152 34 8 24 37 11
11 Christian Koelle 1753 -182 33 4 16 36 5
12 +1 Joseph Wolkin 1712 -223 31 6 16 33 6
13 -1 Clayton Caldwell 1707 -228 31 7 24 39 6
14 +1 Vito Pugliese 1610 -325 30 9 19 34 5
15 -1 Ava Ladner 1561 -374 26 7 21 28 5
16 Bryan Keith 1455 -480 25 6 18 30 6
17 Mike Neff 1269 -666 23 5 16 24 4
18 John Haverlin 1253 -682 22 5 14 23 3
19 Frank Velat 1032 -903 19 1 10 20 4
20 Corey LaJoie 739 -1196 15 3 5 12 3
21 Greg Davis 731 -1204 13 2 10 14 4
22 +1 Zach Gillispie 571 -1364 10 3 8 11 1
23 -1 Tom Bowles 543 -1392 10 2 5 10 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

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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