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	–