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 initial Homestead 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.
Ford EcoBoost 400 picks
| Writer/Guest | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
| Amy Henderson | Kyle Busch | Ty Dillon |
| Ava Ladner | Joey Logano | Jimmie Johnson |
| Bryan Gable | Kevin Harvick | Erik Jones |
| Christian Koelle | Kyle Busch | Michael McDowell |
| Corey Brewer | Kyle Busch | Clint Bowyer |
| Dan Greene | Kyle Busch | Clint Bowyer |
| Davey Segal | Kevin Harvick | Jimmie Johnson |
| Drew Mongiello | Kevin Harvick | Ryan Blaney |
| Dustin Albino | Kyle Busch | Ryan Blaney |
| Joseph Wolkin | Martin Truex Jr. | Chris Buescher |
| Mark Howell | Joey Logano | Clint Bowyer |
| Matt Mclaughlin | Kyle Busch | Ryan Blaney |
| Michael Massie | Kevin Harvick | Ryan Blaney |
| Vito Pugliese | Kyle Busch | Erik Jones |
| Wesley Coburn | Kyle Busch | Erik Jones |
| Zach Gillispie | Kevin Harvick | Austin Dillon |
Standings following Phoenix:
| Rank | Change | Writer/Guest | Points | Behind | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | DNF |
| 1 | – | Bryan Gable | 2037 | – | 35 | 9 | 30 | 46 | 3 |
| 2 | – | Dustin Albino | 1962 | -75 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 9 |
| 3 | +1 | Corey Brewer | 1950 | -87 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 39 | 6 |
| 4 | -1 | Wesley Coburn | 1950 | -87 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 2 |
| 5 | +1 | Mark Howell | 1924 | -113 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 35 | 6 |
| 6 | -1 | Michael Massie | 1917 | -120 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 39 | 7 |
| 7 | – | Dan Greene | 1892 | -145 | 33 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 8 |
| 8 | – | Matt Mclaughlin | 1873 | -164 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 11 |
| 9 | – | Amy Henderson | 1849 | -188 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 34 | 9 |
| 10 | – | Davey Segal | 1825 | -212 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 38 | 12 |
| 11 | – | Christian Koelle | 1777 | -260 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 6 |
| 12 | – | Joseph Wolkin | 1763 | -274 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 7 |
| 13 | – | Clayton Caldwell | 1707 | -330 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 6 |
| 14 | – | Vito Pugliese | 1652 | -385 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 6 |
| 15 | – | Ava Ladner | 1561 | -476 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5 |
| 16 | – | Bryan Keith | 1455 | -582 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 6 |
| 17 | – | Mike Neff | 1269 | -768 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 4 |
| 18 | – | John Haverlin | 1253 | -784 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 |
| 19 | – | Frank Velat | 1032 | -1005 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
| 20 | – | Corey LaJoie | 739 | -1298 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 21 | – | Greg Davis | 731 | -1306 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
| 22 | – | Zach Gillispie | 609 | -1428 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| 23 | – | Tom Bowles | 543 | -1494 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 24 | – | Drew Mongiello | 410 | -1627 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 25 | – | Michael Finley | 207 | -1830 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | – | Rick Lunkenheimer | 39 | -1998 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
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