Truck Series Atlanta DFS Picks
- RoundersKyle
- Feb 21
- 3 min read
NASCAR heads to Atlanta this weekend with all 3 Series in action once again with the Truck Series being the first race of the weekend on Saturday. Atlanta is another drafting style track so place differential is going to be the most important factor of the race when you are setting DFS lineups. However, handling does play more of a role in this race and there can be times that drivers lead a good amount of laps in the race. But overall the best strategy is to focus on place differential just like Daytona.
Fades
Connor Mosack
Grant Enfinger
Daniel Hemric
Rajah Caruth
Jack Wood
Jake Garcia
Keith McGee
Justin Carroll
With another drafting track this weekend, I will be once again fading the drivers starting at the very front for the Truck race. Now this isn't going to be a blanket statement for all series this weekend, but the Truck Series doesn't have a dominate driver on superspeedway type tracks. These drivers starting in the top 6 I do not see having a race where they lead a ton of laps and make up their lack of place differential potential with some dominator points. It is going to be very difficult for any of these drivers to end up optimal especially with a lot of good drivers starting farther back and having solid place differential potential.
I expect McGee and Carroll to have problems staying on the lead lap in their race as they usually struggle with that when they race. Unless we get a ton of wrecks, I do not see them getting a good finish.
I also don't mind fading Kyle Busch in this race. He starts 9th so he has some place differential potential but he is a recognizable name and is known to dominate truck races when he comes down to race in the series. This is going to draw a ton of ownership at a track that is unpredictable and he is more likely to either wreck or not be the dominate force he usually is in the truck series. He is a solid option to go against to try to differentiate yourself against the field.
Place Differential Plays
Corey Heim
Michael McDowell
Chandler Smith
Layne Riggs
Kaden Honeycutt
Giovanni Ruggiero
William Sawalich
Tanner Gray
Bayley Currey
There are a lot of top options for place differential this week as some of the top drivers and cars qualified well outside of the top 10. Heim, McDowell, and Smith are going to be some of the highest owned drivers on the slate as they start outside the top 15 and are some of the top drivers in the field this week. Gray and Currey are also likely to get big ownership with them starting outside of the top 25. All these drivers are good options for the race as they have big place differential potential and should be aggressive and try to race to the front. If they miss the wrecks they will be some of the top point scorers.
Cheap Options
Matt Mills
Dawson Sutton
Josh Reaume
Spencer Boyd
Luke Fenhaus
With a lot of top drivers and better trucks having a lot of place differential potential, it means a lot of cheaper options are starting higher up than they usually would on a normal week. Mills starts about where you would expect him in 24th so he has solid place differential if he can stay out of trouble. But after that things get a little riskier. Sutton starts 15th so his upside might be a little limited, but I like using him as that is likely to keep his ownership low and he has had some good runs at the end of last season. Reaume and Boyd are your back markers that are more likely to stay out of trouble and ride in the back. If that is the strategy you want to employ they should be solid options to miss the wrecks if you think this race is going to get chaotic. Fenhaus is a very risky play but I like him for tournaments. I could see him getting a good finish as he is in good equipment and he is going to be very low owned for this slate.
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