Its looking like Tuesday and Wednesday are going to be rained out.
So I started looking forward to Charlotte. Charlotte is a 1.5 mile track with two dog legs near the start line. High banks, high speed, corner turning important. Hard to pass. Low tire wear. Place differential is hard to get at Charlotte, but the last 2 years have trended upward with more passing. About 20% of this race will probably be under caution.
Lot of this depends on qualifying, but
Kyle Busch has been really dominate as Charlotte especially on restarts. When he won here in 2018 he led 377/400 laps, had 139 fastest laps, and put up 209.75 DK points with 0 place differential (Started on the pole). His overall oval is okay, but Charlotte really skews it high. Truex Jr. is good too at Charlotte.
Chase Elliot is another one and add in his insane speed this year, he should be good regardless of where he qualifies.
Good value plays: Stenhouse Jr. (if he doesn't wreck on lap 1, not that fast here, but gains a lot of position), Almirola (same), Suarez (decent speed at these type of tracks), Bowyer (passes).
Good on oval tracks just not a lot of success at Charlotte: Ryan Blaney (good on gaining places on restarts, ~17 average fastest laps over last 10), Byron (won the pole here last year)
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