Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race comes to us from the desert out in Arizona as we'll get 200 laps around Phoenix Raceway's dogleg tri-oval. Phoenix is unique in its shape in that it's a shorter, flat track on NASCAR's schedule. It's also the home for the Championship race in November, but Saturday it serves as the fourth race on the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule.

 

Kyle Busch will partake in this weekend's action, marking the second consecutive weekend he'll appear in the Xfinity Series after not running this series at all in 2022. Last week's return with Kaulig Racing left a lot to be desired at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch noted after practice and qualifying that he wish he had more input in the car's setup and that showed up in the race. While he finished well, he didn't dominate and lead enough laps to justify paying the $13,500 price tag. He's once again priced up for this race. The question is, do you think he can rebound after last week's underwhelming performance?

Aside from Busch, the other two big dominator candidate are likely going to be John Hunter Nemechek and Justin Allgaier. JHN and Joe Gibbs Racing historically do very well nailing the setup on flatter tracks, and JHN is off to a great start in 2023 season overall. For Allgaier, he's been great on the comparable tracks and he has plenty of experience at Phoenix. Trying to pair two of the top three drivers in a lineup could pay off, but will also present difficult lineup construction.

Below are Saturday's NASCAR DFS Core Plays for the United Rentals 200. I will not be playing Cash games for this race, but I did include my top Cash game  plays. Truthfully, given how practice shook out, I couldn't build a Cash game lineup I was happy with. You basically start with Kyle Busch and go from there. As always, you can apply Cash game plays to GPP builds so just because a driver is in the first section and not the second, doesn't mean they aren't viable. Consider the GPP options as pivots to get you some leverage in today's Tournament contests. And on a separate note, Parker Kligerman is listed as a Cash Core play. He will be going to a backup car after wrecking during his qualifying run. There's a real possibility he won't have that car ready for the race, but he's starting far enough back where he can't get too many negative points.

Cash GamesTop TierMid TierValue Tier
 Kyle Busch ($13,500)Parker Kligerman ($7,800)Kyle Sieg ($6,000)
 Brandon Jones ($9,600) Jeffrey Earnhardt ($5,900)
    
    
TournamentsTop TierMid TierValue Tier
 Justin Allgaier ($11,300)Brett Moffitt ($7,300)Bayley Currey ($5,300)
 Cole Custer ($10,300)Kyle Weatherman ($6,300)Leland Honeyman ($4,600)
  Parker Retzlaff ($6,100) 
 

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