NASCAR DFS Enjoy Illinois 300 Core Plays: Alex Bowman A Must Play

The practice and qualifying results for today's NASCAR race have the field a tad more shuffled up than anticipated. It was also run under different conditions than they'll race in for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway. For more on this check out this week's NASCAR DFS Playbook, but in general that's why we have an interesting mix of drivers in the core plays this weekend. This week more so than others you can take a smattering of drivers from cash and GPP and mix them together in builds because of the unpredictability of the race conditions. Dan Malin and I also preview our takes on how the race will play out in this week's podcast as well:

When building DFS lineups for NASCAR DFS it’s important to look at a core of drivers, rather than a full lineup at a time. Just like most DFS sports, building around cores of players, or drivers in this case, and then filling in around it is the best way to see success in both cash and GPP contests. Regardless of the style of track, the core build method is the way that Dan Malin and myself approach our builds and then we get exposure to other drivers by sprinkling them into the builds as well. That way when different cores do well, we see more green by the checkered flag.

The Core Plays table below should be read from left to right based on the site and game type you’re building for. They are not designed to add up to the salary cap nor are they designed to be plugged in as full lineups. For certain races there’ll be more for top tier than the value tier and vice versa and the same goes for the mid-tier. It simply depends on the race and the setup of the field.

Good luck in today's Enjoy Illinois 300 from World Wide Technology Raceway for DFS!