NASCAR DFS Bank of America Roval 400 Playbook: It's Elimination Time

The Round of 8 for the NASCAR playoffs is just around the corner, the right-hand corners of the Charlotte Roval. The Bank of America Roval 400 is the elimination race for the Round of 12 and the drama surrounding the race is building following the practice results and Kyle Larson wrecking his 5-car. The Charlotte Roval has been a source of a lot of drama in the races in it’s five years on the Cup Series schedule. We’ve seen crazy finishes, crazy crashes and then wins, cars flying through chicanes, and more. There are only two drivers, well kind of three, locked in to the Round of 8, so how does that change what we do for DFS? How are we building lineups for this unique track for DraftKings and FanDuel? What do the practice and qualifying results change about our DFS strategy? How do stage break cautions change the racing on the Roval? All that and my top drivers to play for the Bank of America Roval 400 below.

DFS Strategy for Bank of America Roval 400

We’ve seen several road courses at this point this season so we should be familiar with the strategy for DFS for them. However, this one is different. Not only in layout, given it’s a half-oval-half-road layout, but also in that it has the stage cautions. All other road courses this year haven’t had the stage breaks, they’ve given the stage points, but without breaking at the end. So how will this change things up? I think it will make quite the difference. It will bring in a variety of strategies for real world scenarios and whether to pit for the win or stage points. That will have to be part of how we envision the race playing out for building lineups.

How do we factor in laps led this week? With just 109 laps in the race, we’re not focusing on them heavily, but they will make a difference. In the past few races here, the early laps are snatched up by drivers starting near or at the front of the field but later in the race, say Stage 3,  are a crapshoot based on who’s moved up through the field. Remember, the pole-sitter hasn’t won any of the five race here before and haven’t topped 30 laps led either. So when building lineups realize that the laps led can come from those who start really anywhere in the top-10 as the stage breaks will surely shake up the running orders a few times.

Speaking of restarts, there are the biggest spots for chaos to arise as the sharp entry into Turn 1 has caused many an issue in previous races. Whether it be the leader not getting going and backing up half the field or the inside line turning a bit too wide and forcing others into the wall. Whatever it’s been, it’s sure to wreak havoc on lineups.

In general, though, we’re targeting drivers who have had recent successes at road courses and have been previously good at Roval races. When we couple that with practice and qualifying data (below) for this weekend, we can cobble together a solid player pool to build lineups from.

Practice And Qualifying Results For Charlotte Roval

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