NASCAR racing in the Valley of the Sun is what we get this weekend at the unique Phoenix Raceway. This is always one of the more interesting tracks on the schedule and now with the new cars, it could easily be more entertaining. While we’ve been talking all week about how unique this track is with the “dogleg” and the style of racing we typically see here, it’s important to keep in mind that it races like a short track for DFS.
Why do we say it races like a short track? Three reasons. Firstly, track position is king here. Just how much so? Well in the last four races with practice and qualifying, the pole-sitter has been in the optimal lineup four times. The top-five spots in the grid have dominated the laps led and the fastest laps have come from the lap leaders. Secondly, passing for position is tough to do here as we’ve only seen an average of 2.8 drivers a race in the last four, non-championship, races post double-digit position differential marks. Only 38-percent of the top-10 in the last five, non-title, races have started outside the top-10 spots in the grid. Thirdly, passing for the lead can be hard to do here which means under green flag runs, the leader can rack up laps led pretty quickly. While this new car has made passing a thing again and made it so that drivers can race all over the track, that’s unlikely to happen right off the bat here at Phoenix because of the track design.
If you want more data and strategy for this week’s race, check out the rest of the NASCAR DFS content for this weekend:
Average Points By Starting Spot
These charts show the average DFS points by starting spot over the last five, non-championship, races at Phoenix regardless of the drivers starting in those spots. They are meant to show strategy and not be a hard-and-fast rule for that spot putting up those points this weekend.
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