WTR Fam! Welcome to another edition of Race Day Strategies, covering the Truck Series and Xfinity Series from a DFS strategy perspective. In this article, we will lay out past trends from previous relevant races, show the winning lineups for the flagship GPPs of those races, and give a high-level look at possible lineup construction based on this info and track type.
If you have not done so already, I would encourage you to read our NASCAR DFS Strategy Primer as this article will often piggyback on the strategies mentioned there. I will also say, as I mentioned in our primer, that these strategies are meant to be guardrails and not rules that are set in stone. Practice and Qualifying play a crucial role in dictating final strategy and builds. As this article is released mid-week, we encourage all members to check out our Discord for more discussions on strategy after the results of practice and qualifying are known.
Without further delay, let’s dive into IRP and Indy!
Race Info and Trends
Available Dominator Points
90 pts – Fastest Laps
50 pts – Laps Led
Lap Leaders
2023 – 179, 18, 3
2022 – 75, 71, 34, 13, 13, 1
Fastest Laps
2023 – 76, 10, 10, 10, 9 or fewer (11 drivers)
2022 – 28, 27, 14, 12, 8 or fewer (11 drivers)
Cautions – 5, 10 – Avg. 7.5
DNFs – 6, 5 – Avg. 5.5
Avg Green Flag Run – 19.1 laps
PD+FP Pts per Driver for Winning Lineup – Avg. 45.25
2023 – 43.33
2022 – 47.17
% of Laps Led per Race by Winning Lineup – Avg. 64.6%
2023 – 89.5% (179/200)
2022 – 40.6% (84/207)
% of Fastest Laps per Race by Winning Lineup – Avg. 51.5%
2023 – 59.5% (91/153)
2022 – 41.0% (48/117)
Available Dominator Points
45 pts – Fastest Laps
25 pts – Laps Led
Lap Leaders
2019 – 46, 24, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1
2018 – 41, 25, 13, 8, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1
2017 – 44, 26, 22, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1
Fastest Laps
2019 – 15, 13, 10, 6 or fewer (15 drivers)
2018 – 10, 8, 7, 6 or fewer (14 drivers)
2017 – 17, 12, 9, 6 or fewer (10 drivers)
Cautions – 8, 7, 5 – Avg. 6.7
DNFs – 11, 16, 6 – Avg. 11
Avg Green Flag Run – 9.8 laps
Winning Flagship GPP Lineups
Roster Construction Strategy
Trucks
- General Thoughts
- Short track – Priority on dominators
- We’ve seen chaos and longer green flag runs in the most recent two races
- Majeski ran away with it last year, but later found his truck was cheated up
- Cash
- Qualifying dependent
- At least the Primary dominator
- Place differential options
- Tournaments
- At least the Primary dominator, maybe more
- Balance of place differential and high finishing position
- One or two lower-owned drivers
Xfinity
- General Thoughts
- First race here on the oval since 2019
- Superspeedway Engine, Intermediate Aero package
- Many of the top scores in place differential and finishing position points have come from front portion of field
- Hopefully some good takeaways from practice
- Cash
- Qualifying dependent
- Maybe the primary dominator, but will depend on place differential options
- Won’t be afraid to play more high finishing position drivers
- Tournaments
- Target as many dominator points as possible
- Don’t be afraid to fade one or two super chalk drivers, if there are any
- Don’t be afraid to play a punt or two
That’s all for this edition of Raceday Strategies for the Trucks & Xfinity Series! I hope this helps everyone with their mindset as we approach building lineups for the Trucks & Xfinity Series race this weekend! One last time, these are high-level guardrails and not set-in-stone rules. We will have much more discussion in Discord as we lead up to lineup lock for these races. Not a member? Sign up today and get 50% off your first month or week of your Monthly or Weekly subscription! Good luck!
