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2018 Frontstretch Cup: Hollywood Casino 400

Welcome to the 11th season of the Frontstretch Cup. It’s a year-long competition in which the Frontstretch staff and guests from around the NASCAR world attempt to predict the winner of each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race.

This season, we are joined by driver Corey LaJoie.

Think you can do better? Leave your picks in the comments section below.

How it works

Each week, Cup drivers will be ranked in order of their respective FanDuel price. With 40 drivers on the Kansas entry list, competitors select one driver ranked from 1-10 and one driver from 11-38. They then choose the two drivers they believe will either win the race or finish well.

2018 Scoring System

Each driver will receive points on an inverted finishing position system. For example:

1st = 40
2nd = 39
3rd = 38
4th = 37
and so on.

There will be a five-point bonus for the winning driver.
There will be a 10-point bonus if both drivers finish first/second.
There will be a five-point deduction per driver for DNFs.

There will also be no limit to the number of times a driver can be picked throughout the season.

Without further ado, here are this week’s rankings.

Hollywood Casino 400 picks

Writer/Guest Driver 1 Driver 2
Amy Henderson Brad Keselowski Aric Almirola
Bryan Gable Kevin Harvick Aric Almirola
Christian Koelle Ryan Blaney Paul Menard
Corey Brewer Kevin Harvick Denny Hamlin
Dan Greene Clint Bowyer Aric Almirola
Davey Segal Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray
Dustin Albino Kevin Harvick Alex Bowman
Joseph Wolkin Brad Keselowski Jamie McMurray
Mark Howell Clint Bowyer Erik Jones
Matt Mclaughlin Kevin Harvick Aric Almirola
Michael Finley Chase Elliott Ty Dillon
Michael Massie Ryan Blaney Denny Hamlin
Vito Pugliese Martin Truex Jr. Alex Bowman
Wesley Coburn Kurt Busch Aric Almirola
Zach Gillispie Kevin Harvick Erik Jones

Standings following Talladega:

Rank Change Writer/Guest Points Behind Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF
1 Bryan Gable 1805 31 8 26 40 3
2 +1 Corey Brewer 1756 -49 31 5 25 36 6
3 -1 Wesley Coburn 1735 -70 31 6 19 35 2
4 Dustin Albino 1732 -73 31 9 21 36 8
5 +1 Michael Massie 1697 -108 30 5 21 35 6
6 +2 Mark Howell 1689 -116 31 3 19 31 6
7 +2 Dan Greene 1682 -123 29 7 20 32 7
8 -1 Matt Mclaughlin 1673 -132 31 7 24 34 10
9 -4 Clayton Caldwell 1665 -140 30 6 22 37 6
10 +1 Amy Henderson 1637 -168 30 5 23 30 8
11 +2 Davey Segal 1635 -170 31 7 21 34 11
12 -2 Christian Koelle 1622 -183 30 3 14 33 5
13 -1 Ava Ladner 1561 -244 26 7 21 28 5
14 Joseph Wolkin 1522 -283 28 5 15 30 6
15 Vito Pugliese 1483 -322 28 9 18 31 5
16 Bryan Keith 1455 -350 25 6 18 30 6
17 John Haverlin 1253 -552 22 5 14 23 3
18 Mike Neff 1220 -585 22 5 16 24 4
19 Frank Velat 1032 -773 19 1 10 20 4
20 Greg Davis 731 -1074 13 2 10 14 4
21 Corey LaJoie 678 -1127 14 3 5 11 3
22 Tom Bowles 543 -1262 10 2 5 10 1
23 Drew Mongiello 410 -1395 8 2 5 6 3
24 Zach Gillispie 396 -1409 7 2 4 7 1
25 Michael Finley 146 -1659 4 3 2
26 Rick Lunkenheimer 39 -1766 1 1 1

About the author

Corey Brewer made the move to Frontstretch to follow his dream of covering the sport of NASCAR. He is a die-hard motorsports fan and an avid player of daily fantasy sports.

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