The Sunday night race at Darlington has come and gone with NumberFire taking the top spot for the DFS experts for the Bojangles Southern 500. They were followed by a tie for second between DFSKarma and RotoGrinders Pitstop.
The strong performance this weekend propelled DFSKarma into first place in the overall standing with NumberFire moving up into the second spot followed by DailyFantasySportsRankings rounding out the Top 3.
Check out the top experts on the Overall Leaderboard and as always you can check out the full Nascar Expert Standings to make sure that you’re up to speed on who is making the grade. Also, review how all the Nascar DFS analysts fared this past week. We also post the Ownership Percentages by position by count which are used to help project player ownership in our Weighted Consensus article each week.
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Week in Review
#1) NumberFire (Score: 4.86) produced four drivers with an “A” grade or better out of their seven picks
#2 tie) DFSKarma (Score: 4.67) saw four of their six selections finish with a grade of “B” or higher
#2 tie) RotoGrinders Pitstop (Score: 4.67) tied for 2nd with an “A+” and a pair of “C” grades from their three recommendations
Our Industry Consensus Picks finished 8th out of 16 experts graded.
Sleepers of the Week
B – Clint Bowyer (Sportsline, FantasyAlarm)
B – Paul Menard (Rotowire)
Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full Nascar Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
#1) DFSKarma (Score: 3.99) catapulted into the top spot for the year with their 2nd place finish this week
#2) NumberFire (Score: 3.96) moves up into 2nd place for the season by taking home the top spot in this week’s race
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.94) dropped out of the top spot down into 3rd as they will look to bounce back next weekend
Our Industry Consensus Picks are currently in 12th out of 17 experts this season.
Ownership Percentage Tracking
Below is the current table showing the data we have tracked so far this season. Results are using DraftKings Double-Up or 50/50s for Cash and large field single-entry tournaments for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a driver was selected by the experts. The Cash % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a Cash game. The GPP % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a GPP tournament.
| Count | Cash% | GPP% | Total |
| 15 | 63.3% | 55.8% | 2 |
| 14 | 57.1% | 44.9% | 3 |
| 13 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 46.2% | 39.9% | 6 |
| 11 | 49.5% | 40.5% | 14 |
| 10 | 37.2% | 33.8% | 18 |
| 9 | 35.8% | 32.1% | 26 |
| 8 | 33.5% | 30.2% | 54 |
| 7 | 32.6% | 29.2% | 44 |
| 6 | 26.4% | 24.7% | 59 |
| 5 | 16.9% | 19.4% | 59 |
| 4 | 18.6% | 19.5% | 62 |
| 3 | 14.7% | 15.5% | 135 |
| 2 | 11.7% | 12.9% | 87 |
| 1 | 8.1% | 9.4% | 145 |
