NASCAR Daily Fantasy Helper: Bank of America ROVAL 400

NASCAR is a great sport to watch on the weekend. NASCAR drivers are scored based on how they finish in the race, how many spots they advance from their starting position, and how much laps they lead and finish and lead. Jim Sannes takes a look at the best bets of the week in his betting guide. He also discusses this weekend's race on The Heat Check Daily Fantasy Podcast.

NASCAR's sixth and final road course event of the season is this Sunday's playoff elimination race. Road courses are the most predictable finishing order on the circuit due to the unique skillset it takes to run well at them. The practice and qualifying split will take place on Saturday.

The last two road course winners came from the front row. If a dominant driver starts on the pole, he will be a key priority. The fastest drivers should start closer to the back. Christopher Bell started 38th at Watkins Glen in the last road-course race but he outscored race winner Kyle Larson on FanDuel.

The pre-qualifying rankings for each driver are based on equipment, track history, recent form and overall talent level. Only drivers with a win probability above 0% in Jim Sannes' win simulations were included.

Tyler Reddick, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain are the top three drivers to win the race at Watkins Glen. A.J. Allmendinger and Austin Cindric are a better daily fantasy plays. The drivers are ranked on a scale of dominator viability, flex play viability and starting position. The previous races in the sample this week are: Watkins Glenn (Fall), Indianapolis (fall), Road America (Spring) and Circuit of the Americas (spring). It's the first time the MLT Rank is used. It is based on the driver's weighted average median lap time ranking.