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February 26, 2020

NASCAR Finish Line: Analyzing best Group 1 play for Auto Club


NASCAR Finish Line, a free-to-play gaming app from Penn National Gaming, has launched for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Each week, there will be six groups of six drivers for the race ahead. Users will predict which driver will finish first among each group, and then also the overall race winner for a chance to win $50,000 each week if all seven scenarios are correctly selected.

Last week’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway saw two jackpot winners split the $50K prize.

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The first of six groups for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX/FOX Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, consists of Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick.

For a stats look, NASCAR.com has compiled the results of the last five races at Auto Club Speedway these drivers all participated in (2014 and 2016-19). The 2015 race has purposefully been left out because Busch did not compete due to injuries sustained prior to the event.

A point system has been assigned to each year, starting with 1 point for the best finisher and counting up to 6 points for the worst finisher. Those numbers were then added up. The lowest total signifies the strongest driver (green) and the highest total represents the weakest driver (red) — at least in recent years.

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Busch, a four-time Auto Club winner, leads the group with the most best finishes among his competitors, making him the Group 1 favorite according to the stats. Harvick, who has won in Fontana once, is the least-favorable option.