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After stops at a few short tracks, pack-racing at Talladega and last week's clash at the Monster Mile, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to a 1.5-mile race track for the first time since visiting Texas on March 31.
And with a return to a 1.5-miler also comes a return of the high-downforce, low-horsepower race package.
Now that we're 11 races into the 2019 season, we finally have some data to lean on when trying to project which drivers will be fast this weekend at Kansas.
With this in mind, I'll use results from Las Vegas and Texas -- both 1.5-mile race tracks with low tire wear -- to make my NASCAR Props Challenge picks for Saturday's Digital Ally 400.
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1. Which driver will finish higher? Denny Hamlin or Brad Keselowski?
Denny Hamlin has been among the best drivers at the 1.5-mile tracks this season, including a win at Texas.
Keselowski's numbers are skewed due to a mechanical issue at Texas, but I still lean Hamlin because his series-best average finishes of 5.5 at Las Vegas and Texas are too good to ignore.
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2. Over/Under 1.5 drivers lead over 80 laps at Kansas?
I think passing is going to be difficult Saturday night as the cooler track temps will result in even less off-throttle time.
Because of this, we should see a handful of drivers dominate laps led as opposed to them finishing more evenly distributed.
Pick: Over
3. Martin Truex Jr. has four straight top-five finishes at Kansas. Does this streak continue?
Truex has been awesome at Kansas in his career, but he hasn't been close to as dominant with this aero package at similar race tracks.
Add in the fact that he's coming off a win last week at Dover and I think this is a nice pivot spot to not only follow the data, but differentiate ourselves from the majority of Props Challenge players who will likely expect a top-five finish.
Pick: No