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Kyle Busch has been struggling lately, but C.J. Radune thinks the two-time champ could have big-time upside returning to one of his best tracks in Indianapolis.
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Brad Keselowski is a former Indy winner and has been great on bigger ovals this year. Mark Taylor has the No. 6 amongst his top fantasy plays for the return of the Brickyard 400 on Sunday.
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Tyler Reddick has been agonizingly close to wins the last two races. C.J. Radune is willing to go back to the No. 45 at Pocono in DraftKings contests this week
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Alex Bowman was able to hang on with wet weather tires on a drying track to win the Chicago Street Race. C.J. Radune highlights the top finishers and those who are ready to move on to Pocono.
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McDowell returns to Front Row Motorsports for his sixth season with this race team. They've gotten better together gradually over these last few years. McDowell had a bit of a mixed bag in 2022. He grabbed a career-high 12 Top-10 finishes but was held out of victory lane. McDowell lowered his average finish to a career-best 16.7 despite finishing only 23rd in the driver point standings. All-in-all it was a pretty good season for this veteran driver despite failing to make the Chase playoffs. He returns to the No. 34 Ford team in 2023 but gets a new crew chief in Travis Peterson. Peterson replaces Blake Harris atop the team's war wagon and faces a big challenge to follow up what McDowell and Harris achieved last season. As has been the case for many years, McDowell is most dangerous in superspeedway racing and road circuits as they are his best tracks by far.
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Runner-up Finish at Sonoma
McDowell finished second in the Toyota / Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway Sunday afternoon.
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Wins Enjoy Illinois 300 Pole
McDowell won the pole for the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 138.598 mph.
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Tops Darlington Practice
McDowell was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 169.443 mph.
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Headed to Spire Motorsports
Spire Motorsports has agreed to a multi-year contract with 2021 Daytona 500 winner McDowell to drive the team's No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning with the 2025 season.
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Wins GEICO 500 Pole
McDowell won the pole for the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 182.022 mph.
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