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Alex Bowman has been an underrated road course racer, and C.J. Radune thinks the No. 48 driver is a strong DFS value play for Sunday's race at Watkins Glen.
William Byron dominated to win at Watkins Glen last year, and the No. 24 driver once again finds himself as one of Mark Taylor's top contenders in the second race of the Round of 16.
Daniel Suarez won the first race of the season at Atlanta, and Mark Taylor thinks the No. 99 deserves to be mentioned amongst the favorites for the playoff opener on Sunday at the high-banked Georgia oval.
Bubba Wallace needs his best race of the season at Darlington to make the playoffs. Mark Taylor highlights the drivers on the bubble and those who you should have on your fantasy roster this week.
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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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Crash and DNF in Daytona
McDowell crashed and finished 30th in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway Saturday night.
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Wins Daytona Pole
McDowell won the pole for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 183.165 mph.
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Fifth-Place in Grant Park 165
McDowell finished fifth in the Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Chicago Street Course Sunday evening.
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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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