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Entering Sunday’s Xfinity 50 at Martinsville Speedway, Ryan Blaney was the only current Cup driver who boasted a top-10 average finish, though he hadn’t won at the Virginia short track that’s just an hour from his hometown of High Point, North Carolina. Blaney changed that on Sunday, passing Aric Almirola with 23 laps to go to win by .899 seconds. Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano completed a somewhat unexpected top five.

NASCAR just can’t seem to buy a break these days with the weather. The Crayon 301 in New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the fourth consecutive race that was affected by weather. This time, a deluge resulted in the race being postponed to Monday (July 17). While I’m sure a group of race fans were upset about it since it seemed like it wasn’t raining at all (or not hard) during Countdown to Green Sunday, New England has seen a lot of precipitation recently.

The NASCAR Cup Series travels from Las Vegas, Nev. to the Sunshine State this weekend. Let’s see who you should consider placing in your daily fantasy NASCAR DraftKings lineups for the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, airing Sunday (Oct. 23) at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Cup drivers take on a 1.5-mile racetrack for the second week in a row, but Homestead ain’t your normal intermediate.