The NASCAR Xfinity Series gets underway on Saturday, as the Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300 is set for tomorrow at 5:00 pm Eastern time, with the broadcast on FS1. The second tier of NASCAR often includes some drivers double-dipping with the Cup Series as well as drivers looking to make it into the next generation of Cup Series champions. Let’s take a look at some of the top drivers in the field as you consider your NASCAR Xfinity betting options.
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A.J. Allmendinger
drives for Kaulig Racing, which generally has the best cars on the Xfinity Series for events on plate tracks. Allmendinger has yet to win a plate race with Kaulig, but he has made the podium with other Kaulig drivers.
Daniel Hemric
won his first Xfinity Series race last fall at Phoenix and ended up winning the Xfinity Series championship on the strength of a season of strong performances. He is also a Kaulig Racing driver, so expect him to be right there at the end as well.
Noah Gragson
could be the best plate racer for any garage other than Kaulig Racing. At Daytona, he picked up a win in 2020, and at Talladega (the other superspeedway), he has five top-ten finishes in six starts.
Landon Cassill
is also a Kaulig Racing driver, which is a welcome change after having to run in inferior cars for his career. He has toiled in all three of the NASCAR series, and this is his chance to show his skills in the top equipment on the series.
Justin Allgaier
struggled at plate racing between 2018 and 2021, as he had an average finish of 28th without any in the top 15. However, in the last two plate races of 2021, he finished third each time.
Ty Gibbs
won four Xfinity Series races among nine top-five finishes as a part-time driver. With 27 ARCA victories, Gibbs did not emerge as a surprise, but now that he is full-time, he should add to those win totals.
Myatt Snider
is driving Jordan Anderson equipment. Snider was the seventh- and eighth-place finisher in the two Daytona races last year, and his two top finishes in the Truck Series came in a second and a third at Talladega.
Riley Herbst
has solid equipment, and his driving skills are solid enough to win a race in a plate environment. He finished fourth at Daytona in 2020 and at Talladega in 2021.
Austin Hill
is now full-time with RCR, which is looking to re-establish itself after having to deal with part-timers in 2020 and 2021. Ty Reddick won the Xfinity Series championship in 2019 for RCR before the team fell on hard times. Hill won at Daytona in the 2019 Truck Series race.
Sheldon Creed
is a feast-or-famine kind of driver; he either wins races or ends up spinning out; he’s the sort of gunslinger who will take risks at Daytona, given the lack of difference that will emerge in a plate race in terms of speed.
Josh Berry
is now full-time with Jr Motorsports and on the short list of series championship favorites. A plate race is not the best place to show his driving skills, but remember that a plate race can benefit anyone – and with the right skills Berry can win.
Brandon Jones
is driving a Toyota for JGR, which will have the power he needs to deliver a finish down the stretch. The question is whether Jones can hang around with the leaders long enough for the homestretch to matter.
Sam Mayer
has had some bad luck in the past, particularly in 2021. This could mean that he is due in an event that definitely involves fortune. His equipment with Jr Motorsports shoud land him in the top ten, so can he leverage that into a checkered flag?
