NAS $300K Brickyard Drive [$100K to 1st] (Cup)<\/a><\/p>\nFantasy NASCAR Driver Rankings: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis<\/p>\n
1. Denny Hamlin ($11,000) \u2014 The closest comparable track is Pocono \u2014 and Hamlin dominates there. He\u2019s either won or finished runner-up in all four Gen-7 races at Pocono.<\/p>\n
2. Kyle Larson ($10,500) \u2014 Yung Money returned to Indianapolis last summer having failed to complete \u201cThe Double\u201d on Memorial Day Weekend. He didn\u2019t fail the second time around. Yung Money won the 2024 Brickyard 400.<\/p>\n
3. Ryan Blaney ($10,700) \u2014 Team Penske has displayed speed at the long, flat tracks (Indianapolis and Pocono). Blaney finished third at Pocono a month ago and won the race in 2024. He also finished third at Indy last season.<\/p>\n
4. Tyler Reddick ($9,700) \u2014 Track history is a key stat this weekend. Reddick was the Brickyard runner-up last season and finished second at Pocono in 2023.<\/p>\n
5. William Byron ($10,200) \u2014 Four of the last five races have been rough for Byron \u2014 all finishes outside the top 25. With the playoffs just around the corner, Byron desperately needs to get dialed in at Indy.<\/p>\n
6. Ty Gibbs ($8,600) \u2014 Current form stats are hard to trust during NASCAR summers \u2014 the circuit races at a variety of tracks. Summer success doesn\u2019t generate heavy ownership, but Gibbs is hot. His team has adjusted well to the differing layouts. He\u2019s earned a top 15 finish in each of the last seven races, with an average finish of eighth.<\/p>\n
7. Chase Elliott ($10,000) \u2014 No one has been more consistent than Elliott at the long, flat tracks. He\u2019s finished 11th or better in the last three races at both the Indy oval and the Pocono triangle.<\/p>\n
8. Christopher Bell ($9,500) \u2014 The summer schedule has not been kind to the JGR driver. That\u2019s not uncommon. The combination of diverse tracks doesn\u2019t suit every team. Bell\u2019s poor summer finishes could lead to low ownership for a potential race winner.<\/p>\n
9. Kyle Busch ($8,100) \u2014 There are only a few tracks on the circuit where Busch is a legit contender. Pocono is one of them \u2014 which makes the Brickyard a winnable race for Rowdy.<\/p>\n
10. John Hunter Nemechek ($6,200) \u2014 The Legacy Motor Club Toyotas are not legendary. The small team is largely irrelevant, but they\u2019re in play in DraftKings fantasy NASCAR in 2025. Nemechek finished sixth at Pocono, and his teammate, Erik Jones ($6,300), finished 13th.<\/p>\n
11. Chase Briscoe ($9,300) \u2014 It\u2019s difficult to trust Briscoe. His first season in the No. 19 JGR Toyota has not lived up to expectations. He\u2019s qualified well but raced poorly. Pocono was the exception \u2014 Briscoe used strategy and stretched fuel mileage to earn the win.<\/p>\n
12. Brad Keselowski ($8,400) \u2014 Passing is rare at Indianapolis. The track is legendary, but it\u2019s never produced great stock car racing. The 2025 Brickyard 400 will likely come down to strategy. Which driver will stretch fuel? Keselowski isn\u2019t the fastest, but he\u2019s often the sharpest when it comes to strategy.<\/p>\n
13. Austin Cindric ($7,100) \u2014 This is Indy, but it\u2019s not the Indy 500. The Brickyard 400 isn\u2019t a racer\u2019s race \u2014 it\u2019s largely a lap-turner. Cindric is not elite, but he has elite equipment, and that matters most at Indianapolis and its less sporty sister track, Pocono. Cindric earned a top 10 finish at Pocono last month and at Indy last season.<\/p>\n
14. Bubba Wallace ($7,700) \u2014 Mid-tier drivers are the target at Indy. They offer a mix of finishing position and place differential points. Wallace has finished 11th or better in the last three races at the Indianapolis oval, and in three of the last four at Pocono.<\/p>\n
15. Ty Dillon ($5,500) \u2014 There\u2019s $1 million on the line. Dillon has benefited from the funky NASCAR In-Season Challenge schedule. The last-place seed survived at the superspeedway, street circuit and traditional road course. Indy is his biggest challenge yet, but he\u2019ll likely receive full support from Kaulig Racing and Richard Childress Racing.<\/p>\n