OPR Staff and Fan Fantasy Picks for NNS and NSCS at Bristol Motor Speedway

After some good, hard racing last week, the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup SEries are back at it even harder this weekend, ready to tackle Bristol Motor Speedway.

Nationwide Series

Ashley McCubbin picked Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch. Harvick is a past Bristol winner and won earlier this year on the Richmond short track. Elliott has been consistant all year, currently leading the points, and finished eighth in the spring. Busch is going for his fourth straight Nationwide Series victory at Bristol.

Tayler Stiles picked Kevin Harvick, Regan Smith and Chase Elliott. Smith has been solid this year so far to date, currently sitting second in points.

Kreistina Blinova did not file picks, so we will use her last week picks, which were Jeffrey Earnhardt, Landon Cassill and Elliott Sadler. Sadler has been a consistent front runner each week and is a past winner at Bristol, while both Cassill and Earnhardt have been getting stronger, posting some solid top 15 performances.

Ronald Costigan picked Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch.

Marshall Gabell picked Brian Scott, Kevin Harvick and Dylan Kwasniewski. Scott is a strong front runner, was fast in practice and has come close to winning on the short tracks before. Kwasniewski has been slowly turning his rough rookie year around, and has a lot of short track experience via running the K&N Pro Series.

Justin Tucker picked Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch.

Kyle Magda picked Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch. Larson has come close to winning at Bristol, posting two runner-up finishes in his last three starts.

Terry Wagner picked Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch. Blaney has done well in his limited NNS starts, posting solid top-five finishes.

Christina Cordner picked Brian Scott, Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney.

Billy Stiles Jr. did not file his picks so we will use his last week picks Chase Elliott, Regan Smith and Kyle Busch.

Billy Zardo did not file his picks so we will use his last week picks Ty Dillon, Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch. Dillon has been solid this year, posting top 10 finishes on a weekly basis.

Robert Hill did not file his picks so we will use his last week picks Paul Menard, Kyle Busch and Chris Buescher, which becomes Cale Conley, Kyle Busch and Chris Buescher. Conley was in the top-five during practice and has been strong in his limited starts, while Buescher is coming off his first career victory at Mid-Ohio.

Joni Stiles did not file her picks so we will use her last week picks Ty Dillon, Austin Theriault and Chase Elliott which becomes Kevin Harvick, Regan Smith and Chase Elliott.

Tyler Sontag did not file his picks so we will use his last week picks Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch which becomes Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch.

Jeni Harris picked Trevor Bayne, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson. Bayne has done well at Bristol in his last two starts, posting a sixth and an eighth.

Nationwide Series Standings

(Points Leader Post Road America) Ashley McCubbin – 936+96=1032
Ronald Costigan – 919+94=1013
Justin Tucker – 919+94=1013
Kyle Magda – 914+94=1008
Tyler Sontag – 909+94=1003
Terry Wagner – 874+94=968
Marshall Gabell – 860+122=982
Tayler Stiles – 863+94=957
Christina Cordner – 845+107=952
Billy Stiles Jr. – 846+97=943
Jeni Harris – 818+122=940
Joni Stiles – 828+107=935
Billy Zardo – 853+80=933
Robert Hill – 724+87=811
Kreistina Blinova – 594+83=677

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Ashley McCubbin picked Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson. Harvick and Busch are both past winners and have been strong all year, while Johnson is bound to turn his around his recent bad luck with a good run now that ‘my boy blue’ is returning to the track.

Tayler Stiles picked Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Gordon is having the “dream season” right now after scoring the victory at Michigan. He looks to keep that going on a track that he has won at before.

Kreistina Blinova did not file her picks so we will go last week’s Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt Jr. is a past winner at Bristol and given how consistant and strong the 88 team is, things look up for this weekend.

Ronald Costigan picked Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Marshall Gabell picked Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth. McMurray has three top-fives and nine top-10s in 23 Bristol starts, while Kenseth is a three-time Bristol winner.

Justin Tucker picked Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards. Edwards stressed when he made the announcement about leaving RFR at the end of the year that he was focused on winning the championship this year, and would worry about JGR later. Edwards also knows his way around Bristol, having picked up the victory back in March.

Kyle Magda picked Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon.

Terry Wagner picked Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Carl Edwards. Logano has been upfront all year with his teammate Keselowski. Keselowski should run strong as he won the truck race and has a pair of Cup wins at Bristol. Logano, it should be interesting, as he has only one top-five in 11 starts.

Christina Cordner picked Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth and Brian Vickers. Vickers has three top-fives and five top-10s in 19 starts.

Billy Stiles Jr. did not file his picks so we will go with last week’s Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Billy Zardo did not file his picks so we will go with last week’s Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Robert Hill did not file his picks so we will go with last week’s Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon and Paul Menard. Menard only has posted one top-five at Bristol, but is coming off of Michigan with a lot of momentum following a top-five finish.

Joni Stiles did not file her picks so we will use with last week’s Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. Kahne and Busch have both posted wins at Bristol in the past, while Truex has a pair of top-fives in 17 starts.

Tyler Sontag did not file his picks so we will use last week’s Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon. Ambrose has three top-fives in 11 starts.

Jeni Harris picked Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards

Sprint Cup Series Standings