Because of significant rain and high winds in the forecast, the 2024 Daytona 500 has been postponed to 4 p.m. ET on Monday. That gives any NASCAR DFS players an extra day to work on their 2024 Daytona 500 DFS lineups for The Great American Race. Joey Logano and Michael McDowell will be on the front row after their two Fords went 1-2 in qualifying and they'll be followed by Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell in the second row after they won their respective Daytona Duels last week.
Logano and McDowell are past Daytona 500 champions, while Reddick and Bell will look for their first career superspeedway victories in the NASCAR Cup Series. How much exposure should you have to those drivers in your 2024 Daytona 500 DFS lineips and who else in the NASCAR DFS driver pool should you target? Before locking in any NASCAR DFS picks for the Daytona 500 2024 on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out the optimal NASCAR at Daytona DFS strategy and advice from SportsLine's Mike McClure.
McClure has won over $2 million in his career as a daily Fantasy pro, and his NASCAR DFS driver pool, projections and advice can help you score a big win on Sunday.
McClure's model was red-hot in the 2023 season, nailing Martin Truex Jr.'s Clash win (20-1) as well as his win in New Hampshire (11-2), Joey Logano's Duel win (8-1), Kyle Busch's Fontana victory (10-1), Denny Hamlin's triumph in Kansas (6-1) and Kyle Larson's wins at Martinsville (6-1) and the NASCAR All-Star Race (13-2). The model correctly predicted winners in two playoff races as well, with Ryan Blaney scoring a 12-1 payout at Talladega and Larson winning at 9-2 in Las Vegas. It also impressively nailed five of Larson's wins during his historic season in 2021. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 15 winners since 2021 and nine last year alone. Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks saw huge returns.
Now, he's turned his attention to Sunday's Daytona 500. He's only sharing his picks and NASCAR DFS driver pool here.
Top 2024 Daytona 500 NASCAR DFS picks
For NASCAR at Daytona, McClure is high on Kyle Busch. A DNF in the second Bluegreen Vacations Daytona Duel means that Busch will start near the back of the pack on Monday but that will create plenty of passing opportunities for one of the sport's all-time greats.
Busch is a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and a 63-time winner on NASCAR's top circuit and he's looking for a Daytona 500 win that is currently the only major milestone he hasn't achieved during his hall-of-fame career. Busch did win the 2008 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway and he was the runner-up at the 2019 Daytona 500. He's led at least one lap in 10 of his last 11 starts at Daytona and he'll be a threat to work his way back towards the front again on Monday.
Part of McClure's optimal NASCAR DFS strategy also includes rostering Brad Keselowski. After a disappointing 24th-place finish in 2022, Keselowski bounced back last year, placing eighth in the Cup Series. He's now finished in the top eight in seven of the last eight years as one of the most consistent drivers in NASCAR. He's also backed by a team in RFK Racing that knows how to navigate Daytona International Speedway as teammates Chris Buescher and Keselowski finished 1-2 in the last race on this track, at the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Since linking up with RFK in 2021, Keselowski has had a discernible improvement at Daytona than he had with his previous team in Penske. Keselowski has four top 10s over six Daytona races with RFK, compared to just three top 10s over his prior 15 Daytona races with Penske. He's won three times at Daytona International Speedway in his career, including exhibition races, and he led last year's Daytona 500 for a race-high of 42 laps before a massive crash in the second overtime took him out of the running. Keselowski also won a stage at last year's race, so he's clearly comfortable at this circuit. See which other drivers to roster here.
How to set 2024 NASCAR at Daytona DFS lineups
McClure is also targeting an undervalued driver set to return plenty of value for his NASCAR DFS picks. He's in a prime position to make a run at the checkered flag and comes at a price that won't break the bank. You can see who it is, and every other pick, right here.
So what are the top NASCAR DFS picks for the Daytona 500? And which value driver is a must-roster? Visit SportsLine now to see DFS millionaire Mike McClure's complete driver pool for DraftKings and FanDuel, and cash in big on NASCAR DFS.
