Atop The Pit Box

117 - Watkins Glen


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SVG came from 29 seconds back to win Watkins Glen and single-handedly saved what was otherwise a forgettable road course. Justin's brother-in-law witnessed his first NASCAR race, declared road courses exciting, and has no idea that was not normal.

Fantasy winners: Ty Gibbs bounces back with a P3, silencing the swap talk and moving up to 6th. Michael McDowell delivers a P2 and climbs back to 22nd — a real drive that got completely overshadowed by SVG. Fantasy losers: William Byron goes P36 (worst finish of his season, down to 11th, owned by 165 teams) and Joey Logano continues his freefall to 26th in the standings, 8 spots below his $16 value.

The number of the week: Tyler Reddick has 33 total fantasy points through 12 races. Joey Logano has 268. Josh and Justin run the math on what SlideJob's season looks like if he'd started with Reddick instead of Logano — he'd be in 23rd instead of 265th. One driver. The top 10 barely moves, Jeffrey Bona 2 goes back-to-back in first, and the first Larson drops of the season finally happen — two teams swap him for Hamlin heading into Watkins Glen.

Best swap of the season goes to JMO's Zilich-to-Reddick move at Las Vegas, up 156 points since. Worst is now Buescher-to-Gibbs, negative 53 points since Kansas. The Commissioner's Dilemma this week is Biscuits Best No. 2, and Justin is 60% on dropping Byron for Elliott right now — but Charlotte is Byron's best track, so maybe wait. Picks contest moves to 11-4, punishment options are narrowing, and a sunburn stencil of the other host's driver number is firmly on the table.

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