Michigan International Speedway, 2026 NASCAR DFS results
Sunday, June 7, 2026 · Winner: Denny Hamlin · 200 laps
Race report
Denny Hamlin won the Michigan International Speedway from the pole and led 40 laps but had to earn it in a race that stayed up for grabs. Chase Elliott actually paced the field with 67 laps led but couldn't close it out.
For DFS, Denny Hamlin was the top DraftKings score at 69.9 points. The tournament-defining value came from Austin Cindric, up from P31 to P11 for 52 DK off 20 spots of place differential.
The model's pre-race top five (built lookahead-free) was led this week by Denny Hamlin, who finished P1 for 69.9 DK. 2 of the five finished top ten.
The result ran loose against the market (correlation 0.23); the chalk wasn't safe and contrarian builds had real upside.
Auto-generated from the official results and the model’s pre-race projection.
- 1. Denny Hamlin69.9
- 2. Bubba Wallace58.7
- 3. Erik Jones52.3
- 1. Denny Hamlin67
- 2. Erik Jones64
- 3. Bubba Wallace63.9
Biggest mover: Josh Berry started 37, finished 15 (+22 positions).
How the model did
Its projected top 5 for Michigan International Speedway and the DraftKings points each actually scored:
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | P1 | 69.9 DK |
| 2 | Tyler ReddickWrecked | P35 | -13.7 DK |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | P4 | 46.3 DK |
| 4 | William Byron | P18 | 23.2 DK |
| 5 | Chase ElliottWrecked | P32 | 7 DK |
Full results & DFS scoring
| Pos | Driver | Start | Led | Fast | DK | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 40 | 33 | 69.9 | 67 |
| 2 | Erik Jones | 10 | 0 | 5 | 52.3 | 64 |
| 3 | Bubba Wallace | 13 | 9 | 12 | 58.7 | 63.9 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 4 | 5 | 46.3 | 58.9 |
| 5 | Carson Hocevar | 2 | 21 | 8 | 44.9 | 56.6 |
| 6 | Daniel Suárez | 11 | 10 | 4 | 47.3 | 58.5 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 18 | 0 | 1 | 48.5 | 59.5 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 19 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 58.5 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 14 | 0 | 1 | 40.5 | 54.5 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 48.5 |
| 11 | Austin Cindric | 31 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 60 |
| 12 | Cole Custer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 50.5 |
| 13 | Riley Herbst | 12 | 0 | 8 | 32.6 | 47.5 |
| 14 | John H. Nemechek | 17 | 0 | 1 | 32.5 | 48.5 |
| 15 | Josh Berry | 37 | 0 | 2 | 50.9 | 57 |
| 16 | Ross Chastain | 32 | 1 | 0 | 43.3 | 53.1 |
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 25 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 48 |
| 18 | William Byron | 9 | 7 | 12 | 23.2 | 39.2 |
| 19 | Alex Bowman | 29 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 47 |
| 20 | Austin Hill | 28 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 45 |
| 21 | JJ Yeley | 36 | 2 | 0 | 36.5 | 47.6 |
| 22 | Todd Gilliland | 35 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 45.4 |
| 23 | Cody Ware | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 42.8 |
| 24 | Ty Dillon | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 36.6 |
| 25 | Ty GibbsWrecked | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.6 | 24.8 |
| 26 | Michael McDowellWrecked | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27.8 |
| 27 | Noah GragsonWrecked | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27.1 |
| 28 | Ryan PreeceWrecked | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse JrWrecked | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.4 |
| 30 | Shane Van GisbergenWrecked | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26.4 |
| 31 | Christopher BellWrecked | 8 | 0 | 4 | -11.2 | 13.2 |
| 32 | Chase ElliottWrecked | 6 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 17.4 |
| 33 | Zane SmithWrecked | 16 | 0 | 6 | -6.3 | 13.6 |
| 34 | Brad KeselowskiWrecked | 26 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11.9 |
| 35 | Tyler ReddickWrecked | 3 | 33 | 9 | -13.7 | 1.6 |
| 36 | Austin DillonWrecked | 21 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 5.7 |
| 37 | Connor ZilischWrecked | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 |
Wrecked and DNF tags come from the official finishing status - those drivers fell well below their projection through attrition, not a model miss.
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