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Two weeks ago, it was a road course race at Sonoma. Mike Gartner Jersey . Last week, the restrictor-plate race at Daytona. Now, we get back to more traditional style of racing.Hopefully, your luck went a little better than mine at Daytona, as a number of my picks were involved in the mid-race wreck that involved half of the field.Only three drivers in the field cost $10,000 or more on DraftKings. Two of those finished with the two-lowest fantasy points total at Daytona (Kevin Harvick: -10.75, Jimmie Johnson: -17).Meanwhile, you could have had a team that had the six best-scoring drivers in the race: winner Brad Keselowski (78.75), Michael McDowell (63), Clint Bowyer (61.25), Cole Whitt (57.5), Trevor Bayne (52) and David Ragan (51.25). That wouldve cost you $38,800 of the $50,000 you have to put together a DraftKings roster.This weeks return to normalcy will take place at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. Its the most-common type of track on the schedule, so we have a lot of data to work with, as weve already run five races on 1.5-mile tracks, although the last one was at Charlotte in May.The series only races once a year at Kentucky, and only dating back to 2011, but having all the races on similar tracks helps a lot with data.This race is only 267 laps, but impressively, a driver has led at least 118 in all five Kentucky races, with three of those coming from Kyle Busch.In fact, seven of the top-eight single-race laps led totals either came from Busch (three times) or Keselowski (four). Although their history at the track is tremendous, Im not going to look at Kentucky exclusively. Ill spread the wealth to the other 1.5-mile tracks on the schedule, as well.Keeping that in mind, heres who Im looking at early in the week at Kentucky, but check back after qualifying for my final picks and fades.Im starting my team with:I explained above how good Busch has been at Kentucky, including his win last year. In five Cup Series races held at Kentucky, Busch has averaged 85.65 fantasy points per race, about nine more than any other driver. But Im getting on board for what hes doing this year on the 1.5-mile tracks.In five races on such tracks this season, he has two wins and four finishes in the top four. Dating back to last year, he has seven top-five finishes in the last eight races on the 1.5-mile tracks. He also has at least 75 points in five of the last six such races.His only poor fantasy day in that time was in the last 1.5-mile race (Charlotte in May), when he finished 33rd. But in that race, he was in the top 10 inside the final 10 laps before hitting the wall.Keep an eye on these four:Martin Truex Jr.: This has been Truexs year on the 1.5-mile tracks. Hes only won once, but in daily fantasy NASCAR, finishes are just one piece of the scoring picture. In each of the last three races on 1.5-mile tracks, Truex has led at least 141 laps and put up at least 92.75 points, culminating with a dominant, 197-point day at Charlotte in May.Chase Elliott: Elliott is quickly moving out of the range where we can consider him a mid-cost driver, but he still wont cost you at the level of a top-tier driver. In four of the five 1.5-mile track races, hes topped 40 points, although the laps led havent been there. In the last three 1.5-mile track races, Elliott is ninth in the series with 41.6 fantasy points per race.Austin Dillon: In his first 21 races on 1.5-mile tracks in his Sprint Cup career, Dillon had two top-10 finishes and averaged 21.9 fantasy points a race. In the last four, he has two top 10s (with no finish worse than 19th) and 40 points per race. His Xfinity Series numbers at Kentucky are stupendous, with two wins and a second and sixth in his four races there and 76.75 laps led per race.Ryan Blaney: Unlike Elliott, fellow rookie Blaney can still be had at a bargain, and has a much higher upside than other drivers with comparative costs. Hes shown much more consistency lately as well. Hes averaged 33.7 fantasy points in his last eight races, 10th-most among all full-time drivers. Much like Dillon, Im intrigued by what he did in the second-tier Xfinity Series. In his last three starts there, he has two wins and a fifth, leading 96 and 81 laps in the two wins.Thats all I have for you this week, hope you enjoyed your Independence Day with your grilled food of choice. Anders Hedberg Jersey . 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CHICAGO -- For the first time since being fired by the Chicago Bulls last summer, Tom Thibodeau received a big ovation at the United Center on Friday night as he made his return with Team USA.Thibodeau, who coached the Bulls to a 255-139 regular-season record over five seasons, is an assistant coach on Mike Krzyzewskis staff. Krzyzewski, Dukes head coach and a Chicago native, was pleased to see Thibodeau received so warmly.Hes the best as far as preparation and [being] a team player, and the fans appreciate it, Krzyzewski said after Team USAs 80-45 exhibition win over Venezuela on Friday. [The reaction] was great. I love the fact that my town gave the guy who gave them his heart and soul for the number of years hes been here and acknowledged that. Thats a great, great thing. Im proud of my city for doing that.Bulls All-Star and Team USA swingman Jimmy Butler was sitting next to Krzyzewski on the dais after the game.Krzyzewski was upset that his long answer about Thibodeau had not allowed Butler, who grew into one of the best two-way players in the game under Thibodeau, to comment.Its OK, Butler said, smiling. You got it. You said everything I would have said.The Team USA homecoming for Thibodeau is a precursor to what will likely be an even bigger ovation when his new team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, come to Chicago next season. As he has done since being fired, the veteran coach tried to focus on the positive accomplishments that came from his five years with the Bulls.When you look back, you think [of] all the great memories that you had, Thibodeau said during Thursday practice of being back in the United Center. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to coach here, great history, great tradition and we had great guys. It was very enjoyable to coach that team.Thibodeau was fired from the Bulls in large part because of a broken relationship with the front office. In his time away from a full-time job, Thibodeau said he visited 13 different teams and was a frequent guest at various pro and college games.The basketballl lifer was always appreciative of how hard his teams played on a nightly basis and still takes pride in the success he and his players had. Wholesale Coyotes Jerseys. Its sort of the nature of the league in terms of it doesnt last forever, Thibodeau said. And that group was a special group of guys. From where it started, and unfortunately the injury [to former MVP Derrick Rose] derailed it some. But that being said, it was a very prideful group, a very proud group.Thibodeau continued: They never gave in, they never succumbed to the circumstances no matter who was out. They always found a way to fight. They found different ways to win, different guys stepped up. Thats sort of the way the league works. Over time, people leave [in] free agency, change teams, so Im happy for those guys that theyre going to get another opportunity, and I think theyve earned it. Those opportunities came because of the success that they had.Initially, Krzyzewski joked that he and the rest of Team USAs coaching staff paid fans to cheer for Thibodeau before the game.[Jim] Boeheim, Monty Williams and I gave about 5,000 people money so that they would cheer for him, and it worked, Krzyzewski said.Then the Hall of Fame coach got serious about what he thinks of Thibodeau and what he accomplished in Chicago.[Butler] plays for Chicago, and I grew up in Chicago ... its an amazing sports town, Krzyzewski said. It loves its athletes and its coaches. And they should love Tom. Tom brought great basketball here when it was not going well. And then really injury-wise -- if one thing, especially with Derrick, if he had been healthy, there probably, there could have been another [championship] banner or two here, and the fans realize that. And then things change -- hes gone off, he holds no resentment. Hes been real comfortable [here].Actually were staying a block from his apartment, Krzyzewski added. And for us, its good because then he stays there. ' ' '