The Coca-Cola 600 will get underway in 6 pm ET on Sunday on FOX, with Kyle Busch as the clear favorite (+250 gambling odds).
Kevin Harvick (+600) and Martin Truex Jr. (+600) are not too far behind in what will be the longest race of the year.
Nick Giffen utilizes his statistical model to handicap that the four greatest futures values in the race.
For the second consecutive weekend, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be racing in Charlotte Motor Speedwday (6:00 p.m. ET, FOX). However, this time rather than an All-Star shootout, drivers ‘ are in for a grueling 600 miles from the Cup Series’ longest race of the year.
Charlotte is a 1.5-mile oblong having a relatively old surface that was repaved back in 2006. We saw from the All-Star race which tires did make a difference and that track position was also extremely significant, so this race ought to offer a good mix of numerous 1.5-mile tracks.
The latest 1.5-mile points-paying race was also a night race at Kansas Speedwday. In that race, the top five in average green-flag speed all showed up in the top nine in 15-lap rate in Happy Hour, despite the race being during the night and last practice during the day.
We’ve got a similar situation at Charlotte this weekend, so I will certainly rely on long-run speed in addition to 1.5-mile performance this year and past Charlotte oval performance when handicapping the race.
Equipped with all these data points, let us get right to my four favorite bets to win tonight’s race, plus bonus top-five and top-10 props.
A quick primer on the chances under: A $100 bet at +375 chances would gain $375, while a $200 wager at -200 odds would pay out $100.
Kevin Harvick +600 to Acquire
Kyle Busch is your favorite thanks to his outstanding rate in Happy Hour and three wins to Harvick’s zero wins this season. However, it might be claimed that Harvick ought to be a co-favorite despite completing only 13th on the 10-lap plank in closing practice.
That’s because in opening practice, he had been much better relative to the remainder of the area over 10 consecutive laps. His fifth-place time throughout the warmer temperatures is encouraging. Actually, Harvick’s Crew Chief Rodney Childers stated the cars are really sensitive to track changes, and that they were really great in opening clinic throughout the warmer temperatures.
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