Ally 400
3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN
There are not any tendencies to look again on forward of Sunday’s race at Nashville Superspeedway.
The race is the primary Cup Sequence race on the 1.33-mile concrete oval. Nashville beforehand hosted Xfinity Sequence races however final hosted a NASCAR race in 2011. Rather a lot can change in NASCAR in a decade.
Attempting to make use of a workforce’s earlier intermediate observe efficiency could also be a idiot’s errand too. The one different concrete tracks on the NASCAR schedule are Bristol and Dover. Each are shorter than Nashville and race in another way.
Dover might — might — be the perfect comparability. And whereas it’s imperfect, one of the simplest ways to determine the way you need to wager Sunday’s race is to take a look at who was quick at Dover and who has been quick thus far this season.
And guess what? You find yourself with the identical drivers.
Hendrick Motorsports went 1-2-3-4 at Dover when Alex Bowman beat teammates Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and William Byron. Hendrick has been the quickest workforce within the Cup Sequence thus far too. These 4 drivers have mixed for seven wins throughout 16 races. No different workforce has greater than 5 wins this season.
Unsurprisingly, all 4 Hendrick drivers are among the many prime seven favorites to win on Sunday. Right here’s what it is advisable to know to wager on Sunday’s race. All odds are offered by way of BetMGM.
The favorites
Kyle Larson, +275
Martin Truex Jr., +550
Chase Elliott, +750
Denny Hamlin, +800
Kyle Busch, +800
William Byron, +1000
Larson is the overwhelming favourite after he’s received the final three races. He’s going for 3 straight factors race wins on Sunday after successful the All-Star Race. Truex is the one different driver within the Cup Sequence with three wins whereas Elliott has received twice in 2021. Hamlin is the factors chief and looking for his first win whereas Byron received at Homestead and has been a top-10 machine.
Good mid-tier worth
Kevin Harvick, +1200
Ryan Blaney, +1500
Harvick and Blaney rank tenth and eleventh among the many favorites. Harvick hasn’t practically been as quick as he was in 2020 however he’s in all probability going to win sooner or later this summer time. And if you may get him at 12-1, you must take it. Blaney received at Atlanta earlier within the yr however hasn’t completed higher than eighth within the 10 races since. That’s why his odds are so comparatively excessive.
Don’t wager this driver
Austin Dillon, +5000
Dillon was 14th at Dover and has only one top-five end all yr. Whereas he’s twelfth and factors and has six top-10 finishes, it’s onerous to see how he’d have the pace to run up entrance on Sunday.
Searching for a protracted shot?
Aric Almirola, +15000
Almirola has descended into lengthy shot standing this season. He’s twenty eighth within the factors standings and has completed within the prime 10 simply as soon as. However he confirmed some pace on Sunday at Texas and which may be an indication that Stewart-Haas Racing has discovered some pace. He’s the one driver with odds better than +10000 that you could make a remotely convincing case for a win.
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