Buschy McBusch Race 400
3 p.m. ET, Fox Sports activities 1
Denny Hamlin is the betting favourite to win Sunday’s race.
That’s a sentence you’ve heard loads recently. Sunday’s race at Kansas marks the third-straight week Hamlin has been the betting favourite. And sure, Hamlin continues to be looking for his first win of the season regardless of having a whopping 87-point lead within the level standings.
There are explanation why that first win may come at Kansas. Hamlin has received two of the final three races on the monitor. He was victorious within the 2019 fall race and likewise visited victory lane in the summertime 2020 race that was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He’s additionally merely sure to show his dominating performances right into a win. Hamlin has led not less than one lap in 9 of the ten races thus far this season and has completed within the high 5 in eight of 10 races. A top-five fee like that’s sure to lead to a win. And that win will probably come at a monitor the place the racing is pretty simple like Kansas.
This is your betting preview for the eleventh race of the season. As all the time, driver odds are from BetMGM. Sunday’s race is the primary afternoon spring race on the monitor since 2013. The final seven scheduled spring races at Kansas have been held below the lights.
The favorites
Denny Hamlin, +500
Kyle Larson, +600
Martin Truex Jr., +600
Brad Keselowski, +850
Chase Elliott, +900
Joey Logano, +900
Larson is the No. 2 favourite due to his win at Las Vegas and his stellar run at Atlanta that by some means did not lead to a victory. Perhaps his group will be certain his engine lasts longer than three laps this week. Truex Jr. has proven pace corresponding to Hamlin on intermediate tracks thus far this season and Keselowski has two Kansas wins. Logano has received thrice at Kansas however all three of these wins have come within the (extra essential) fall race.
Good mid-tier worth
Kyle Busch, +1200
Tyler Reddick, +6600
Sure, it is a bit ridiculous to name Busch a “mid-tier” driver. However his odds are solely ninth-best. He has three top-five finishes on the monitor during the last three seasons. Reddick has made simply three Cup Collection begins at Kansas however has finishes of ninth and thirteenth.
Do not wager this driver
Kurt Busch, +3500
Busch merely hasn’t proven any successful pace thus far this season. He is led simply three laps and has completed within the high 10 twice. Eight of Busch’s 12 top-10 finishes at Kansas have come within the final six years, however his lack of pace thus far in 2021 implies that one other high 10 might be the ceiling this weekend.
Searching for a longshot?
Chase Briscoe, +25000
Briscoe was eleventh at Talladega on Sunday in his greatest end of the season. Going to victory lane on Sunday at Kansas in all probability is not going to occur. However he has worse odds than drivers like Michael McDowell and Ross Chastain.
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