Pocono Organics 325
3 p.m. ET, Saturday, NBCSN
Discover the Pocono Mountains 350
3:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, NBCSN
How do you guess a NASCAR doubleheader? The reply is fairly easy. Wait till the top of the primary race to guess the second race.
The Cup Collection is racing twice at Pocono this weekend. The primary race is 325 miles on Saturday and Sunday’s race is 350 miles. There’s no qualifying for both race. The primary race’s beginning lineup is determined by NASCAR’s qualifying system and the second race has a partial invert. The highest 20 finishers are inverted — twentieth begins first and the winner begins twentieth — whereas the remainder of the sector begins within the spot it completed on Saturday.
A yr in the past, the identical drivers completed within the prime two in each races. Kevin Harvick gained the primary race with Denny Hamlin behind him and Hamlin gained on Sunday with Harvick behind him. Neither driver has gained in 2021. Aric Almirola hasn’t gained this season both; he was within the prime 5 in each Pocono races a yr in the past.
Whereas it’s unattainable to say that what we noticed on the entrance of the sector in 2020 will carry into 2021, it’s secure to imagine that excellence can have some carryover from Saturday to Sunday. Drivers who end close to the entrance on Saturday can have decrease odds on Sunday.
The driving force with the bottom odds getting into the race is, in fact, Kyle Larson. Whereas Larson is on a heck of scorching streak in the intervening time, his odds are virtually too low to guess. Larson is simply +210 to win. It’s possible you’ll be higher off discovering worth elsewhere for Saturday whereas Larson goes for a fifth straight win.
Right here’s a take a look at what it is advisable to know for Saturday’s race. Make your picks correctly. After which make them much more correctly on Sunday. All odds are by way of BetMGM.
The favorites
Kyle Larson, +210
Denny Hamlin, +700
Chase Elliott, +800
Kyle Busch, +800
Kevin Harvick, +900
Larson’s scorching streak at Hendrick makes any of his stats with Chip Ganassi Racing irrelevant, however it’s price stating that he did have two top-five finishes in his final 4 races at Pocono. And he’s completed within the prime 12 in 9 of his 12 begins on the monitor. Elliott has proven pace just lately and completed third at Nashville earlier than he was disqualified for having too many free lug nuts. Busch was thirty eighth within the second race at Pocono a yr in the past. That broke a streak of eight consecutive top-10 finishes. That stretch included three wins.
Good mid-tier worth
Martin Truex Jr., +1200
Aric Almirola, +5000
Sure, we’re placing Truex into this class as he’s the No. 7 favourite on the board. He’s been nice at Pocono over the past 4 years when he hasn’t had mechanical troubles. Truex has completed within the prime 10 in six of the final eight Pocono races.
We talked about Almirola above and it seems that Stewart-Haas Racing has discovered some pace for his automobile over the previous two weeks. It’s price a flier for those who suppose it’s actual.
Don’t guess this driver
Erik Jones, +10000
We aren’t too positive why Jones’ odds are so comparatively low right here. They’re the identical as Matt DiBenedetto and higher than 5 drivers forward of him within the factors standings.
Searching for an extended shot?
Austin Dillon, +125000
Dillon is eleventh within the standings. And whereas he hasn’t flashed profitable pace up to now this season, he did rating a win at Texas over the summer time a yr in the past that seemingly got here out of nowhere forward of race weekend. How usually are you able to get a man simply outdoors of the highest 10 in factors at these odds? Not usually in any respect.
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