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Kyle Busch | +650 BET HERE |
Martin Truex Jr. | +650 BET HERE |
Kyle Larson | +700 BET HERE |
Denny Hamlin | +800 BET HERE |
Ryan Blaney | +1000 BET HERE |
Tyler Reddick | +1200 BET HERE |
William Byron | +1200 BET HERE |
Chase Elliott | +1200 BET HERE |
Alex Bowman | +1400 BET HERE |
Ross Chastain | +1500 BET HERE |
Christopher Bell | +1500 BET HERE |
Kurt Busch | +1600 BET HERE |
Joey Logano | +2000 BET HERE |
Austin Cindric | +2000 BET HERE |
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The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is NASCAR’s longest race, one that requires drivers to save both themselves and their equipment for the final 100 miles. It’s a race that starts in sunlight, progresses through twilight and finishes under the lights late at night.
Hence, keeping up with changing track conditions is as important as having a speed in a car. Sunday’s race will be contested over 400 laps (600 miles), with three stage breaks (instead of the usual two) after 100, 200 and 300 laps, making the Coke 600 the most valuable points race on the Cup Series calendar. Kyle Larson is the defending winner.
Kyle Larson already has something in common with one of his predecessors at Hendrick Motorsports.
Last year, Larson became the first NASCAR Cup Series driver since Jeff Gordon to win the Coca-Cola 600 and the series championship in the same year. Gordon accomplished the feat in both 1997 and 1998.
Justifiably, Larson is one of the favorites to win this year’s 600, and if he does so, he’ll join an exclusive club. Only six drivers have gone back-to-back in NASCAR’s longest race—Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Dale Earnhardt Sr., Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.
Johnson holds the record with three straight victories in NASCAR’s longest race (2003-2005).
For Larson, there are strong parallels between this season and last. He already has won one race this year. Last season, his second victory came in the Coke 600, and then the floodgates opened.
Larson went on to win 10 times and secured the championship with a victory at Phoenix, but he faces adversity in trying to duplicate his Charlotte triumph. After posting the fastest lap in Saturday’s practice, Larson hit the Turn 2 wall and was not able to run a qualifying lap as his team repaired the car.
But starting from the rear in a 600-mile race shouldn’t be an insurmountable impediment. We like Larson to overcome the “speed bump” and find Victory Lane.
As a bonus, Larson’s starting position lengthened his odds to +700 at DraftKings Sportsbook. That’s good news for those who fancy the reigning champion.
Last week at Texas Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch led the first 47 laps of the NASCAR All-Star Race before a freak accident ended his evening.
But that race was more reinforcement of Busch’s strength on 1.5-mile downforce tracks. Earlier this season, Busch finished fourth at Las Vegas after leading 49 laps and third at Kansas after leading 18 laps.
Charlotte is one of Busch’s favorite tracks, and we think he’ll be a strong contender for the win on Sunday night.
Busch is a superb diagnostician when it comes to the handling of his No. 18 Toyota, and he and crew chief Ben Beshore shouldn’t be befuddled by changing track conditions.
A victory isn’t out of the question, and a top-three finish is well worth consideration. Busch qualified fourth, and based on his race management skills alone, he’s worth considering as a co-favorite at +650 via DraftKings.
It seems like ages ago that Martin Truex Jr. led 392 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 and won the race by 2.572 seconds.
In reality, it was just six years ago to the day that Truex dominated the 500-mile marathon. But though Truex has had several respectable runs this season, he has yet to maximize the Next Gen car that was introduced into the NASCAR Cup Series this season.
It’s our feeling that Truex’s status as co-favorite for this year’s Coke 600 is based more on past performance than current reality.
Accordingly, we would recommend avoiding Truex (+650 DraftKings) when making your betting decision, even though he’s a three-time winner at Charlotte.
Truex qualified 14th, with no indication he’s ready to challenge for the win. There are much better bets on the board—pole-winner Denny Hamlin (+800) or second-place qualifier Kurt Busch (+1600), for two glaring examples.
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Coca-Cola 600 Information | |
Race | Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race |
Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Time | Sunday, May 29, 6 p.m. ET |
How to Watch | FOX |
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Award-winning motorsports writer Reid Spencer has served as lead writer for the NASCAR Wire Service for 16 years, having also spent a four-year stint as NASCAR columnist and beat writer for Sporting News. He is currently serving as president of the National Motorsports Press Association. Email: [email protected]
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