Seriously? Kyle Larson is the favorite with all he has to do this week?
William Byron needs a boost as regular season enters second half.
It’s about time for Martin Truex Jr. to produce another dominating win.
Odds taken from DraftKings Sportsbook. Click the odds in the table below and claim a No Sweat First Bet up to $1,500.
Driver | Odds |
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Kyle Larson | +450 BET HERE |
Denny Hamlin | +600 BET HERE |
Tyler Reddick | +800 BET HERE |
Ryan Blaney | +900 BET HERE |
William Byron | +1000 BET HERE |
Martin Truex Jr. | +1000 BET HERE |
Chase Elliott | +1100 BET HERE |
Brad Keselowski | +1200 BET HERE |
Christopher Bell | +1300 BET HERE |
Chris Buescher | +1300 BET HERE |
Ty Gibbs | +1400 BET HERE |
Martin Truex Jr. to win the race at +1000 via DraftKings
Denny Hamlin to beat Kyle Larson head-to-head at -105 via DraftKings
We were almost wrong about Kyle Larson last week—but not quite. After two helicopter rides and a plane trip from Indianapolis, Larson still made a respectable showing in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro.
After a tire change at the 150-lap mark, Larson charged forward and challenged for the runner-upspot before fading to fourth at the finish.
Oddsmakers have Larson as the favorite for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at +450 via DraftKings Sportsbook, but frankly, we can’t see it.
Larson will start Sunday at Indianapolis, where he hopes to race in the Indy 500, but the weather is dubious for that event. He’ll have to travel to Charlotte for the start of the Coke 600 at 6 p.m.
That’s just too much running around to be a factor in the Coke 600.
It’s bordering on absurd to say that a driver who has won three of the first 13 races of the NASCAR Cup Series season needs a jump-start.
Of late, however, William Byron hasn’t shown the form that carried him to those three victories in the first eight races.
He suffered consecutive finishes of 33rd and 23rd at Dover and Kansas, respectively, before running sixth at Darlington.
Bottom line? It’s been a long tome since Byron has been in position to challenge for a win. That could change at Charlotte, where the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet has a pole, two top fives and three top 10s in seven starts.
We can’t say we don’t like Byron at +1000 via DraftKings, but there’s another driver we like better.
Martin Truex Jr. has been consistently fast this season, as his second position in the NASCAR Cup Series standings will attest.
A series of gremlins, however, has kept the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota out of Victory Lane - be it misguided strategy, pit road snafus, mechanical issues or ill-timed cautions.
This week, Truex comes to one of his best tracks. At Charlotte Motor Speedway, he boasts three victories, one of which was a study in absolute domination.
In the 2016 Coca-Cola 600, Truex led 392 laps totaling 588 of 600 miles, the latter a record for a NASCAR race.
All told, Truex has led 1,059 laps at the 1.5-mile track, and we think he’ll lead the last one on Sunday. At +1000 via DraftKings, Truex is priced attractively, too.
What: Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series Race
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway
When: Sunday, May 26, 6 p.m. ET
How to Watch: FOX
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