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John Hunter Nemechek | +300 BET HERE |
Zane Smith | +600 BET HERE |
Chandler Smith | +600 BET HERE |
Ben Rhodes | +700 BET HERE |
Grant Enfinger | +900 BET HERE |
Carson Hocevar | +1200 BET HERE |
Corey Heim | +1200 BET HERE |
Ty Majeski | +1500 BET HERE |
Christian Eckes | +1500 BET HERE |
Stewart Friesen | +1800 BET HERE |
Matt Crafton | +1800 BET HERE |
Riley Herbst | +2000 BET HERE |
Matt DiBenedetto | +3000 BET HERE |
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After a trip to rural South Carolina, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ventures to the Midwest for the Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile intermediate track.
Saturday night’s race will be contested over 134 laps (201 miles), with stage breaks scheduled after 30 and 60 laps. Kyle Busch won last year’s Kansas race, but he isn’t in the field for Saturday’s event this year.
After close runner-up finishes at two distinctly different NASCAR tracks—Bristol Dirt and Darlington—19-year-old Carson Hocevar appears poised to take the next step in his Camping World Truck Series career.
In those two races, the driver of the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet showed that he’s comfortable running at the front of the pack, and we think he’s an excellent choice to win Saturday’s race—at a good price (+1200 via DraftKings Sportsbook).
Hocevar says:
We have a lot to look forward to at Kansas this week,
Producing consecutive second-place finishes is big for not only myself but Niece Motorsports and the No. 42 team, too. It’s really good to show the improvements we’ve made and to have a lot of points in the bank that we did not have three weeks ago.
The ability to show our speed at three completely different race tracks over the past month is encouraging, and I have a lot of confidence in our intermediate program.
Nearly two years before Carson Hocevar was born, Matt Crafton took the green flag for the first time at Kansas Speedway. That was in 2001.
Crafton is the only driver who has competed in all 23 Camping World Truck Series races at the 1.5-mile track. And he’s the only driver in the Heart of America 200 field who has claimed victory at Kansas.
In fact, Crafton is a three-time winner at the speedway located in Wyandotte County on the Kansas side of Kansas City. Nevertheless, Crafton is listed at +1800 to win via DraftKings, despite his extensive credentials.
The 45-year-old Crafton is fresh from a fifth-place run at Darlington, and we like him to finish in the top three (+500) and top five (+200) at one of his best tracks.
Stewart Friesen built his reputation as a driver on the dirt tracks of the Northeast, but he also has shown considerable skill on the asphalt tracks of the Camping World Truck Series.
Predictably, Friesen claimed one of his two career Truck Series victories on the Eldora Speedway dirt track, but his other win came on the asphalt at Phoenix Raceway.
Earlier this season, Friesen finished third at Las Vegas, the intermediate speedway that most closely resembles Kansas.
Beyond that, Friesen has finished on the lead lap in all seven Truck Series races this season. His worst finish of the year is 16th, and he’s fourth in the series standings.
At +1800 via DraftKings, we think Friesen is the best long-shot pick on the board, and we also like him to run top-three and top-five at the same odds afforded Matt Crafton above.
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Heart of America 200 Information | |
Race | Heart of America 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race |
Location | Kansas Speedway |
Time | Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m. ET |
How to Watch | FS1 |
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