Sport Clips Haircuts 200 Predictions: Cup Moonlighters Cause Complications

• Christopher Bell is back as the winner of the 2024 Playoff race at Darlington.

• Chase Elliott won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Lady in Black.

• Justin Allgaier is a three-time Darlington winner available at excellent odds.

Sport Clips Haircuts 200 Betting Odds

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Our Picks for the Sport Clips Haircuts 200

• Justin Allgaier to win the race at +600 via bet365

• Taylor Gray to finish in the top five at +650 via bet365

Sport Clips Haircuts 200 Predictions

Defending Winner Christopher Bell Enters Race as Heavy Favorite

Christopher Bell won last year’s fall NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington in a runaway.

Bell claimed the pole position in time trials and proceeded to lead 108 of 150 laps in the overtime affair.

Bell, one of three full-time Cup drivers at or near the top of the board for this race, is set to make his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start of the season on Saturday, and he’s heavily favored to win the Sport Clips Haircuts 200 at +140 via bet365 Sportsbook.

Given that Bell is making his first start of the season in NASCAR’s junior series, and given that his odds are so short, we’ll look elsewhere for our winner this week.

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Chase Elliott Has a Formidable History at Challenging Lady in Black

Current full-time Cup driver Chase Elliott pulled off a rare feat when he won at Darlington Raceway in his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start there in 2014.

Few drivers acclimate to the famed Lady in Black as quickly as Elliott, who went on to win the series title that year.

However, Elliott hasn’t won at the 1.366-mile egg-shaped track since then, either in the Xfinity Series or Cup Series.

Though he’s a tempting proposition at +700 via bet365, we think there’s a better combination of probability and value on the board.

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Justin Allgaier Brings Great Momentum to One of His Best Tracks

Justin Allgaier is one of four former Darlington winners competing in Saturday’s race, the others being Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell and Brandon Jones.

There’s one major difference that separates Allgaier from the other three. The driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has three victories at the track—the others, one each.

Allgaier is the defending winner of Saturday’s race. In fact, all three of his victories have come in his last eight races at Darlington, with all eight of those events resulting in top-10 finishes.

That streak of consecutive top 10s, incidentally, is one short of Mark Martin’s record at the track.

Allgaier already has two wins this season, both at downforce speedways, and we expect him to add a third on Saturday at +600 via bet365.

We also like Taylor Gray, a hard-luck loser last week at Martinsville, to finish in the top five at +650 via bet365.

(Our saving grace in last Saturday’s wreck fest at Martinsville was picking Austin Hill to finish in the top three at +500 via bet365. He won the race.)

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How to Watch the Sport Clips Haircuts 200

• Race: Sport Clips Haircuts 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race

• Location: Darlington Raceway

• Time: Saturday, April 5, 3:30 p.m. ET

• How to Watch: The CW