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Driver | Odds |
Zane Smith | +400 BET NOW |
John Hunter Nemechek | +450 BET NOW |
Corey Heim | +550 BET NOW |
Chandler Smith | +650 BET NOW |
Carson Hocevar | +800 BET NOW |
Ty Majeski | +1000 BET NOW |
Christian Eckes | +1000 BET NOW |
Ben Rhodes | +1000 BET NOW |
Stewart Friesen | +1200 BET NOW |
Grant Enfinger | +2000 BET NOW |
Matt Crafton | +3000 BET NOW |
Johnny Sauter | +3000 BET NOW |
Zane Smith to win the race at +400
Carson Hocevar to finish in the top three at +200
Zane Smith to beat John Hunter Nemechek heads-up at -120
Picks made on 07/28/2022 at 09:31 PM EST
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While the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series prepare to mix it up on the Grand Prix Course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will start its seven-race Playoff a few miles away at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
After an 11-year hiatus, the trucks return to the classic .686-mile short track for the first round of the elimination Playoff. After three races, the field of Playoff competitors will be cut from 10 drivers to eight.
Having captured the regular-season championship, Zane Smith enters the first Playoff race with a 15-point lead over second-place Chandler Smith (no relation). Despite that cushion, Zane has vowed not to change his approach in the Playoff and will race to win.
So far, he’s the only three-time winner in the series, and we think he’ll add a fourth on Friday. At +400 via DraftKings Sportsbook, he gets a reasonable price as the favorite.
In a jarring wreck at World Wide Technology Raceway in June, Carson Hocevar broke the tibia in his right leg, just above the ankle.
Cleared to race the following week at Sonoma, Hocevar—still walking with crutches—won the pole and finished sixth in the race.
After a 35th-place result on dirt at Knoxville Raceway, the result of an engine failure, Hocevar has finished third, third and fifth in his last three starts. We think he’ll finish in the top three at the Indy short track and urge a bet to that effect at +200.
Though the odds are short, we think this is a solid bet on a driver hungry to do well in the Playoff.
Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chandler Smith picked up his second victory of the season in the Playoff cutoff race last Saturday at Pocono.
In doing so, he claimed the second seed position on the Playoff grid, trailing Ford driver Zane Smith by 15 points.
However, we don’t see a good bet on Chandler Smith in Friday night’s race at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park short track.
Instead, we prefer a bet on Zane Smith to win his head-to-head matchup against John Hunter Nemechek at -120. Nemechek simply hasn’t been able to put a solid season together this year and has but one victory to show for his efforts.
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Race | TSports 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race |
Location | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park |
Time | Friday, July 29, 9 p.m. ET |
How to Watch | FS1 |
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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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