Ryan Blaney ended up beating Kevin Harvick by about a foot at last week’s YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, capping off an electric push to the checkered flag that featured plenty of drama over the last 10 laps. This made three career wins at Talladega for Blaney and locked him into the Round of 8. Harvick’s car was disqualified after the race for violations involving his windshield fasteners, so Blaney would have won anyway. That elevated William Byron and Denny Hamlin to second and third place, respectively. The race featured 70 lead changes among 24 drivers. Joey Logano led the most laps, with 48, but ended up settling for 24th place. This week brings the Bank of America ROVAL 400 from the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. Let’s look at the NASCAR Cup Series Odds for the field and our wager card suggestions.
NASCAR Cup Series Odds for Bank of America ROVAL 400 Preview: Brad Keselowski has the most to lose, just two points up on Tyler Reddick for the eighth position going into the Round of 8, which will start next weekend.
Odds to Win Bank of America ROVAL 400
Chase Elliott +600 William Byron +650
Tyler Reddick +700 Kyle Larson +850
Michael McDowell +900 AJ Allmendinger +1000
Martin Truex Jr +1200 Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell +1400
Denny Hamlin, Daniel Suarez +1800 Ty Gibbs +2000
Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher +2200 Ross Chastain, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano +2800
Austin Cindric +3000 Alex Bowman +3500
Chase Briscoe +4500 Brad Keselowski +6000
Erik Jones +6500 Justin Haley +8000
Bubba Wallace +9000 Zane Smith, Ryan Preece, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Austin Dillon +10000
Todd Gilliland, Mike Rockenfeller, Corey Lajoie, Austin Hill,
Aric Almirola +25000 Harrison Burton +50000
Ty Dillon, Andy Lally +90000 Josh Bilicki +100000
NASCAR Cup Series Odds | Bank of America ROVAL 400 Race Lines
There is a rumor going around that the ROVAL won’t host any more races after this weekend. This could lead to some wild driving, as the ROVAL can get ugly in a hurry, with crashes coming in bunches. Turn 1 is insane, the back stretch is dangerous, and the infield portion simply should not feature competition among stock cars, and this race will also feature artificial stage cautions. With all of this chaos going on, there is a lot of room for the long shots to come and steal a win.
Chase Elliott is a superstar going through a major funk, but just like every televised professional sport, NASCAR needs its superstars to win. The decision to set up the artificial stage cautions ahead of time means that early pit strategy comes into play. Since he doesn’t need stage points (being outside the playoffs), he will pit early between stages and end up with a place in the top five, an ideal location for a driver who has seven road course wins and two wins at the ROVAL.
AJ Allmendinger is a four-time winner at the ROVAL in the Xfinity Series, taking four straight victories from 2019 to 2022. He finished in the top five here in the Cup Series last year as well as a top-ten finish here in 2018.
Kyle Busch can only advance realistically to the Round of 8 with a victory here. This means that he will also leave the stage points in the table and pit cycle early to go after the win. He is driving the No. 8 RCR Chevy, which Tyler Reddick drove to two different road course wins in 2022. In this car, he had two runner-up results and another top-five finish in his first three road races. In the last two ROVAL races, he has come in third and fourth, respectively.
Austin Cindric is a terrific road course driver and is also outside the playoffs. He also doesn’t have to protect Ryan Blaney, a teammate who is already in the Round of 8. Cindric has two top-ten finishes on road courses this year, and he had four top-ten finishes on these courses a year ago. He has five wins on road courses in the Xfinity Series.
NASCAR Cup Series Odds | Bank of America ROVAL 400 Race Lines
Driver Standings
Pos
Driver
Points
Team
1
William Byron
3136
Chevrolet
2
Ryan Blaney
3078
Ford
3
Denny Hamlin
3108
Toyota
4
Christopher Bell
3080
Toyota
5
Chris Buescher
3077
Ford
6
Martin Truex Jr.
3075
Toyota
7
Kyle Larson
3039
Chevrolet
8
Brad Keselowski
3060
Ford
Manufacturer Standings
Pos
Team
Points
1
Chevrolet
1144
2
Toyota
1075
3
Ford
1064
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