The NASCAR Cup Sequence returns to Richmond this weekend because the scuttle for the playoffs heats up. 5 of the 16 playoff spots can aloof be clinched with five races final in the long-established season, so literally everyone is aloof racing for the postseason after 21 races.
Championship chief Martin Truex Jr. is the fave in the scuttle, with Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell no longer a long way in the abet of. No matter the Gibbs Toyotas’ dominance at Richmond, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson and Josh Berry (driving for a then-injured Lope Elliott) finished 1-2 in the spring scuttle and again must aloof present a ambitious reveal.
Right here’s all the things it be valuable to snatch sooner than the Cook Out 400:
Computer screen: Richmond Raceway (0.75-mile tri-oval), Henrico County, Virginia Length: 400 laps for 300 miles Banking: Turns – 14 levels | Tri-oval – 8 levels | Backstretch – 2 levels 2022 winner: Kevin Harvick (4), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Top drivers and most productive bets for the Cook Out 400
Martin Truex Jr. has three profession wins at Richmond and enters the weekend because the fave, essentially based on BetMGM, with a +375 moneyline. Denny Hamlin (+500) and Kyle Larson (+600) — who contain been at the center of final week’s kerfuffle at Pocono — contain the next-most productive odds.
Ultimate odds to accumulate • Martin Truex Jr. +375 • Denny Hamlin +500 • Kyle Larson +600 • Christopher Bell +800 • William Byron +900 • Kevin Harvick +900
Yahoo Sports’ Prick Bromberg wrote earlier in the week on a pair of of the most productive bets for the weekend. He suggests right mid-tier stamp would possibly maybe presumably also be show in Larson’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Lope Elliott (+1600), and 23XI’s Tyler Reddick (+1800). Elliott has five top-five finishes in 14 begins at Richmond, while Toyota and 23XI contain been notably true this season on short tracks.
The forecast requires highs in the larger-90s and a 51 percent likelihood of rain for both days of Cup Sequence working. Three of the final four Cup Sequence races and five total contain been vastly impacted by rain this season, with Truex already having won two of them.