The Busch beer company ran a contest to raise money for American farmers, allowing donors to suggest names for this Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. The four finalists were: Busch Latte 400, Farmers 400, Cobb’s Nectar 400 and the Buschy McBusch 400. By a landslide, the last of the four won, and so we ended up with this peculiarly named event. Brad Keselowki won the GEICO 500 a week ago at Talladega Superspeedway, but now we move to an intermediate track for this Sunday’s event. You can catch the action starting at 3:00 pm Eastern time on FS1, with the radio call on Motor Radio Network.
We have the NASCAR betting odds as well as some wager card suggestions.
NASCAR News: Cup Series Buschy McBusch Race 400 Preview
| Driver | Odds |
| Denny Hamlin | +450 |
| Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Larson | +550 |
| Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney | +800 |
| Chase Elliott, Joey Logano | +1000 |
| Kyle Busch | +1200 |
| William Byron, Alex Bowman | +2000 |
| Christopher Bell | +3000 |
| Kurt Busch | +4000 |
| Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick | +6000 |
| Matt DiBenedetto, Aric Almirola | +8000 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ryan Newman | +12500 |
| Bubba Wallace, Cole Custer, Chris Buescher, Erik Jones | +20000 |
| Daniel Suarez | +25000 |
| Austin Cindric, Michael McDowell, Ross Chastain | +30000 |
| Ryan Preece | +50000 |
| Anthony Alfredo, Justin Haley | +250000 |
| Josh Bilicki, B.J. McLeod, Cody Ware, Matt Mills, Garrett Smithley, Joey Gase, Corey LaJoie, Quin Houff | +500000 |
Kyle Larson has dominated the last two intermediate track races. He won two intermediate races ago, at Las Vegas, and he was rolling in Atlanta before Joey Logano sandbagged on purpose and then caused Larson problems, giving Ryan Blaney an opening to swipe the win.
Brad Keselowski did well at Kansas in 2020, and he fared better in the July race, which should feature a setup that is closer to this event than the autumn race. On restarts, Keselowski has also been solid. At Kansas, he’ll have a combo of long run speed (which benefits him because of his car) and restarts, which means that he should do well here. He also has the momentum of last week’s victory.
Martin Truex Jr could not tape his car up in the autumn race here last year due to the cold weather. He had an edge in speed, but a lot of his competitors were able to get the tape job done, so the edge was negated. In July, his car was the best one in the race, but he had trouble out of restarts, so he couldn’t take advantage.
Denny Hamlin had a solid car in both of the 2020 races in Kansas. Given that one race took place at 100 degrees and the other was the coldest event in NASCAR in five seasons, and he did well in both, is a testament to his team. In July, he won, and he would have been right there at the end in the fall but a penalty held him out.
Kevin Harvick showed speed in both Kansas races here a year ago, but he couldn’t win either one. His autumn race was better — but the setup here will be like last year’s summer race, so he might be someone you leave off.
Kyle Busch raced well in July here, but Stage 3 gassed him out. At Atlanta, for the last intermediate track race, he moved into third place within just a few laps. He should be able to contend here, and he’s definitely ready to win a Cup Series race.
Chase Elliott had terrific long run speed in the autumn race at Kansas, but the radio was not working, so Elliott’s capacity for maneuvering was limited. A faulty restart in Stage 3 was the biggest problem that he had.
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