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Last week, Kyle Busch roared to victory in the Pala Casino 400 race in the NASCAR Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway. Busch snagged the lead from Ross Chastain on Lap 165 and got it back on Lap 180 after a series of green-flag pit stops, as the race finished under green for the last 55 laps. He finished ahead of Chase Elliott by 2.998 seconds. This gives Busch 61 career wins, the most of any active driver and the ninth-most of all time. This gives him 19 straight seasons with at least one win in the Cup Series, which broke a tie with Richard Petty, the seven-time champion. This week, the series moves to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400.

The race is set for Sunday at 3:30 pm Eastern time, with the broadcast on FOX. Check out the NASCAR betting odds for each driver, as well as our wager card suggestions.

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Daniel Suarez is an interesting value pick. Last week, he also came wit +5000 odds but ended up finishing fourth – without moving up the list. Suarez is viewed by the betting community as the driver who flamed out with both JGR and SHR, rather than the driver that both teams really overlooked. Remember that he won the Xfinity Series title when he was on a team that supported him, and Trackhouse Racing is behind him. He has speed. In last year’s fall Vegas race, Suarez led 31 laps (fifth most) and had the third-most fast laps. His teammate, Ross Chastain, was tops in laps led and was the runner-up. Trackhouse had these two drivers’ setups down at the intermediate tracks to finish 2022, and their drivers came in third and fourth on a similar track at Auto Club last year. Chastain is a favorite, but Suarez finished just one spot behind him and comes with a lot better value.

Kyle Busch was cruising to a win at the spring Vegas race last year, but then the yellow flag went up. Busch had led 49 laps (second most) before a caution came on lap 267. The Hendrick team took two tires, which led to Alex Bowman swiping a backdoor victory in overtime. Busch did total his car in the practice for that race and entered the event in 37th place with virtually no practice in the Gen 7 car. Also, JGR had just finished failing their first test in the new package. All of this went against him, and he still almost won. Busch won last week when the race did not feature a late caution, and if Stage 3 is green in Las Vegas, the same thing could happen.

Chase Elliott is a streaky driver; he wins a lot of races, but he also grabs runner-up results and finishes on podiums. At Auto Club last week, Elliott just couldn’t catch Busch and finish second after beginning the race in the very back. His No. 9 Hendrick Chevy seemed like the only real competition with Busch’s #8 RCR Chevy. Las Vegas is Elliott’s second chance to swipe the win. Balance is a key factor on an intermediate track like this, but raw speed is important too – and Elliott has raw speed.

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Kyle Larson, fresh off a NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2021, won his first race of 2022 at the Wise Power 400 last weekend. Austin Dillon mounted a late charge but lost by 0.195 seconds. This was Larson’s second win at Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California, and teh 17th victory of Larson’s career. Larson had started at the back of the field due to unapproved changes to his Camaro, but he managed to take the lead away from Joey Logano in Lap 167 (or 200) and kept it for 27 of the last 34 laps of the race, which featured a dozen cautions over 59 laps. Tyler Reddick had been leading for much of the race until he had a flat on Lap 152, which ended up in a situation where William Byron’s sliding car ran into him. We have the NASCAR Odds for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, set to start at 3:30 pm Eastern time. You can catch the broadcast on FOX; read on for the odds and wager card suggestions.

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Kyle Larson is still the favorite. He won 11 races last year, and he won the Cup Series championship. He already has an opportunistic win this year, well on a pace that would push him past those 11 wins.

Tyler Reddick doesn’t have much side force in his Next Gen car, but if you run right by the wall, you can get that downforce anyway, thanks to the suction that appears between the wall and the car. Of course, running right by the wall brings significant risk – but Reddick is a fearless driver, at least for now.

Chase Elliott has shown that he can recover from spinning out, as we saw last week, when he came back to contend for the lead after a spin of his own. However, he could not overcome Kyle Larson wrecking him. The low-downforce package is not as forgiving as the high package that drivers have been using the last three seasons, so spin recovery will be a much-needed skill for winning drivers.

Joey Logano had a difficult time with the setup last week, but his team figured things out and he almost came back to snag the win. Practice sessions are shorter this season, making adjustments during the race more important, so when you have a crew chief that can master those during a race, you have a huge advantage.

Ryan Blaney had the top car last week – and ended up finishing 18th. It’s possible that he has a curse, as a corded tire kept him out of the winner’s circle in his last race here, and his pit crew set him back 93 spots in last week’s race. Surely he will have better results in Vegas?

William Byron excelled in the last low-downforce intermediate track race, in Nashville last year. His practice runs were fast, and despite having to start in the rear, he came in third. He was in third in Stage 3 last week before running into Tyler Reddick, so look for him to push hard again this week.

Alex Bowman went from fourth place in lap 179 at the restart last week to 25th in Lap 180 after running into the wall. If he can adjust to the new package and its risks, he will get impressive finishes.

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NASCAR’s weekend in Las Vegas comes to an end on Sunday afternoon, as the Pennzoil 400 is set for 3:50 pm Eastern time from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is an important track when it comes to starting position; over the last 15 years, the winner has come out of the top five starting positions nine times in 18 events. Qualifying, during the COVID-19 pandemic, is based on previous race results and team owner rankings, along with other factors, so building that position from one week to the next is crucial.

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Chase Elliott had the best car at the spring race at Las Vegas a year ago, but then a valve stem broke and his day was over. He had the second fastest car here at last year’s fall race, but a series of badly timed cautions pushed him to ninth place for the restart in overtime. He went high, but it didn’t pay off because no one followed, and he dropped out of the top 20. Bad luck can’t doom him here three times in a row, can it?

Denny Hamlin got shipped to the back in the spring race, as a penalty forced him to a poor start. In the fall race last year, he dominated the race for most of the way and even was able to overcome those badly timed cautions, but he ended up settling for third. After a terrific 2020, he’s due here.

Joey Logano won here in the spring race, as the season’s first 1 ½-mile track race with high downforce paid off for him. He also won at Kansas, in the second-to-last race on a 1 ½-mile track. In between, the season was a long march of futility. He lucked out in both of those wins, but there are times when fortune favors the bold.

Ryan Blaney does well on tracks that offer a lot of grip, and in a daytime race you have to have reasonably low temperatures to maintain that grip. That paid off for Blaney in the night race at Homestead, but last week the hotter surface did not help him. This week should be cooler, and Vegas’ track is newer.

Kevin Harvick came into the spring Vegas race last year with a car in the top three. In the fall, he underperformed, in part because his team had a difficult time projecting the setup, in part because of iffy driving.

William Byron is an interesting sleeper pick. In the spring Vegas race last year, he picked up 18 points for fast laps — and he was running near the back of the top ten. He has some speed, and he can bring it. Will he amp up his game and actually contend?

Martin Truex Jr had an average running position of 2.8 through the initial two stages of last year’s spring Vegas race. He got a penalty during the break for stage three, which sent him back into the pack, and he also got some damage after a restart. The fall race saw him with a top-three car but without that burst of speed to take over the race.

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After rain pushed the Daytona 500 back, Denny Hamlin emerged from the chaos of a late crash to win this race for the second year in a row and for the third time overall. This week, NASCAR heads west to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400, set for Sunday, February 23, at 3:30pm Eastern time, with the broadcast on FOX. This is the first intermediate track that NASCAR will visit this year. There are a number of drivers who historically have performed well in Vegas, so they should be drivers that you consider. We have put together a list of the sports betting odds for each driver as well as our suggestions for your wagering cards. Let’s see how the NASCAR betting odds will be for the 2020 Pennzoil 400.

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Joey Logano won the 2018 Pennzoil 400 and has eight consecutive top-ten finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including five in the top five. Paul Wolfe came over from Brad Keselowski’s team to become Logano’s crew chief, and Keselowski has had a lot of success in Vegas with Wolfe as his crew chief in the past.

Martin Truex Jr has won two of the last five races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and he comes in as the defending Pennzoil 400 champion. He has four top-five finishes in the last five races on this track, and if you look back over his last 12 starts in Vegas, he has finished in the top twenty every time.

Brad Keselowski would likely be the favorite if Wolfe had not left his team. Keselowski is one to consider, though, as he has three wins in the last eight races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and he has nine consecutive top-seven finishes here. Changing to a new crew chief is a major transition that can lead to some hiccups in the early going, though, so you might wait and see how Keselowski does in his first few races with his new chief before committing money to his results.

Kevin Harvick has driven well here over the last four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with three stage wins and three runner-up finishes in stages. In his last seven races overall, Harvick has a pair of victories. He is always one of the contenders near the front of the pack, so despite the lengthy victory drought he had last season, his track record makes him a regular favorite.

Kyle Busch won the whole Cup Series last year and views Las Vegas Motor Speedway as his home track. However, he only has one victory here in his career. He has cracked the top five four times in his last eight races overall, but with the iffy history here and the lack of value that comes with betting on a favorite, I might wait until a more favorable track to wager on him.

Kyle Larson has three top-three finishes in his last five races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Last season saw Larson running with a terrific car but encountering bad luck in a number of races. Luck tends to change over time, and as solid as Larson’s technique and preparation are, he will start winning, and this is a track where he does well.

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The Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the 2019 Pennzoil 400 this weekend. So far we have seen two different drivers cross at the checkered flag this season, as Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 and Brad Keselowski won last week. Harvick is the favorite to win it all in Vegas. You can catch the action starting at 3:30pm Eastern time on Sunday, March 3, on FOX. We have the NASCAR betting odds as well as suggestions for your wagers.

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Kevin Harvick is the favorite for a reason, and he looked headed for a second straight win a week ago, but things fell apart near the end and he ended up finishing fourth. His consistency is still rock solid, though, as he has four finishes in the top five in his last five starts. He has raced well at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, winning twice in his last five starts here, and he is the defending champion of this event. He also took a number of checkered flags here as part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He also has a track record (no pun intended) of starting seasons well, as he has at least one victory in the first month of the year in four of the last five seasons.

Kyle Larson hasn’t won in a while, but he has been a regular top-15 finisher lately. He has an average finish of 2.3 in his last three races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series — as well as a win and a runner-up result here as part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series. So if there’s a time to pick him to win here, this might be the week.

Brad Keselowski won in Atlanta last week — his second win in that race in the last three years. He has won at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in three of his last six starts, and his average finish in his last seven races here is 3.4. He offers a little more value than Harvick despite these numbers, and that extra value has me putting him on his card.

Martin Truex Jr pushed Keselowski hard in Atlanta last week but came up short. Even so, he has four top-five finishes in his last seven starts. He won the Pennzoil 400 two years ago and has four top-four finishes in his last five races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He doesn’t offer a whole lot of value, but his probability is high enough for you to consider him.

Erik Jones is our dark horse this week. He has finished in an average of fifth place the last two weeks, and he has six top-eight finishes in his last nine races. With this high value, it would take just a single victory to make him pay off, so I’m going to add him as well. He is definitely due for a checkered flag soon based on the way he’s been driving.

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On Sunday afternoon, the 2018 edition of the Pennzoil 400 will take place at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. You can pick up the excitement at 3:30 Eastern time on FOX. This is the 21st running of this event and is one of two NASCAR races from Vegas. Over the last eight years, the winning driver has come across in fewer than three hours, making this one of the faster events to watch on the NASCAR circuit. Our online auto racing betting preview contains five drivers you should consider as you plan your wagers for the weekend.

2018 Pennzoil 400 Betting Preview & Prediction – March 4th

Kevin Harvick

After posting a big win at the Monster Energy race in Atlanta, Harvick is definitely someone you want to consider here. Once he picks up a win, he tends to develop streaks — over the last seven years, he has won races on back-to-back weeks on three different occasions, and he has also brought home multiple first-place trophies within the same month as well. He won this race three years ago, and in his last five appearances on this track, he has a three top-9 finishes.

Denny Hamlin

Denny Hamlin has been a remarkably consistent driver — who has been denied a victory so far in 2018. At Daytona, he came in third, and in Atlanta, he came in fourth. In his last nine races, he has eight top-10 finishes. That sort of consistency is bound to pay off at some point. At the Pennzoil 400, he has had somewhat iffy results, but he has been in the top six in two of the last three years, so he’s definitely someone to keep an eye on.

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr. finished in fifth place in Atlanta, adding to a streak of 10 top-five finishes in his last twelve races. That means that he is in position to win at every race and will eventually break through. He won the Pennzoil 400 a year ago and came in second back in 2015. In his last seven races on this speedway, he has four top-10 finishes. You’ll definitely want to keep Truex on your card for this one.

Jimmie Johnson

He’s on this list on the basis of reputation alone — as opposed to recent history. He has finished no higher than 27th in his last five events — but he has four Pennzoil 400 trophies in his case, so we have to mention him here. Now, the last time he walked off with first prize in Vegas was back in 2010, but there is still no one with more victories here. On this track, he has four top-six finishes in his last six races, so if there is a place for him to find redemption, it may be this track in Sin City.

Brad Keselowski

Brad Keselowski was the runner-up last week in Atlanta, and in his last eight races, he has five top-seven finishes. He won three races last season overall. He is also one of five repeat winners at the Pennzoil 400, and he won most recently two years ago. In his last five races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he has come in with the top seven each time.

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