2018 South Point 400 Odds & Preview

NASCAR returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first week of the postseason, as the 2018 South Point 400 opens the chase for the season title. The track will run much differently than it did earlier this season, as the track has sat in temperatures well over 100 degrees for much of the summer, which will make for a much harder surface than drivers encountered when the temperatures were under 60 degrees earlier this year. The action is set for 3:00pm Eastern time on sunday, with NBC Sports carrying the broadcast (and Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90). The track is a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, and the race consists of 267 laps, in three stages, the first two of 80 laps each and the last consisting of 107 laps. We’ve put together the NASCAR odds for the contenders as well as a list of drivers for you to include on your wager card.

2018 South Point 400 Odds & Preview

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Latest 2018 Las Vegas South Point 400 Odds

• Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch                                                                          5/2
• Martin Truex Jr                                                                                              9/2
• Kyle Larson                                                                                                   6/1
• Brad Keselowski                                                                                           10/1
• Erik Jones, Joey Logano                                                                             15/1
• Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, Clint Bowyer                            20/1
• Denny Hamlin                                                                                                25/1
• Aric Almirola                                                                                                 40/1
• Jimmie Johnson                                                                                           50/1
• Alex Bowman, Daniel Suarez, Paul Menard                                              100/1
• Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon                                        200/1
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr, William Byron                                                                        300/1
• Trevor Bayne                                                                                     500/1
• Chris Buescher, Kasey Kahne, Darrell Wallace Jr, AJ Allmendinger    1000/1
• Michael McDowell, Ty Dillon                                                                       2000/1
• FIELD                                                                                                             500/1

The odds on Brad Keselowski seem high, given that he has won the last two NASCAR events outright and has four top-three finishes in his last eight races overall. If that’s not enough, he has won two first-place trophies at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and has six consecutive top-8 finishes on this track. With that value, he’s almost an automatic wager. Erik Jones offers a little more value as far as odds go, likely because he only has one career win on his resume. However, he has nine top-10 finishes in his last 11 races, and his consistency has been impressive. He hasn’t done all that well at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as he makes his third appearance this weekend without having cracked the top ten. He has remained in the hunt for a second win, so consider him as you wager. If you want to put a driver down with major value, think about Jamie McMurray. He has three top-10 finishes in his last five starts, including coming in seventh a week ago at the Brickyard 400. He has finished outside the top 10 in eight of his 12 races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but he does have a lot of experience here, including action in the Xfinity Series. If he can take some of his recent consistency and turn it into a win, he could bring massive profits to a savvy bettor. Martin Truex Jr has hit a bit of a slump lately, failing to make the top 10 in four straight races. However, he won at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway two years ago and came in fourth at the spring race there. This could be a terrific place for him to get back on track after a number of poor races, so now that his value has crept upward, this could be the time to write him down. Kyle Larson has yet to win in 2018, but he has three top ten finishes at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in five starts. In four Xfinity Series starts on this track, he was in the top three on three different occasions. This could be a great weekend for him to make a splash in NASCAR.