Category: NASCAR

On Sunday Talladega Superspeedway plays host to the 10th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. It also marks the third drafting race of the year, which combined with last year’s six races, gives us a nice eight-race sample size in the Next Gen car to analyze. Books have been pretty stingy with their…

One of my biggest flaws as a NASCAR bettor is making too many wagers, whether it be FOMO, a thirst for action or simply a lack of discipline altogether. However, I will take this moment to pat myself on the back by saying that I have done a very good job of minimizing the number…

Death, taxes and rain in the NASCAR weather forecast for Martinsville Speedway. The spring race at Martinsville is no stranger to wet weather, and it appears that NASCAR may once again have to dodge the rain for Sunday’s NOCO 400 (3 p.m. ET, FS1). In fact, Saturday night’s Craftsman Truck Series race was delayed multiple…

It’s Martinsville day, it’s Martinsville day! OK, not as catchy as Daytona day, and the race isn’t for two days, but I’m sure you can guess where this is going. The “adults” in the Walsh household bribed a couple of babysitters (grandmas) and are headed to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday’s NOCO 400 (3 p.m. ET,…

While perusing early NASCAR odds for Sunday’s NOCO 400 (3 p.m. ET, FS1) at Martinsville Speedway, my eyes were quickly drawn to a handful of drivers with longshot value. While I’m not interested in betting sleepers for Martinsville outright at this point, it’s tough to pass on some of the prop bet value that’s available…

The NASCAR weather report has already had a significant impact on the weekend’s activity ahead of Sunday’s Food City Dirt Race (7 p.m. ET, FOX). Both NASCAR Cup Series practices were canceled on Friday due to rain, and while precipitation did fall on Saturday, it wasn’t enough to wash out or even delay yesterday’s on-track…

The NASCAR Cup Series is going dirt racing once again. Easter Sunday marks the third annual Food City Bristol Dirt Race (7 p.m. ET, FOX), where drivers get down and dirty for 250 laps on the high banks of Bristol. There’s been a bit of chaos in both Bristol Dirt races, and with a two-race…

Richmond Raceway plays host to the second short-flat track race of the NASCAR Cup Series season. Three weeks ago, Cup cars were at Phoenix Raceway to debut the new low-downforce package that is being used at road courses and shorter flat tracks. At Phoenix, the package contributed to higher tire wear than in past years.…

Chevrolet dominated qualifying for today’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA). William Byron won the pole position for the Sunday race (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX), and Chevy claimed eight of the top 10 starting spots. That doesn’t even include defending race winner Ross Chastain or Kyle Larson, the odds-on-favorite coming into…

The second drafting race of the year goes green at Atlanta Motor Speedway this afternoon (3 p.m. ET, FOX). With no practice and with just a single qualifying session, we’re mostly reliant on performance at similar tracks, including last year’s two races at Atlanta to handicap the race. My strategy at drafting tracks is to…

The new low-downforce aerodynamic package is front and center for today’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. With the new package drivers are talking about how the cars are slipping and sliding around. That leaves more to the drivers’ control, while at the same time creating enhanced tire wear compared to past races here.…

The NASCAR Cup Series is in Sin City for 400 miles of intermediate track racing. Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX) takes place at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval. Las Vegas is steadily moving from a moderate to high tire wear track. While the tire wear isn’t on the level of Auto…

The NASCAR Cup Series visits Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX). I’ll spare you all of the forced gambling references – I’m sure you’ll hear plenty of those throughout the day today – to focus specifically on my favorite bet based on the latest NASCAR odds. To determine my…

Following stops at Daytona and Auto Club, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Las Vegas for its third points race of the 2023 season. My personal betting strategy is to still remain very conservative until we get more races under our belts and data to analyze, but that doesn’t mean I’m passing altogether early this…

Speedweeks provided a shockingly profitable start to the NASCAR season for me. I say “shockingly” because, frankly, that is not usually the case. And yes, I’d be remiss if I failed to disclose that my wife’s bet on Ricky Stenhouse to win the Daytona 500 at 40-1 NASCAR odds did most of my bankroll’s heavy-lifting.…

Following a gorgeous afternoon last weekend in Daytona, NASCAR weather is once again a hot topic ahead of Sunday’s Pala Casino 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX) at Auto Club Speedway. Rain and snow, yes snow, washed out all track activity on Saturday, including Cup Series practice, qualifying and the XFINITY Series race. So what does…

The “First Family of the Action Network” are packing their bags and heading south to the Daytona 500. OK, so the whole family is flying down, but I’ll be damned if I’m taking a 4-year-old to one of the best events of the year.  That’s a big ole NOPE for me. So while my kids…

The Daytona 500 weather forecast for Sunday’s season-opening NASCAR race looked clear for most of the week, but unfortunately, that has changed. Friday night’s Truck Series race was delayed multiple times due to rain, before officially being called after just 79 of the scheduled 100 laps due to wet conditions. The Daytona 500 weather forecast,…

NASCAR odds for the Daytona 500 have now settled in following four straight days of on-track activity. Qualifying took place on Wednesday, followed by the Duel races on Thursday with Cup Series practice sessions on both Friday and Saturday, all of which influence the latest NASCAR odds for the Daytona 500. So, let’s go ahead…

I love the Daytona 500. If forced to pick only one race to watch this weekend, I’d of course pick the Daytona 500. But if forced to bet on only one race at Daytona this weekend, then we’d have a problem. If you shot me with truth serum, or simply hung around for more than…

It’s the NASCAR XFINITY Series’ turn to take on Daytona International Raceway for Saturday’s Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300 (5 p.m. ET, FS1). This race is always an exciting one and has produced some long-shot winners in the past as well, making the NASCAR odds board very interesting whenever the XFINITY Series visits Daytona.…

With sports media spending last week covering the Super Bowl, many missed the most important news of the week: the debut of Action Network’s NASCAR podcast, “Running Hot” with Nick Giffen and Stevie Young! Fortunately for NASCAR fans, you can find Nick and Stevie’s 2023 championship futures and win total picks in the first episode…

Caesars Sportsbook just released its top manufacturer props, and my model is showing plenty of value. I’ll go through one bet in each manufacturer that stands out to me. At the end of this write-up, I also have a downloadable prop calculator for you. You can use it to plug in book odds and calculate…

Daytona 500 Pole Odds Driver Odds Chase Elliott +1000 Kyle Larson +1000 Joey Logano +1100 Denny Hamlin +1100 Ryan Blaney +1200 Bubba Wallace +1500 Christopher Bell +1500 Austin Cindric +1500 Brad Keselowski +1500 Alex Bowman +1500 Kyle Busch +1500 Tyler Reddick +1500 Kevin Harvick +1500 Ross Chastain +1600 William Byron +1800 Chris Buescher +2000 Michael…

The entry list for the 2023 Daytona 500 is out. That means it’s time to bet some props. Qualifying is one of the places I like to look each week for prop bets. Sure enough, there’s already one longshot driver I’ve bet to win the pole position for the Great American Race on Sunday (2:30…

Daytona 500 Odds Driver Odds Ryan Blaney +1200 Denny Hamlin +1300 Chase Elliott +1300 Kyle Larson +1400 Kyle Busch +1400 Joey Logano +1600 Bubba Wallace +1600 William Byron +1900 Brad Keselowski +2000 Ross Chastain +2200 Kevin Harvick +2500 Martin Truex Jr. +2500 Tyler Reddick +2600 Austin Cindric +2700 Christopher Bell +3000 Austin Dillon +3000 Alex…

The Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum fires off at 5 p.m. ET on FOX as the 2023 NASCAR season gets underway with the annual exhibition race. Sportsbooks are starting to offer some props, and I’ve found an early one that I think offers tremendous value. So let’s not waste any time, and hop right…

NASCAR Odds for Clash at the Coliseum Driver Odds Christopher Bell +750 Kyle Busch +800 Kyle Larson +900 Denny Hamlin +1000 Chase Elliott +1000 William Byron +1200 Joey Logano +1200 Tyler Reddick +1500 Ryan Blaney +1500 Ross Chastain +1500 Martin Truex Jr. +1500 Kevin Harvick +2000 Justin Haley +2000 Chase Briscoe +2000 Bubba Wallace +2500…

NASCAR Odds Driver Odds Joey Logano +750 Chase Elliott +750 Kyle Larson +850 Christopher Bell +900 Kyle Busch +1000 Ryan Blaney +1000 Denny Hamlin +1300 Ross Chastain +1400 William Byron +1500 Tyler Reddick +1800 Kevin Harvick +2500 Martin Truex Jr. +2500 Chase Briscoe +2500 Brad Keselowski +4000 Alex Bowman +4000 Bubba Wallace +5000 Ryan Preece…

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is fast approaching. Cars hit the track for practice for the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum on Feb. 4. Two weeks later, the 65th running of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX), takes place as 40 drivers will vie for their place in…

Daytona 500 Odds Driver Odds Denny Hamlin +1100 Ryan Blaney +1200 Chase Elliott +1200 Kyle Larson +1400 Joey Logano +1400 William Byron +1600 Ross Chastain +1600 Bubba Wallace +1600 Brad Keselowski +1800 Austin Cindric +1800 Tyler Reddick +2000 Kyle Busch +2200 Kevin Harvick +2500 Alex Bowman +2500 Christopher Bell +2800 Austin Dillon +2800 Ricky Stenhouse…

Joey Logano was crowned the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Champion after his win at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Less than 24 hours later, we’re already looking ahead to 2023 as William Hill has released NASCAR Cup Series championship odds for year two of the Next Gen era. Championship Four contender Chase Elliott and teammate Kyle…

The final race of the 2022 NASCAR season is here with four drivers battling for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix (3 p.m. ET, NBC). Arguably the four most deserving drivers have made it to the championship four. Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Christopher Bell and Ross Chastain are the top four in average…

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship race (3 p.m. ET, NBC) at Phoenix Raceway is sure to draw a lot of interested eyeballs after Ross Chastain’s daring move at Martinsville went viral. If you’re one of those new sets of eyes, or even if you’ve been following along for years, there’s always a little added fun…

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series championship will be decided Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, with Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain and Joey Logano vying for the title. However, Sunday’s race will still have a full field of drivers with differing agendas. For example, Kyle Larson is not eligible for the driver’s championship, but his No.…

Weather is typically a popular topic of conversation when the NASCAR Cup Series visits Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville has been no stranger to wet, cloudy weather through the years, which was taken to another level when snow and hail delayed the most recent Cup race at the track back in April. While I’d love to sit…

Sunday’s XFINITY 500 at Martinsville Speedway (2 p.m. ET, NBC) marks the last race prior to the Championship race at Phoenix next weekend. Martinsville is a half-mile, paperclip-shaped track where passing is quite difficult. It’s rare to get a longshot winner here, so today I’ve buckled down and found one driver who seems to check…

For the second time this season, the NASCAR Cup Series visits my favorite track on the entire circuit: Martinsville Speedway. In full transparency, I attended the race in the spring, which certainly wasn’t the most exciting event I’ve ever witnessed, but don’t blame the track! Hopefully we see better racing in Sunday’s XFINITY 500 (2…

The NASCAR Cup Series is at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Dixie Vodka 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC). Homestead is a fairly unique track on the circuit and Darlington is the closest comparable track. Homestead is a 1.5-mile, steeply banked track with variable banking from 18-to-20 degrees in the corners. Those corners are unique as well,…

Following last weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series visits a 1.5-mile track for the final time this season. Sunday’s Dixie Vodka 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC) at Homestead-Miami Speedway should be an exciting one as the track’s very abrasive surface causes significant tire wear, often resulting in very good racing…

When you write as many articles as I do (#HumbleBrag), introductions can be all over the place. In my case, they’re often very game specific, but sometimes I simply write about what’s going on in my life. This weekend my wife and I are in Las Vegas for a late anniversary trip, and I know…

The last 1.5-mile race of the year takes place today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the South Point 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC). Eight drivers remain in the playoffs, but that’s not stopping the other teams and drivers from pushing as hard as possible. I am showing solid value on one matchup between two…

NASCAR is back in Sin City for the second race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). Sunday’s South Point 400 (2:30 p.m. ET) marks the opening race of the third round of the playoffs. Teams that have playoff drivers will certainly put their focus on those drivers. However, I’m looking to back a non-playoff driver…

With just four races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series season, teams head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s South Point 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC), the first playoff race of the Round of 8. We now have plenty of data on 1.5-mile tracks this season, including two races run on the tire combination…

With practice and qualifying wrapped up for Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 (2 p.m. ET, NBC) bettors can now turn their attention to analyzing the on-track data from those sessions. In addition to on-track data, we have a solid five-race sample size from road courses in 2022 to help guide us. One trend that’s…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Charlotte for the Bank of America Roval 400 (2:00 p.m. ET, NBC) on Sunday. The Charlotte Roval marks the sixth and final road course race of the season. Thankfully, that gives us five races of data to work with to evaluate driver performance at this track type. If we…

Just five races remain in the NASCAR Cup Series season, and after a visit to the very unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway, the series returns to another high-variance track, the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 (2 p.m. ET, NBC) is also the final race in the Cup Series’ Round of 12,…

The last superspeedway race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season is here. Sunday’s YellaWood 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC) at Talladega Superspeedway has plenty of playoff implications — no playoff driver is safe. Expect playoff drivers to go for stage points while at the same time not being overly risky. This style of racing…

Talladega is the venue for the final superspeedway race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. The YellaWood 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC) should be an intense race, with no playoff drivers yet locked into the last eight. Playoff drivers will be trying to get to the front at the end of the stages to…

The past two Cup Series races have been crazy, and it’s fair to say that we should expect more of the same for Sunday’s YellaWood 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC) at Talladega Superspeedway. Pack racing at Talladega is already unpredictable enough, then throw in the fact that a win from a current playoff driver would…

Texas Motor Speedway is the site for Sunday’s Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 500 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA). Much like practice on Saturday, today’s race is going to be hot and slick. Track position will be at a premium, so look for drivers to get all they can on restarts. Because practice and race conditions will…

The NASCAR Cup Series is down to 12 drivers who are still alive for the championship after a wild race at Bristol. Next up on the docket: 500 miles at Texas Motor Speedway. My best bet features one of these playoff drivers in Sunday’s Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 500 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA), so let’s…

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 (3:30 p.m. ET, USA). While Cup cars have already visited Texas once this year, there are a few important caveats to note. First, this season’s previous event was the All-Star Race, which is a much different format. Additionally, a different…

When it comes to Saturday’s NASCAR Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol (7:30 p.m. ET, USA), there’s a lot to pay attention to. First, this is a cutoff race for the playoffs as the field gets narrowed from 16 down to 12 drivers. Next, this is the first time the Next Gen car gets…

In my own humble (and often wrong) opinion, featured driver matchups have been lukewarm, at best, in terms of betting value this season. With a new car and drivers who are often evenly-matched, feeling confident enough to warrant wagers early in the week has been difficult for me. However, I’m blown away by what I…

Well, not many of us, except for the Action Network’s Nick Giffen, saw that coming. Erik Jones, a non-playoff driver, won the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs last weekend at Darlington. Meanwhile, a handful of championship contenders found trouble. NASCAR now heads to Kansas Speedway for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 (3 p.m.…

After a wild playoff opener at Darlington where Erik Jones won as an 80-1 longshot (Westgate SuperBook), the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 (Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET, USA). Like Darlington, Kansas is a repeat track, which means we have data to use from the first Kansas race.…

The featured driver matchups for Sunday’s NASCAR Hollywood Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA) at Kansas Speedway are among the tightest I’ve seen this season. By “tightest,” I mean that the odds are right on in my mind, leaving little early value on the table. My overall betting strategy for Kansas is to wait until…

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a chance of rain during Sunday night’s NASCAR at Darlington weather forecast. After last weekend’s race at Daytona was postponed from Saturday night to Sunday morning, then delayed again during the race, this is the last thing that NASCAR fans right want to…

Tonight’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway (6 p.m. ET, USA) is the third crown jewel event of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. The Labor Day weekend tradition is a fan favorite that typically produces great racing thanks to the steeply-banked, egg-shaped oval and the track’s penchant for chewing up tires. This characteristic makes evaluating…

On Sunday, a FanDuel bettor hit one of the most insane parlays of all time. If you haven’t seen it before, here it is: A $13.49 free bet won $999,433.63. Almost a million dollars. A more than 74,000% return. The Action Network’s own Nick Giffen and co-host Jordan McAbee discussed this on their NASCAR betting…

After a wild ending to the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, and I mean wild, the NASCAR playoffs kick off Sunday at Darlington Raceway for the crown jewel Southern 500 (6 p.m. ET, USA). The series visited Darlington earlier this year and Joey Logano took home top honors after a caution-filled race claimed 13 victims in…

Following the excitement of last weekend’s season-finale at Daytona, the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs get underway Sunday (6 p.m. ET, USA) at Darlington Raceway. The Cup Series has already visited Darlington once this season, so there is data to look back on ahead of Sunday’s Southern 500. Interestingly, there was also abnormally high attrition in…

If you haven’t heard by now, this past Sunday, for the 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona, a bettor won $1 million off of a $13.49 bet. The four-leg parlay of top-10 finishers cashed when Cody Ware (+2000), B.J. McLeod (+2000), Landon Cassill (+1500), and David Ragan (+950) all finished…

Austin Dillon and Ryan Blaney were not the only big winners when the checkered flag waved to signal the end of Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Sure, Dillon won his second career race at Daytona and secured a berth in the NASCAR Cup Series postseason while Blaney outdueled Martin Truex Jr.…

While Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY race found a large enough window to complete the event, the Cup Series was not so lucky on Saturday night. Heavy rain forced NASCAR to postpone the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway until Sunday at 10 a.m. ET (CNBC). Unfortunately for NASCAR, this is August in Florida,…

I’m sure this isn’t surprising news, but Saturday night’s NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway is officially in a rain delay. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 was originally scheduled to go green at 7:17 p.m. ET, however, heavy rain throughout the day has soaked the race track and forced NASCAR officials to delay the start…

Tonight’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 (7 p.m. ET, NBC) marks the regular season finale for the NASCAR Cup Series. Fourteen drivers are locked into the playoffs while two spots are up for grabs. Currently, Ryan Blaney occupies the 15th of 16 playoff spots, while Martin Truex Jr. sits 25 points behind Blaney for the 16th…

Being a winning bettor is hard. Very hard. There are many reasons why bettors don’t win over the long haul, one of the more obvious being the edge, vig, hold, etc. that the house has when taking a bet. Another is that many of us don’t do a good job of analyzing our weaknesses as…

It appears NASCAR will get exactly what it wanted when it moved the second Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway from its traditional Fourth of July weekend date to the final event of the regular season. Heading into Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 (7 p.m. ET, NBC), there is an epic points battle between Ryan…

NASCAR returns to Daytona International Speedway for the regular-season finale. Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 (7:00 p.m. ET, NBC) should be a wild affair, with the final playoff spot up for grabs among 15 drivers. With pack racing and high intensity comes significant randomness. That means long-shot bets are often quite valuable at these races.…

I have many guilty pleasures in my life: Tom Cruise movies, Machine Gun Kelly’s music (his punk pop music, that is) and any sort of pizza product served at Taco Bell, to name a few. When it comes to sports betting specifically, I just can’t seem to quit NASCAR XFINITY Series longshots at superspeedways. So…

Rain is a dirty word for most NASCAR weekends. When NASCAR races on ovals, officials are forced to stop races while the track is wet, seeing as slick tires provide no grip for cars and drivers. However, many fans are hoping for rain when NASCAR visits road courses because rain tires are available at these…

Sunday’s NASCAR Go Bowling at the Glen (3 p.m. ET, USA) is the set-up race for next weekend’s regular-season finale at Daytona. But that doesn’t mean today’s race is unimportant. First off, there are potential new winners in play with Michael McDowell and Chris Buescher both qualifying inside the top seven. If there’s no new…

Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula 1 world champion and 21-time grand prix winner, is set to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET, USA) at Watkins Glen. Raikkonen does have NASCAR experience, but it came way back in 2011 when he ran XFINITY Series and Truck Series races at Charlotte,…

Wow, it feels like ages since I’ve done one of these. It hasn’t been, of course, but as a dad with kids playing sports, going to the birthday parties, trips, etc. over the summer, I’ve definitely been pulled into that #DadLife on weekends. Thankfully, it hasn’t taken a lot of work on my end to…

With just two races remaining in the regular season, the NASCAR Cup Series is back road-course racing for Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen (3 p.m. ET, USA) at, yup, you guessed it, Watkins Glen International. Because there have been so many winners already this season, we have a good, old-fashioned points battle on our…

The NASCAR Cup Series drivers are ready to race 400 laps for Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway (3 p.m. ET, USA). As much as they are ready to go, bettors should be prepared to pause a bit when looking at Saturday’s practice times for today’s race. Track conditions changed drastically between the…

We’ve reached the point in the season where the NASCAR Cup Series is returning to tracks for a second time, like Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA) at Richmond Raceway. In addition, we also have data from races run at tracks comparable to Richmond, which helps to increase our sample size when…

For the second time this year, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Richmond Raceway for the Federated Auto Parts 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA). Richmond is the second track, and the first non-drafting track, to have a return visit by the Cup Series. This means two things. First, we’ll be able to see which teams…

It hasn’t been an ideal weather day in motorsports. Pouring rain and storms have been slamming Nashville, Tenn., which is hosting Sunday’s IndyCar race, and now NASCAR’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway is in a rain delay as well. The skies opened in Brooklyn, Mich. around 2:30 p.m. ET, flooding the racetrack and…

Toyota drivers dominated the leaderboard in both practice and qualifying for today’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway (3 p.m. ET, USA). Because each driver got only 20 minutes of track time, questions still remain. We do know tire falloff is low at Michigan. However, the question still exists as to how much the…

Handicapping NASCAR races is all about projecting speed. The two avenues bettors use to project speed are: Looking at on-track activity (practice, qualifying) during the race weekend Using past races at the current track and similar tracks There is plenty of value in mid-week betting. However, that occurs before any on-track activity takes place. That…

NASCAR has released the Goodyear tire codes for Michigan, and teams will be running an all-new compound in Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA). That’s important because it directs us to the set of tracks we should use to compare to the two-mile Michigan oval. In particular, I’ll be using all the non-drafting…

There’s not a lot of NASCAR data to work off ahead of Sunday’s Firekeepers Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET, USA) at Michigan International Speedway. First, this is the Cup Series’ first race at Michigan in the Next Gen car, so there’s already uncertainty regarding which drivers will be fast on Sunday. And second, while there…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC). This is the fourth road course race of the 2022 Cup Series season, meaning we have plenty of data to use from similar tracks. Practice and qualifying give us extra insight into driver…

Denny Hamlin vs. Ross Chastain has been a huge storyline so far this season. After Chastain got into Hamlin twice earlier this year, Denny exacted revenge on Sunday at Pocono by running the No. 1 Chevy wide while battling for the lead during a late restart. Chastain ran out of room, got into the wall…