The Coca-Cola 600 will get underway in 6 pm ET on Sunday on FOX, with Kyle Busch as the clear favorite (+250 gambling odds).
Kevin Harvick (+600) and Martin Truex Jr. (+600) aren’t too far behind in what will be the greatest race of this year.
Nick Giffen utilizes his statistical model to handicap the four greatest futures values in the race.
For the second consecutive weekend, the Dragon Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be racing in Charlotte Motor Speedwday (6:00 p.m. ET, FOX). However, this time rather than an All-Star shootout, drivers are in for a grueling 600 miles in the Cup Series’ longest race of the year.

Charlotte is a 1.5-mile oval having a comparatively old surface that has been repaved back in 2006. We saw from the All-Star race which tires did make a difference and track position was also extremely significant, so this race ought to provide a good blend of multiple 1.5-mile tracks.

The most recent 1.5-mile points-paying race was also a night race in Kansas Speedwday. In that race, the top five at average green-flag speed all showed up in the top nine in 15-lap speed in Happy Hour, regardless of the race being at nighttime and final practice throughout the day.

We have a similar scenario at Charlotte this weekend, so I will certainly rely on long-run speed along with 1.5-mile performance this season and beyond Charlotte oval functionality when handicapping the race.

Armed with these data points, let us get right into my favorite make bets online to win tonight’s race, also bonus top-five and top-10 props.

A fast primer about the chances below: A $100 wager at +375 chances would profit $375, while a $200 wager at -200 chances would pay out $100.

Kevin Harvick +600 to Win

Kyle Busch is your preferred thanks to his outstanding rate in Happy Hour and three wins to Harvick’s zero wins this year. But, it could be argued that Harvick should be a co-favorite despite finishing only 13th on the 10-lap plank in closing practice.

That’s because in opening training, he was considerably better relative to the remainder of the area over 10 consecutive laps. His fifth-place time during the cooler temperatures is encouraging. Actually, Harvick’s Crew Chief Rodney Childers stated the cars are extremely sensitive to track changes, which they were really good in opening practice during the cooler temperatures.