The 2019 NASCAR Program kicks into high gear Sunday Together with the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The green flag falls at 2 p.m. ET for your 325-lap race along with defending champion Kevin Harvick is the 4-1 favorite from the most current 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 odds. Falling in just behind him with 6-1 NASCAR at Atlanta chances are Joey Logano and Kyle Busch, who finished in the top four final week at the Daytona 500. Before you make your 2019 QuikTrip 500 selections and NASCAR in Atlanta predictions, make sure you check out the projected leaderboard from the proven computer version at SportsLine.
Developed by DFS pro and SportsLine predictive data scientist Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction computer model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking factors like track record and current results into consideration.
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It made some enormous calls in NASCAR last year, such as nailing wins for Kyle Busch at Chicago and Martin Truex Jr. at Sonoma. And it’s off to a strong start in NASCAR this season, calling Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin a leading contender from the start. Anybody who has followed its selections is way, way up.
McClure, who has a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events at iconic venues like Atlanta Motor Speedway are in his blood. His model mimicked the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 a total of 10,000 times and the results were surprising.
For your 2019 QuikTrip 500 in Atlanta, we can tell you that the version is top on Chase Elliott, who makes a strong run at the checkered flag despite heading off at 10-1 odds. Elliott does not have a lengthy history at Atlanta, but he’s had success there at all three of his starts at the track since joining the Dragon Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He’s finished within the top 10 in each of these races and even earned a top-five end in 2017.
Before joining NASCAR’s top circuit, Elliott had two top-five endings at Atlanta at the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Elliott is a Georgia native and his father, Bill Elliott, won at NASCAR’s highest level in Atlanta Motor Speedway five occasions in his career, so it is something of a house monitor for the 23-year-old. The model anticipates him to ride that advantage towards the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.
Another shocker in the version: Kyle Busch, among the top Vegas favorites in 6-1, doesn’t even crack the top five.
The 2019 Daytona 500 runner-up started on the rod in this race a season before, but wound up finishing in seventh position. The year before, he had another fast ride and began the race in third, but wound up in 16th.
Considering his win at Atlanta in 2013, Busch has only run 56.7 percent of his laps inside the top 15. For his career, he has finished outside the top 10 in 13 of his 20 career starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There are far better values within this affluent 2019 QuikTrip 500 lineup than the 6-1 premium you will want to cover him.
The model is also targeting three other motorists with 2019 NASCAR at Atlanta odds of 10-1 or even more time to make a serious run at winning it all. Anyone who backs these shots can hit it big.
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