NASCAR at Martinsville: Odds, prediction, sleepers, drivers to watch for STP 500

Kyle Busch is about a great run at this time and any odds post has to start with him.

And coming right into per week with two consecutive wins and a race at a track where he has three career victories, Busch is the guy to beat once more. He’s the favorite heading to the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, the shortest track in NASCAR.

This week has a couple of intriguing storylines as Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. butted heads, and cars, at last season’s playoff race in Martinsville while Logano came away with the win.

Logano has seven top-10 finishes in his last 10 races at Martinsville including that triumph last season while Truex is no slouch himself with six top-seven finishes in his last seven attempts in the half-mile track. These men will fight it out for the win, but they’ll probably be fighting Busch for the success.

Now it would be absurd to select anybody but Busch to win and that is what we’re doing. He has the best auto and is outdriving everyone in NASCAR at the present time. He’s got a great opportunity this week to maneuver Richard Petty along with his 201st career win in NASCAR’s top three series.

The STP 500 can be viewed Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on FS1.

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