NASCAR AT ATLANTA ODDS, PICKS 2019: MODEL SAYS CHASE ELLIOTT SURPRISES AT FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
The 2019 NASCAR schedule kicks into high gear Sunday Together with All the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The green flag drops at two p.m. ET for your 325-lap race and defending champion Kevin Harvick is the 4-1 favorite from the most current 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 odds. Falling in just supporting 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. Prior to making your own 2019 QuikTrip 500 picks and NASCAR in Atlanta predictions, make sure you have a look at the projected leaderboard in the proven computer version at SportsLine.
Produced by DFS pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction computer model simulates every race 10,000 occasions, taking factors like track history and recent results into account.
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It made some huge calls in NASCAR last year, including nailing wins for Kyle Busch at Chicago and Martin Truex Jr. at Sonoma. And it is off to a solid start in NASCAR this season, calling Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin a top competition from the beginning. Anybody who has followed its selections is way, way up.
McClure, with a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events in iconic places like Atlanta Motor Speedway are in his blood. His version mimicked the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 a total of 10,000 times and the results were surprising.
For your 2019 QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta, we can tell you that the model is high on Chase Elliott, making a strong run at the checkered flag despite heading off at 10-1 odds. Elliott doesn’t have a long history at Atlanta, but he’s had success there at all three of his starts in the track since linking the Monster 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 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Elliott is a Georgia native and his dad, Bill Elliott, won at NASCAR’s highest level at Atlanta Motor Speedway five times in his career, so it is something of a house track for its 23-year-old. The version anticipates him to ride that advantage towards the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.
Another shocker in the model: Kyle Busch, among the best Vegas favorites at 6-1, doesn’t even crack the top five.
The 2019 Daytona 500 runner-up started on the rod in this race a year ago, but wound up finishing in seventh place. The year prior, he had another fast ride and began the race , but wound up in 16th.
Since his win at Atlanta at 2013, Busch has only run 56.7 percent of his laps within 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 worth in this affluent 2019 QuikTrip 500 lineup than the 6-1 premium you’ll want to pay for him.
The model can be targeting three other motorists using 2019 NASCAR at Atlanta chances of 10-1 or even longer to make a serious run at winning everything. Anybody who backs these shots can hit it big.
