To start the second half of their season, NASCAR Cup Collection drivers will race Sunday within the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee.
In final season’s race, Ross Chastain earned his first win of 2023 as he held off Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin.
Listed below are three drivers to look at — a favourite, a contender and a darkish horse — in addition to one to keep away from for the Cup Collection’ fourth race on the Nashville Superspeedway.
Favourite: Christopher Bell (+750, per DraftKings as of Friday afternoon)
Bell have to be the favourite nearly anyplace given how scorching he’s. He has gained two of the previous 5 races and virtually had a 3rd win at Gateway, so there is not any purpose to suppose he will not have contending velocity on the Nashville Superspeedway, the place he has completed within the high 10 in every of his three begins.
Bell is listed as tied for the third-best odds, however it looks like he has a greater shot than that. +750 is a discount right here, so seize him whereas he is scorching.
Contender: Chase Elliott (+800)
Elliott’s 2024 season has largely been one in all robotic consistency with out contending for an entire lot of wins, however previously few weeks, he is had much more velocity. Now, he’ll race at a observe that is amongst his greatest since its addition to the schedule in 2021.
In 2022, Elliott gained on the Nashville Superspeedway. In 2023, he completed fourth in one in all his greatest showings of his disastrous season, so anticipate him to be close to the entrance once more Sunday. His odds are engaging at solely sixth highest.
Darkish horse: Josh Berry (+4500)
It is unclear how a lot of Berry’s latest velocity will carry over to Nashville provided that his previous two runs — seventh at Iowa, third in New Hampshire — got here on shorter, flatter tracks which are his specialty.
Nonetheless, it appears as if Berry and his No. 4 staff have figured one thing out and are regularly enhancing, so for those who’re in search of a real lengthy shot, he could also be one to keep watch over.
Keep away from: Ross Chastain (+750)
In 2023, Chastain gained on the Nashville Superspeedway, the house observe of his Trackhouse Racing staff. Nonetheless, Trackhouse’s velocity is just too unreliable to justify these odds for Chastain, who hasn’t actually proven profitable velocity in 2024 outdoors of 1 or two events.
Chastain will seemingly run inside the highest 10, maybe even the highest 5, however till Trackhouse can persistently present a return to its 2022 and 2023 type, he is too dangerous at that value.