Aside from the sound of dice rolling on the table and poker chips getting shuffled, Las Vegas will also be hearing screeching tires and screaming engines this weekend, as the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series heads into its next race, the 2020 Pennzoil 400. Some state sleepers have a real shot at this event, but do you wonder what the experts are saying? We have you covered.
Over at SportsLine and by way of CBS Sports the expectation is that Kyle Larson (+1000 to win the event) is going to put up a tremendous effort at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Larson had a decent run at the Daytona 500 last week, finishing 10th off of a start at the No. 8 spot. Larson has never won a race in Las Vegas in his NASCAR CUP Series career, but his overall performance there isn’t too shabby either. In fact, Larson has a career average finish of 11.00 there, thanks to three top 5s and five top 10s in 16 races in Vegas.
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Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, and Brad Keselowski
Fernando F. of WSN has three names he has as top picks to win the 2020 Pennzoil 400. They are Martin Truex Jr. (+500), Kevin Harvick (+400) and Brad Keselowski who is listed at +600. Truex always brings his best stuff to Las Vegas. He even had two top-eight finishes at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year, winning The South Point 400 and placing eighth at the 2019 edition of the Pennzoil 400. Truex has two wins in 16 races in Vegas, dating back to 2006. Harvick and Keselowski, meanwhile, have a combined total of five wins in 34 appearances there.
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Joey Logano
Joey Logano (+750 to win the race) stumbled out of the gate of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, having finished just 26th at the 2020 Daytona 500. However, that performance isn’t a good basis for how he’ll do in Las Vegas, where he’s always been a fantastic racer. Logano has had a top-10 finish in each of his past seven appearances there, which includes a win in last year’s Pennzoil 400.
