After the 2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series goes to Tennessee for the 2022 Food City Dirt Race. Have you made your picks yet? If you’re still on the fence, you can let the experts break down which drivers you should be keeping a close eye on.
Over at SportsLine (h/t CBS Sports), Micah Roberts is feeling high on Daniel Suarez, noting that the 30-year-old driver is on the heels of a fourth-place finish last week – the driver’s best so far this season. Roberts also cited the fact that Suarez led a total of 58 laps in last year’s running of the FOod City Dirt Race.
William Blackwell
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William Blackwell
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Stenhouse has zero wins so far this season. He doesn’t even have a top 5 and only sports a single top 10. But Blackwell is still going for Stenhouse to pull off a win this weekend. That makes sense when you consider the fact that he finished second overall in the 2021 Food City Dirt Race.
Athlon Sports
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Tom Bowles
Christopher Bell
Tom Bowles of Athlon Sports believes it’s Christopher Bell’s time to win at the Bristol Dirt Race.
“I’ll go with Christopher Bell to put a rocky 2022 behind him and outduel Kyle Larson for a win at the Bristol Dirt Race. But if both men get caught up in accidents again? All bets are off and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a first-time winner wind up in victory lane.”
TopBet News Editor | Ryan Simpson
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TopBet News Editor | Ryan Simpson
Martin Truex Jr.
Here’s what TopBet’s Ryan Simpson said about Martin Truex Jr. in our preview of the 2022 Food City Dirt Race race:
“The hunt for his first win of the season continues this week for Truex. That being said, he’s been consistently driving good enough. He has four top 10s on the season and has cracked the top 10 in three of his past four starts, including a fourth in the Toyota Owners 400. He also took the checkered flag last year in the Pinty Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt.”
