The 2021 Toyota Owners 400 is what’s in store next for the NASCAR Cup Series calendar, and that will be held this coming weekend at Richmond Raceway. Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski are the favorites to win the 2021 Toyota Owners 400, but will a sleeper come through and take the checkered flag? Here are three sleepers to watch out for.
Reddick doesn’t have extensive experience of racing at Richmond Raceway. In fact, so far in his NASCAR Cup Series career, he’s only raced there just once. However, that wasn’t an entirely forgettable one, as he did finish 11th overall at the Federated Auto Parts 400 last year. That aside, you can also look at Reddick’s recent form to draw confidence from him. Reddick has finished inside the top 10 in each of his last two races. He went seventh at the Food City Dirt Race and eighth overall at the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500. That’s a nice momentum Reddick has going for him, which could factor in him becoming a surprise performer this weekend at Richmond Raceway.
Aric Almirola (+6600)
In seven starts this season, Almirola has not made a single top-10 finish. His best performance so far was an 11th-place showing at the Instacart 500 last month. In three races since, Almirola went 20th, 36th, and 20th again. But don’t let those performances let you completely judge what Almirola could do this weekend in Richmond. For one, Almirola has a career average finish of 15.53 at Richmond Raceway. He also has two top 10s in his last four starts there.
Erik Jones (+1500)
Jones didn’t turn lots of heads with his performance last week in Martinsville, where he finished just 30th overall. That being said, he has a couple of top 10s over his past five races. He was ninth at the Food City Dirt Race and 10th at the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube. Jones also has an interesting history at Richmond Raceway. Over a four-race stretch from 2017 to 2019, Jones had managed to finish inside the top 15 in all of them, including a sixth-place performance at the 2017 Federated Auto Parts 400.
