The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is coming from the longest race of this schedule with Martin Truex Jr. outlasting the remainder of the field to catch his third checkered flag of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway and that he looks for back-to-back wins this week at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Busch tamed the Tricky Triangle last July and he is a +300 favorite to replicate this weekend.
Intertops has Busch favored at +300 followed by Kevin Harvick in +450, Martin Truex Jr. at +500, Brad Keselowski in +650, Joey Logano at +900, Chase Elliott at +1000, Denny Hamlin in +1200, Kurt Busch and Ryan Blaney at +2000, and Kyle Larson and Clint Bowyer at +2200 to round out the leading drivers on the oddsboard.
Standout Stats
Toyota has won each of the previous few races at Pocono Raceway, Ford won two in a row before that and Chevrolet won seven of eight prior to that.
The winner has qualified outside of the top five in seven of the last 11 runnings at the Tricky Triangle.
There has not been a back up winner at Pocono because Dale Earnhardt Jr. did so in 2014.
Kyle Busch has finished on the podium at each of the last few races at this track, including two victories. He has also led at least one lap in each of the last seven races there. Prior to the last three races, however, Busch finished outside of the top 10 in four of seven runnings.
Daniel Suarez completed outside of the top 15 in both spring runnings in Pocono but finished second and seventh in both summer races . He finished one spot behind Busch at the previous race in the Tricky Triangle.
Alex Bowman ended third in the previous race in Pocono but finished 25th or worse in his other five starts at this track.
Martin Truex Jr. won the spring running in the Tricky Triangle last year, and it has led a minumum of one lap in six of the last eight races there. He has also finished outside the top five in five of the previous seven races at Pocono.
Brad Keselowski has directed at least one lap in 11 of their last 15 races at Pocono Raceway and has finished within the top five of the last seven runnings at the Tricky Triangle.
My Very Best Bet for the Pocono 400:
Brad Keselowski +650
He’s been absolutely consistent at Pocono Raceway, constantly finding himself in the front of the package at a certain stage in the race and typically in the hunt to win it . Keselowski has already secured three wins this season and five top-five finishes as well. Lastly, Ford has seen a lot of speed in the 1.5-mile and two-mile tracks this season and that I expect them to be aggressive on Sunday.
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