Our Bass Pro Shops Night Race picks see Denny Hamlin as a proven NASCAR driver in a desperate spot, and his success at Bristol will come in handy.
Denny Hamlin needs to leap to the right side of the NASCAR Playoff bubble, and a win at Bristol would certainly put him there.The NASCAR playoffs are about to cut another four drivers from the championship chase, and this weekend's Bass Pro Shops Night Race odds help paint the picture of who will survive and advance.Denny Hamlin's taken the checkered flag at each of the last two Bristol stops, and he finds himself atop the odds board across the industry.
Probably the most glaring parts of this odds board are the glut of drivers between the +1,000 and +2,000 range, comprising a quarter of the field, and the sudden plummet from around +5,000 to effectively twice that price. It's a jarring contrast between a plateau and steep drop in odds after the Top 16, indicative of a playoff driver taking this race.
With the Next Gen, Bell has been en fuego. He won the Dirt Race a year ago, and on concrete, he’s qualified eighth, first and 12th, finished fourth, third and 10th, and has led 143 laps, 187 laps and 29 laps, respectively. He’s also won three of the six stages and finished second, eighth and fifth in the others. He just needs a concrete win. That could come on Saturday night. He finished sixth in both Richmond races.
He’s due. Elliott won the All-Star race there July 2020 and when factoring that, Elliott has six Top-8 finishes in his last eight starts, including a runner-up in 2022. He led 129 laps in a 25th-place finish in 2021, too.
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