The NASCAR Cup Series makes just its second trip to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on the outskirts of St. Louis this weekend for the Enjoy Illinois 300. The asymmetrical 1 ¼-mile speedway with low banking presents a unique challenge for both teams setting up cars and drivers traversing it, resulting in eight crash-related yellow-flags in 2022.
Banking:Joey Logano, Team Penske FordFor the second straight weekend, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson and William Byron enter the weekend as the top two favorites, according to BetMGM, as the HMS stable has been absolutely dominant on non-superspeedways.• Kyle Larson +500• William Byron +700• Ryan Blaney +1000• Kyle Busch +1000• Denny Hamlin +1000
Byron has won three of the six races on intermediate tracks this season and has combined with Larson to lead 1,270 of the 3,943 total laps run this season. Blaney and Busch both finished in the top 5 in this race last year in the first Cup Series race there, while Hamlin won at Kansas earlier this year, which has a similar profile to Gateway.
We wrote earlier in the week on some other bets worth consideration this weekend: you can find good mid-tier value in Ty Gibbs and Brad Keselowski whoSummer is officially still a few weeks away, but in metropolitan St. Louis, it's already in full swing. It is forecast to be hot and dry withYour browser does not support HTML5 audio.
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