Top Odds & Picks for NASCAR at the Brickyard Verizon 200: Outright Winner (2022)
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis for one of the best new traditions in racing. Since 2021, NASCAR has shared the weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with the IndyCar series. Here are our top picks for Sunday’s Cup race, the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard.
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Odds to Win the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
Best Picks for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
Ever since the debut of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, the NASCAR Cup Series has started to frequent more road courses, or tracks with both left and right turns. Although NASCAR catches flak for its drivers only knowing how to make left turns, some of the best road-course racers compete in the series.
First-time winners have earned the checkered flag in each of the first three road-course races this season. But seven-time road course winner Chase Elliott is the favorite to wind up in victory lane at Indy, and as much as I hate buying high, I'm making an exception this weekend.
Winner: Chase Elliott | +450 (.25u) at BetMGM
Elliott leads all active drivers in road course wins. He has racked up seven victories in just 22 starts. The 26-year-old superstar is yet to win at a road course this season, but I think it's past time for him to revisit victory lane.
But Elliott isn't just an all-time great road racer. He also comes into the weekend on an absolute tear. Elliott has finished no worse than second in his last five starts, with wins at Pocono, Atlanta, and Nashville. It looked like he was going to win at Road America, too, but a surging Tyler Reddick took the win away after Elliott led the most laps.
He'll also enter the weekend somewhat frustrated. Although he was credited for the win at Pocono Raceway, both Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch finished ahead of him. But NASCAR disqualified both of their cars, so Elliott won the race on a technicality. He'll want to win the right way this weekend.
I advise playing a quarter-unit—just enough to secure a full-unit return—on Elliott to win. These odds aren't the best, but BetMGM's number is better than the +340 or +400 you'll find elsewhere. No drivers are better picks to win the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard.
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