Top Odds & Picks for NASCAR at the Brickyard Verizon 200: Top-10 Finisher (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.
Top 10: Michael McDowell | +105 (.45u) at FanDuel
Even if McDowell comes up short on Sunday, he should keep his car in contention for a top-1o result. Of course, he is running out of opportunities to win, so he may get too aggressive and risk losing a good finish. But we haven't seen McDowell destroy good finishes out of desperation yet, so I'm willing to buy him in the plus money on this market.
McDowell owns two top 10s in three road course starts this season. Further, he owns five top 10s in the 12 road-course races since 2020. But McDowell and his No. 34 Ford team have found speed elsewhere this year, too—he owns eight top 10s this season, which ties him for the 11th most with Tyler Reddick, Kurt Busch, and Joey Logano.
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