NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Odds to Win Race

The Sprint Cup Series heads to Bristol for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race on Saturday. This is one of the most exciting and popular races of the year, so the drivers and fans will certainly be looking forward to it. This 500-lap race will take place on a track that runs 266.5 miles and features a standard four turns. Joey Logano is the driver that will be looking forward to this thing the most. Logano has won this race in each of the past two years and that is a good thing for Ford manufactured cars. Four of the five winners before Logano were driving in Toyota cars, so now it’s looking like it’s winnable for any car in this race. Other active drivers that have won more than once here are Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. It’s also worth nothing that Jeff Gordon will once again be in the #88 car, as Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still recovering from concussion-like symptoms. With that out of the way, let’s now take a look at some of the best values in this weekend’s race:

Joey Logano - As previously mentioned, Logano comes into this race after having won each of the past two races here. He is clearly the driver to beat on this track, but he is still getting some decent odds and that makes him worth putting a few units on. Logano also happens to be coming into this race in pretty solid form. He came in second place in the race before the break after Watkins Glen and has now racked up eight top-10 finishes in his past 10 races. Putting a few units on Logano is as safe as it gets this weekend and it’d also be wise to pair him with a dark horse that just might pay off bigger.

Kyle Busch - If there’s anybody that is a major threat to defeat Joey Logano on this track then it’s Busch. Busch used to be the guy that dominated Bristol, as he won in 2009 and 2010. He has also done pretty well in the other years, as he has two second place finishes and another two top-10 finishes at this track. Busch also happens to be having a very good season thus far, as he has four victories and has finished inside the top-10 at each of the past four races. He is the only guy that is as hot as Logano coming into this one and is worth a few units if you want to avoid taking the popular pick on Saturday.

Jeff Gordon - Gordon’s last race could be any week now, but he’ll be out there on Saturday and that means he has a good chance of winning. Gordon has not looked great since returning to the track, finishing outside the top-10 in each of his three appearances. He is, however, one of the greatest drivers ever and would love to win at Bristol on Saturday. Gordon has not won at this track since back in 2002 and it’d be a great way for him to potentially go out. He also happens to have some pretty solid odds after his string of recent mediocre performances.

AJ Allmendinger - Allmendinger isn’t necessarily a dark horse, but he is somewhat off the radar and could pay off big this weekend. Allmendinger is coming off of a very good performance at Watkins Glen, coming in fourth place two weeks ago. It was his best race since coming in second in the sixth race of the year, so he should be feeling confident coming into this one. If you’re looking for a driver that could shock everybody then this just might be it, so putting a unit on him wouldn’t be a bad move.