The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Martinsville and another short track event for the Cook Out 400. It is time to continue our NASCAR Cup Series odd series with a Cook Out 400 at Martinsville prediction, pick, and how to watch.
Last week at Richmond, Denny Hamlin took the win on the short track. Meanwhile, Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, and Martin Truex all finished in the Top five. Larson is a defending champion here at Martinsville, winning in the spring race in 2023. Larson, Hamlin, and Truex also were top five finishers in that race as well.
Martinsville is another short track. It has two 800-foot straight away, with short turns on the oval-sharped asphalt track. The track is just .526 miles long and is called a paper-clip style track due to the length against the quick turns that are just 11 degrees. Overall, Martinsville is a unique track, but there are very small similarities to New Hampshire, North Wilkesboro, and Richmond.
Here are the NASCAR Odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
NASCAR Odds: Cup Series at Martinsville Odds
Denny Hamlin: +450
Martin Truex Jr.: +650
Kyle Larson: +700
Ryan Blaney: +700
Christopher Bell: +750
Joey Logan: +1200
William Byron: +1200
Ty Gibbs: +1300
Chase Elliott: +1600
Brad Keselowski: +1600
Chris Buescher: +220
Chase Briscoe: +2200
Tyler Reddick: +2200
Bubba Wallace: +2500
Ross Chastain: +2500
Josh Berry: +2800
Alex Bowman: +2800
Kyle Busch: +3000
Noah Gragson: +5000
How to Watch Cup Series at Martinsville
TV: FOX
Time: 3:00 PM ET/noon PT
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Favorites To Win Cup Series at Martinsville
Denny Hamlin is the favorite for this race, and he is coming off a win. Not on; ly did he win last week, but he has two wins already this year and has been solid at Martinsville. He was fourth in the spring race last year and has been in the top five in the last three races at Martinsville. Further, he has been in the top three in a stage, including three of six stage wins in the last three races on this track. Hamline last won here in 2015, but he is racing well, and this is a track he has been great at as of late.
Martin Truex is also having a solid year. He has yet to win this year, but has been in the top ten five times, plus has two to five finishes. Truex has been solid overall at Martinsville. He was 12th in the fall race last year, but third in the Spring race last year. Since 2019, he has been very good. He has won three times, with a third-place finish since 2018. He also has a fourth-place and eighth-place finish. Still, he has three finished 20th or worse in the last ten races here.
Kyle Larson also has a win this year and has been in the top five three times already in the season. Larson also has a solid history at Martinsville. He won here in the spring race in 2023 and was sixth in the fall race. Further, he was a runner-up in the fall race in 2022. Still, he has had some troubles, with finishes outside the top ten in eight of the last 13 races on this track.
Ryan Blaney does not have a win this year, but had been in the top five three times and has won a pole this year as well. Blaney has been great here since the fall of 2017. Since the fall race of 2017, He had been outside the top ten three times in the 13 races. In two of the races, he finished 11th, and in the other one he finished 20th. Further, he was first in two stages in the races he was outside the top ten. Outside of the poor finishes, Blaney had a win last fall, two runner-up finishes, two third-place finishes, and a place finish in that period. He has also led over 500 laps in the last 13 races.
Christopher Bell also has a win this year, while being in the top five three times and having five top-ten finishes. Bell has been hit and misses at this track in his eight starts. He does have a win, and two seventh-place finishes, but he has also been 15th or worse in in the other six races here. Still, Bell is hot. He has been in the top ten in each of his last four races and has brought in points in each of his last five races.
Sleepers To Win Cup Series at Martinsville
Joey Logano is right now in 19th in the points standings and has not won this year. He has finished inside the top ten just twice this year as well. Still, he has been very solid on this track. Since the fall of 2019, a span of nine races, he has not been outside the top ten. He has been a runner-up twice and led laps in five of the races. He also has a win in the fall race of 2018. Logano has been in a point-scoring position in 12 of the last 13 races at the end of a stage as well.
Alex Bowman has been solid this year as well, sitting 12th in the point standings. He has been in the top five three times this year. Bowman has not been great here recently, finishing 32nd in the fall race last year. He was 11th in the spring race last year, and 12th in the spring race in 2022. He did win the fall race in 2021 though, and had a good run going from 2020 through 2021. In that span, he won once and has two palce finishes on this track.
Cup Series at Martinsville Prediction & Pick
Short tracks normally lead to favorites doing well, or losing early. That has been the case for many of these drivers. It is either a strong performance or an early crash and loss. Still, there are a few plays with the favorites, and drivers who have done well recently. The drivers who come in hot and who have done well at Martinsville in the past are who to target in this one overall. Still, winning back-to-back weeks is tough, but while Hamling will have a solid week, he will not be the winner.
Cup Series at Martinsville Prediction & Pick: Truex Jr. Winner (+650), Hamlin Top 3 (+125), Logano Top 5 (+150)
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