The first of four scheduled Excursions to Virginia is on Sunday, March 24th with All the 71st running of the STP 500 at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.
The Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track in the Dragon Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The STP 500 is the first of two races here with the second one being the very first Data 500 at the NASCAR Playoffs.
Clint Bowyer won the race last year and this year, another affluent field is set to enter the race with various drivers that can definitely win the event. Let us take a peek at who the oddsmakers think are likely to be the drivers to watch this weekend.
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Kyle Busch is the favorite to win against the STP 500. After winning the Ticket Guardian 500 at Arizona last March 10th, Busch kept the pace with another success at the Car Club 400 at California. With back to back wins at the previous two weekends, no wonder Kyle Busch deserves to be the +162 favorite here. Busch has finished no lower than 6th place in six from his past seven races entire and as soon as it comes to the STP 500, he won here in 2016, finished runner-up in the past two years and has placed at 5th in each of his last seven appearances here in the Martinsville Speedway.
Martin Truex Jr. place 8th last week in the Auto Club Speedway. The 2017 Dragon Energy NASCAR collection Cup winner has five Top 10 finishes in seven races this season including three in the Top 5. Heading to this weekend, Trues has finished no worse than fourth in his last three races in the Martinsville Speedway.
2017 winner Brad Keselowski has put at 6th in four out of the last six appearances in the STP 500. Keselowski also loves racing in the Martinsville Speedway as he has finished no lower than 5th in six out of his last eight races .
Joey Logano finished alongside Busch at California last weekend however while he came up short again, Logano has three Top 5 finishes already this season, including a win at the Pennzoil 400 final month in Las Vegas. It’s interesting that he’s won just once here in Martinsville Speedway however that success came in his final race here, the First Data 500 last October 2018.
Denny Hamlin hasn’t picked up a success since his triumph at the Daytona 500 last year but he’s definitely been consistent. Hamlin is averaging a 6.8 ending in his first five races this year and is doing a good job holding his own in the Drivers Championship. Hamlin has won thrice, the last being in 2015, with just Richard Petty, Darren Waltrip, and Rusty Wallace winning over him. He also holds two successes in the Martinsville Speedway while racing at the Camping Truck World Series.
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