NASCAR at Atlanta odds, picks 2019: Model says Jimmie Johnson surprises at Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Posted June 28, 2019

The 2019 Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 runs Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin will seem to follow up his historic win with another strong performance. He’s recorded at 15-1 in the most current 2019 Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 chances, together with the event’s defending champion, Kevin Harvick, installed as the Vegas favorite at 4-1. Harvick will start in 18th, but ended second from that place back in 2009 in Atlanta. Then there’s Aric Almirola, who won the pole and is moving off in 20-1 NASCAR in Atlanta chances. The restrictor plates will come off with this race, so before you make your own 2019 Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 selections, make sure you check out the projected leaderboard and newest NASCAR predictions in the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Produced by DFS pro and SportsLine predictive information scientist Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction computer model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking factors like track record and recent results into account.

It made some enormous calls in NASCAR last year, such as nailing wins for Kyle Busch at Chicago and Martin Truex Jr. in Sonoma. And it is off to a strong start in NASCAR this season, calling Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin a top contender from the start. Is way, way up.

McClure, with a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events at venues like Atlanta Motor Speedway are in his blood. Now his model simulated the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 a total of 10,000 times and the results were surprising.

For the 2019 QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta, we can inform you that the model is top on Jimmie Johnson, who yells towards the very top of this 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 leaderboard despite going off as a 25-1 long haul.

The seven-time cup winner had a strong run last week at the Daytona 500, finishing ninth as a 43-year-old in his 19th year on NASCAR’s top circuit. He heads to a track where he has won five times in his career.

Johnson won the first two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway when the event was changed from the latter portion of this season to right after Daytona. In addition, he won the overdue race in Atlanta in 2004 and won both occasions there in 2007.

Johnson will start in 11th on Sunday, and also the version anticipates NASCAR’s elder statesman to keep near the front of the package and supply the possibility of a huge payout.

Another shocker from the model: Kyle Busch, one of the best Vegas favorites in 6-1, doesn’t crack the top five.