NASCAR at Watkins Glen 2018 odds and picks: Advanced model locks in surprising predictions for GoBowling at The Glen

Posted July 9, 2019

After launching at 3-1, Kyle Busch is the 3-2 preferred for NASCAR at Watkins Glen 2018, which runs Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. It is the second road course race of the season and Denny Hamlin, recorded at 10-1 NASCAR at Watkins Glen odds, won the pole Saturday. Busch leads all active drivers with four road wins, including two at Watkins Glen, but his last win at The Glen was back in 2013. Martin Truex Jr. won GoBowling at The Glen this past year and can be recorded at 4-1 odds. Prior to making any 2018 NASCAR at Watkins Glen choices, you need to see what SportsLine’s advanced computer model has to say.

The model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has an established track record in multiple sports. In addition, it powers McClure’s DFS projections, which have led him to over $1 million in career winnings.

McClure, with a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Significant racing events in this way have been in his blood, and his version has been beating its 2018 NASCAR picks.

The model has made several enormous calls this year, nailing the 1-2 finish for Busch and Harvick in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 as well as Harvick’s win in the KC Masterpiece 400. It also nailed five of the top 10 in Bristol and two of the top five in Daytona, just to name a few. Anybody following its picks this season is way, way up.

Now that the 2018 NASCAR in Watkins Glen field is secured, SportsLine mimicked the event 10,000 times and the results were so unexpected.

1 sudden pick from the model for GoBowling in The Glen 2018: Chase Elliott, getting the third-best NASCAR at Watkins Glen chances to win at 6-1, does not sniff the top 10. He’s a driver to avoid on Sunday despite his leading beginning position of third.

Elliott remains in search of the first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series triumph. He has cracked the top 10 in four of the last seven starts, but was just 19th in Chicago and 34th in Daytona last month. Last year at Watkins Glen, Elliott again started near the top in fourth, but finished a disappointing 13th. He clocked the fastest speed (124.520 mph) in the last clinics for GoBowling in The Glen 2018, but the version says he is a favorite to fade.

Another shocker: Truex Jr., obtaining the second-best odds at 4-1, doesn’t even finish in the top five.

He’s had plenty of success on street tracks, such as winning final year. But he is a risky pick at these odds because he has an average finish position of 12th in Watkins Glen in his career and has finished 10th or worse in three of the past six races here. There are better values out there within this Go Bowling in The Glen area.

Rather, the model is targeting two enormous underdogs with odds longer than 30-1 who are poised to make a serious run in the checkered flag, such as a monster long haul. Anyone who bets on such underdogs could hit it wealthy.

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