This week, we are in for the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400. Last week in New Hampshire, it was Christopher Bell taking the checkered flag and paying +1600 for the lucky bettors who put their money down on him. It was his first win of the year, and it put him into the top 10 in the current Cup Series standings.
Staying in the Northeast, NASCAR heads to Pennsylvania and the Pocono Raceway, known as the Tricky Triangle. NASCAR has been racing at the 2.5-mile track since 1974 when Richard Petty won the inaugural race.
Of note in 2022, this is the first time the Cup Series will have just one race at Pocono Raceway since 1981. For the last 40 years, they’ve run a pair of races during each visit.
Favorites to Win M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400
- Chase Elliott (+700)
- Denny Hamlin (+800)
- Kyle Busch (+800)
- Kyle Larson (+800)
- Martin Truex Jr. (+1000)
- Ross Chastain (+1000)
- Ryan Blaney (+1000)
- William Byron (+1000)
- Kevin Harvick (+1200)
- Christopher Bell (+1600)
- Joey Logano (+1600)
As the Cup Series leader, Chase Elliott is the favorite to win this week. It also doesn’t hurt his standing that over the last four races, he has finished first, second, first, and second last week in New Hampshire. Much like Kyle Larson’s season last year, this year, everything is going right for Elliott.
Of the collection of drivers behind Elliott at +800, you can’t really go wrong. Denny Hamlin has struggled with consistency this year, but he has four all-time wins at Pocono Raceway.
Kyle Busch is a three-time Pocono champion, and he drives the M&M’s car, which surely will be a factor in an M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 race. And Kyle Larson has nine top-five finishes this season even as overall, the year has been a disappointment.
Christopher Bell, coming off his win last week at +1600, is once again paying +1600.
Value Bets to Consider at M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400
Kurt Busch got back into the top-10 at New Hampshire, erasing two bad performances following his runner-up finish in Nashville. Last year at Pocono, he finished in sixth place and led for 12 laps.
Bubba Wallace made his Cup Series debut at the Pocono Raceway in 2017, and while he’s never won here, he did finish fifth in the final start at Pocono Raceway in 2021. He’s paying +2800 at this weekend’s race, coming off a third-place finish in New Hampshire last week.
This has easily been Brad Keselowski’s worst season in over a decade. He has no wins and no top-five finishes for the first time since 2010.
But he’s been very good at Pocono Raceway through the years, including a third-place finish last year – one of 11 top-five career finishes here. And he’s paying a whopping +6600.
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