The NASCAR Cup Series comes to Kansas Speedway Sunday for the 2022 AdventHealth 400. The green flag is set to drop a little after 3 p.m. ET (FS1). Below we analyze the 2022 AdventHealth 400 odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions.
Sunday’s race is scheduled for 267 laps and 400 miles at Kansas Speedway. Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson won the most recent stop at this track last October, while Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch won the 2021 spring stop.
Prior to those two, it was Penske Racing driver Joey Logano, last week’s winner at Darlington, who brought his Ford to Victory Lane. Each of the three manufacturers has a checkered flag in the last 3 Cup races at Kansas.
Logano’s win last weekend at the Goodyear 400 at Darlington made him the 10th driver to pick up a victory this season. Hendrick’s William Byron and TrackHouse Racing’s Ross Chastain are the only 2-time winners this season.
2022 AdventHealth 400: What you need to know
- Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Logano have managed 3 career wins at Kansas, tied for most among active drivers.
- Harvick leads all drivers with an 8.9 Average-Finish Position (AFP) in 32 career Cup starts, finishing inside the Top 5 on 12 occasions. He also leads all drivers with 949 laps led.
- Hendrick’s Chase Elliott, winner of the Fall 2018 race at Kansas, is 2nd to Harvick with a 9.8 AFP in 12 Cup starts with half of his runs resulting in a top-5 finish.
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AdventHealth 400 – Expert picks
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CHASE ELLIOTT (+1200) is a value play, tied with the Hamlin at this price level. Elliott picked up the win at Dover, and has 5 consecutive top-10 finishes dating back to Martinsville in early April. He has been running hot, and has also enjoyed plenty of success at Kansas Speedway over the years.
It’s impossible to ignore LOGANO (+2000) at this price level. He is coming off a win last weekend at Darlington, much to the chagrin of Byron. Will the Hendrick Motorsports driver retaliate this weekend and knock Logano off track? That’s about the only concern with a Logano pick, which is a huge value at this price point.
AdventHealth 400 picks – Long shot
RFK Racing’s BRAD KESELOWSKI (+10000) has really struggled this season, his first campaign out from under the Penske umbrella. He hasn’t had a top-10 run since Daytona, and was a season-worst 34th at Darlington last weekend, while his former teammate Logano was celebrating in Victory Lane.
With all that being said, Keselowski has 2 wins at Kansas in 24 career starts, and he is 3rd among all active drivers with an 11.5 AFP. The odds are ludicrous, given his past success, even if he is in inferior equipment this season. Even a $1-5 bet on the No. 6 machine can net a tidy little profit.
AdventHealth 400 prop pick
BRAD KESELOWSKI TOP-10 FINISH (+140)
Keselowski’s difficult season continued last week, as he sunk like a stone to a season-worst 34th at “The Lady In Black.” However, he has had a modicum of success at Kansas in the past, and could be worth a play at plus-money here.
KURT BUSCH TOP-10 FINISH (+110)
The elder Busch Bro is also a solid play for a top-10 run at plus-money. He has never won at Kansas, but sits 8th among all active drivers with a 15.5 AFP. In 32 of his Cup starts, he has placed inside the Top 10 on 13 occasions while leading 276 laps.
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