The NASCAR Cup Series is at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Sunday for the 2022 Bank of America ROVAL 400. Green flag is scheduled to drop shortly after 2 p.m. ET (NBC). Below we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the 2022 Bank of America ROVAL 400 odds, with NASCAR picks and predictions.
2022 Bank of America ROVAL 400: What you need to know
- This is the finale of the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, as 8 drivers will remain alive for the championship after Sunday
- William Byron leads all active drivers with 80 laps led in the history of the Charlotte ROVAL, posting an Average-Finish Position (AFP) of 14.3
- Chase Elliott, a 2-time winner on the ROVAL, is 2nd to his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Byron with 64 laps led at the Charlotte road course
- Kyle Larson, another driver in the Hendrick stable, is the defending champ at the ROVAL, and he has led 60 laps with a 13.0 AFP
- Penske Racing’s Ryan Blaney is the only non-Hendrick and non-Chevy driver to win at the ROVAL, taking checkers in the inaugural race back in Sept. 2018
- Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch has had a devil of a time at the ROVAL, posting a dismal 25.8 AFP in 4 career Cup starts, including 2 DNFs
- TrackHouse Racing’s Ross Chastain, still alive for the championship, has a dismal 23.0 AFP in 3 ROVAL Cup starts, and TrackHouse teammate Daniel Suarez is in the same boat with a 23.3 AFP in 4 ROVAL Cup runs
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2022 Bank of America ROVAL 400 – Expert picks
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 12:10 p.m. ET.
CHASE ELLIOTT (+425) is the chalk, and it’s hard to argue against taking a guy who has picked up wins in half of the all-time races at a track. He has been a road-course extraordinaire during his NASCAR Cup Series career, and he has a 5.0 AFP at his track in 4 Cup starts.
RYAN BLANEY (+1500) is a tremendous value play at this price. He won the inaugural race in 2018, before the Hendrick team rattled off 3 straight wins here. Still, Blaney has never finished lower than 9th in his 4 career Cup starts at the ROVAL, and he has led 40 laps here. If anyone breaks up the Chevy monopoly, it will be him.
2022 Bank of America ROVAL 400 – Long shots
COLE CUSTER (+10000) is worth playing really, really light. Hear me out. He has made 2 career Cup starts at the ROVAL, finishing 9th and 18th. It isn’t that far out of the realm of possibility that this is the location for his first-career Cup checkered flag. In a season that has seen 19 different drivers claim at least 1 victory, is it that crazy?
2022 Bank of America 400 prop picks
COLE CUSTER TOP-10 FINISH (+350)
If you don’t like Custer to win outright, and admittedly so, it’s a real long shot, he is still a value play for a top-10 finish. Again, he finished 9th in the Oct. 2020 race, while managing and 18th-place run last season. For a chance to multiply your initial wager by 3 1/2 times, this is a sound investment.
HENDRICK – TEAM OF RACE WINNER (+210)
As mentioned above, Hendrick Motorsports has dominated at this track setup, winning 3 of the 4 all-time ROVAL Cup races. Elliott has checkers in 2, Larson won last season and Byron leads all active drivers in laps led. For whatever reason the HMS team has figured this setup out, and they’re the favorites to do it again in 2022.
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