The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Sunday for the 2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard. The green flag is set to drop shortly after 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook lines around the 2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard odds, and make our expert NASCAR picks and predictions.
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2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard: What you need to know
- Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger won the inaugural 2021 race on the road course at IMS, and he followed that up with a 7th-place run last season
- 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick won last season’s road course Cup race in Indy, dramatically improving from a 21st-place run in 2021
- Allmendinger and Team Penske’s Austin Cindric are the only 2 Cup drivers to finish 10th or better in both starts on the IMS course
- Cindric’s teammate, Ryan Blaney, posted a runner-up finish in the inaugural Cup race on the course, but tumbled to 26th last season
- Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland each recorded top-5 finishes in their IMS road course debuts last season, with Burton ending up 3rd and Gilliland finishing 4th
- Chevrolet has been the manufacturer to go to Victory Lane in both of the previous road course Cup races at Indy
- TrackHouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez is on the pole for Sunday’s race after turning a best speed of 99.814 mph and best time of 87.968
- Suarez has been a train wreck in his previous 2 Cup starts on the Indy road course, finishing 28th and 37th, however
- Last season’s winner, Reddick, will be on the outside of Row 1 in the starting grid
- Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott, a road course extraordinaire, goes off 3rd. He finished 4th in the inaugural IMS road race, and 16th last season
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2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard – Expert picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 2:25 a.m. ET.
Guess who’s back? Back again? It’s SHANE VAN GISBERGEN (+1200), who won the Chicago street course race in his Cup Series debut. He is worth a small roll of the dice, as he has 1 previous start, and 1 win.
SVG held his own in practice, checking in 12th with a best speed of 97.957 mph, and he was even better in qualifying, slotting in at 8th in the starting grid for Sunday. This guy doesn’t have a lot of driver experience behind the wheel of a stock car, but it certainly doesn’t show.
2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard – Long shot
Why not take a chance on A.J. ALLMENDINGER (+2200)? He has been a road-course ringer over the years on the circuit, and he already has a win under his belt in 2 previous starts on the setup.
I love the value in playing AUSTIN CINDRIC (+3000), as he is just 1 of 2 active Cup drivers who has finished 10th or better in each of the 2 previous Cup races on the IMS road circuit.
2023 Verizon 200 at The Brickyard – Prop picks
Look at the head-to-head matchbets, which are also parlayable, I love CHRIS BUESCHER (+115) over Martin Truex Jr., especially at plus-money.
Buescher is the hottest driver in the Cup Series right now, recording back-to-back checkered flags on the short track at Richmond and the tri-oval at Michigan. He has ended up with respectable finishes of 10th and 12th in his 2 previous Cup starts at this track. MTJ, on the other hand, has ended up with finishes of 15th and 21st.
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