The NASCAR Cup Series is at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Sunday for the 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. The green flag is set to drop a little after 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC). Below we analyze the 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions.
Sunday’s race is scheduled for 82 laps and 200 miles on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn track.
2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard: What you need to know
- 23XI Racing’s Kurt Busch will miss his 2nd consecutive race due to concussion concerns. He suffered the concussion-like symptoms after a crash in qualifying at Pocono last Saturday. Ty Gibbs will make a 2nd straight start.
- A.J. Allmendinger won the inaugural race at the Indy road course last season, becoming the first part-time driver in the Cup Series since Justin Haley won at Daytona in July 2019.
- Former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat will make his 1st NASCAR Cup Series start Sunday racing for Team Hezeberg.
- Team Hezeberg’s Loris Hezemans will make his 3rd Cup start, with each outing coming on a road course. He was 34th at COTA and 37th at Road America earlier this season.
- Tyler Reddick won Stage 1 and Stage 2 in last season’s race but ended up settling for 21st.
- Erik Jones, Haley and Austin Cindric each recorded top-10 finishes last season at this track.
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Verizon 200 at the Brickyard – Expert picks
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CHASE ELLIOTT (+600) has the 3rd shortest odds behind Cindric (+500) and Reddick (+550) based upon his previous and well-documented success at road-course setups. He started 3rd at this track last season and ended up a respectable 4th. He was 10th in both Stage 1 and Stage 2, saving his best for last. He ended up leading 14 laps but had to settle for 4th.
RYAN BLANEY (+1000) ended up finishing as a runner-up to Allmendinger last season after starting 16th. He didn’t lead any laps or record any stage points, yet he nearly pulled off the victory. He is a value play based on his result last summer.
Verizon 200 at the Brickyard picks – Long shot
ERIK JONES (+40000) is a big-time long shot, but he finished 7th here a year ago, including a 4th in Stage 1. A more reasonable play – and a tremendous value – would be betting JONES TOP-10 FINISH (+1300).
Verizon 200 at the Brickyard prop picks
WINNING MANUFACTURER: CHEVROLET (-150)
Allmendinger steered his Chevrolet to Victory Lane last season, and race favorite Elliott also drives a Chevy. In addition, Hendrick’s Kyle Larson (+1000) and TrackHouse Racing’s Ross Chastain (+1000), who also drive Chevrolets, are tied with Blaney with the 6th-shortest odds for Sunday’s race.
GROUP 2 WINNER: A.J. ALLMENDINGER (+480)
As mentioned, Allmendinger registered the victory here in 2021, and he is a good bet to help Kaulig Racing to another strong finish. He’ll need to beat Cindric (+170), Daniel Suarez (+230), Chase Briscoe (+260) and Cindric (+240).
Suarez, who recorded his 1st Cup Series victory 6 races ago on the road course at Sonoma, ended up 37th in this race last season. Bell also struggled on this setup with a 36th-place finish, while Cindric might be Allmendinger’s biggest challenger in this group after turning in a 9th-place run on the Indy road course in 2021.
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