The NASCAR Cup Series heads out to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400 Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. Below we analyze the 2021 Pennzoil 400 NASCAR odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions based on the odds from BetMGM Sportsbook.
2021 Pennzoil 400: What you need to know
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The Las Vegas Motor Speedway has seen a Ford win four times in the past six starts, although Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota have each had a checkered flag over the previous three stops at LVMS.
- Kurt Busch won the fall race at Vegas last season in the South Point 400. Penske Racing’s Joey Logano posted a win in the Pennzoil 400 last spring.
- In 15 career starts at LVMS, Logano has two wins, six top-5 finishes and 10 top-10 runs with 488 laps led and an 8.4 Average-Finish Position (AFP).
- Ryan Blaney has nine runs under his belt in Las Vegas, and while he hasn’t made his way to Victory Lane, he has three top-5 showings and six top-10 performances with a 9.67 AFP, second among active drivers.
- Kevin Harvick leads all active drivers with 679 career laps led in Vegas, and he has a pair of wins with seven top-5 runs and 12 top-10 finishes in his 23 career starts.
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Who is going to win the 2021 Pennzoil 400?
HARVICK (+650) is on the pole and looking for his first victory at the track since the spring 2018 race. He also won the Kobalt 400 during the 2015 season when the NASCAR Cup Series ran just once per season at the track.
Penske Racing has dominated at this track, winning three of the past five NASCAR Cup races at LVMS. BRAD KESELOWSKI (+650) leads all active drivers with three checkered flags.
Keselowski not only has the three victories, but he has seven top-5 runs with 10 top-10 finishes and 282 laps led in 15 career starts. He also has an 11.4 AFP, which is third-best among drivers with at least 10 starts at the track.
Logano is the gold standard, even though he has just two victories. He has consistently ticked off top-10 finishes, and he has never finished lower than 23rd at this particular track.
If you want to look outside of the Penske stable of racers, KYLE LARSON (+1000) is your best bet. He has never won at the Nevada tri-oval, but he has three top-5 showings with six top-10 runs and a strong 10.78 AFP in his nine career starts in Vegas.
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2021 Pennzoil 400 long-shot bet
AUSTIN DILLON (+5500) has appeared on this long-shot section before.
Normally, he is a stud on the superspeedways, but he is worth a small-unit play in Las Vegas. He has two top-5 runs, and he has finished 20th or better in eight of his 11 career starts at the track. That’s good consistency, and a jump to the top of the leaderboard isn’t that big of a stretch.
MATT DIBENEDETTO (+3000) is still searching for his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series win, and in a season of first-time winners so far, why not Matty B? He has always been strong in Las Vegas, going for two top-5 finishes and an 18.6 AFP in his eight career starts. He was a runner-up last February at this race, and expectations are rather high.
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