NASCAR Picks: Kevin Harvick is favored to win the last race in the Eliminator Round of the Chase, the Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500 on Sunday on ESPN. It all comes down to this race to see which four drivers get to race for the NASCAR Championship next week. Harvick is listed as the 3-1 favorite with Jeff Gordon the second choice. Here is a look at the race and NASCAR predictions.
Odds to Win Sunday’s Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500
- Kevin Harvick 3-1
- Jeff Gordon 4.5-1
- Brad Keselowski 5-1
- Jimmie Johnson 6-1
- Joey Logano 10-1
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10-1
- Kyle Busch 12-1
- Matt Kenseth 12-1
- Carl Edwards 20-1
- Denny Hamlin 20-1
- Kyle Larson 20-1
- Kasey Kahne 22-1
- Ryan Newman 25-1
- Clint Bowyer 27-1
- Kurt Busch 29-1
- Tony Stewart 30-1
- Jamie McMurray 32-1
- Field 18-1
Eliminator Round Finale
The first two races of the Eliminator Round were won by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson and neither of them are Chase drivers so it all comes down to Sunday to see which four drivers make it to Homestead and a chance to win the championship next week. All eight Chase drivers are within 18 points of each other so anything can happen. Harvick is the favorite to win Sunday’s race which makes sense considering he has won two of the past three races at Phoenix and three of the past four.
In his 23 starts at Phoenix he has won five times. No other Chase driver has more than two wins at Phoenix. If Harvick gets the win then three other drivers will advance on points to next week’s finale in Miami and the two most likely to make it are Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin as they just need to finish 11th or better to advance to next week in Miami.
NASCAR Picks
The NASCAR betting odds on Kevin Harvick are low but how can you not like his chances of winning this race? He has been great at Phoenix in his career and he has been excellent this season on 1.5 mile tracks. We’ll go with Harvick at NASCAR odds of 3-1. If you want to take a longshot then how about Joey Logano at 10-1? Penske is having an excellent season and Logano has a really good chance to make the final four next week. His teammate, Brad Keselowski would seem to have less of a chance simply because he isn’t going to get much love from the other drivers after what he did to Jeff Gordon last week.
