Greg and CJ both correctly picked Chase Elliott to win last Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway netting them a win for the week. Now we go to the Charlotte ROVAL for the final race of the Round of 12.

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Bank of America ROVAL 400 Preview:
Chevrolet has won all the road courses this year and is looking to end the season on twistys 6-for-6. The thing just, just 3 times has a non playoff driver also won the 6th race of the postseason with none of which occurring since this playoff format started in 2014.
That means you can really break it down to the top 12 in points right now.
Bank of America ROVAL 400 Top Stats
· Only once in four years has someone started in the top five and won. Chase Elliott started second in 2020.
· 3 of the 4 race winners started in the top 10.
· Starting spots on road courses this season: 16th (COTA), 8th (Sonoma), 4th (Road America), 1st (Indy), 2nd (Watkins Glen).
Bank of America ROVAL 400 Live Trends:
· The 4 years this race has occurred, the winner finished in the top 2 in 3 of the 4 second stages. Ryan Blaney won the second stage in 2018, Elliott won it in 2019 and he was second in 2020 while Kyle Larson was 6th last year.
· The first stage, Blaney was 10th in 2018, Elliott was ninth in 2019 and he didn’t get a top 10 in 2020 while Larson didn’t get one last year.
· This year, none of the road course races saw a driver that had won finish in points in Stage 1.
· In Stage 2, they finished: 8th (COTA), 4th (Sonoma), 10th (Road America), no points (Indy) and 8th (Watkins Glen).
· In 4 of the 5 road courses run, the only laps led by the eventual winner all occurred in the final stage. However, they dominated that final stage too as 3 of the 5 road courses this season were won by a driver that also led the most laps.

Race Odds

5-1…C Elliott

6-1…T Reddick

8-1…K Larson

12-1…AJ Allmendinger, W Byron and Hamlin

15-1…C Bell, R Blaney, R Chastain, A Cindric, J Logano and D Suarez

20-1…C Briscoe

25-1…C Buescher, K Harvick and M Truex Jr.

30-1…A Bowman, Kyle B and M McDowell

50-1…E Jones and B Keselowski 

100-1…C Custer, A Dillon, T Gibbs and D Wallace

250-1…A Almirola, H Burton and J Haley

500-1…T Dillon and R Stenhouse Jr. 

 

NOTE: Each analyst has a weekly wagering limit of $100.

NOTE: The weekly wagering limits will increase $100 for each playoff round ending with a $500 wagering limit for the Championship Four race. 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400 PICKS: RACE 32

 

Greg DePalma

K Larson…8-1…$50 ($400) 

AJ Allmendinger…12-1…$30 ($360)

W Byron…12-1…$25 ($300) 

C Bell…15-1…$40 ($600)

R Blaney…15-1…$50 ($750) 

R Chastain…15-1…$40 ($600) 

J Logano…15-1…$40 ($600) 

M McDowell…30-1…$15 ($450)  

A Bowman…30-1…$10 ($300)  

 

RECORD: 16 for 31

TOTAL: -301

 

Eric Smith

C Elliott…5-1…$70 ($350) 

K Larson…8-1…$45 ($360) 

AJ Allmendinger…12-1…$31 ($372)

R Blaney…15-1…$27 ($405) 

R Chastain…15-1…$27 ($405) 

A Cindric…15-1…$27 ($405) 

D Suarez…15-1…$22 ($330) 

J Logano…15-1…$27 ($405) 

C Buescher…25-1…$12 ($300)  

M McDowell…30-1…$12 ($360)  

 

RECORD: 17 for 31

TOTAL: -784

CJ Radune

C Elliott…5-1…$65 ($325) 

T Reddick…6-1…$60 ($360) 

K Larson…8-1…$40 ($320) 

AJ Allmendinger…12-1…$30 ($360)

D Hamlin…12-1…$30 ($360) 

R Blaney…15-1…$25 ($375) 

A Cindric…15-1…$25 ($375) 

M Truex Jr…25-1…$25 ($625)

 

RECORD: 18 for 31

TOTAL: -1,062

 

ARCHIVES

 

YELLAWOOD 500 PICKS: RACE 31

YELLAWOOD 500 WINNER: Chase Elliott

 

Eric Smith

R Blaney…12-1…$40 ($480) …2^nd

W Byron…12-1…$30 ($360) …12^th

D Hamlin…12-1…$30 ($360) …5^th

J Logano…12-1…$40 ($480) …27^th

A Cindric…15-1…$22 ($330) …9^th

T Reddick…15-1…$22 ($330) …28^th

D Wallace…18-1…$18 ($324) …16^th

B Keselowski…20-1…$21 ($420) …24^th

A Dillon…25-1…$14 ($350) …13^th  

A Almirola…30-1…$10 ($300) …14^th

C Buescher…30-1…$13 ($390) …25^th 

E Jones…30-1…$13 ($390) …6^th  

M McDowell…40-1…$8 ($320) …3^rd 

R Stenhouse Jr…40-1…$8 ($320) …22^nd  

J Haley…50-1…$5 ($250) …15^th  

C Lajoie…100-1…$2 ($200) …35^th

H Burton…200-1…$2 ($400) …36^th  

T Dillon…200-1…$2 ($400) …23^rd

 

RECORD: 0 for 1

TOTAL: -300

 

Greg DePalma

R Blaney…12-1…$50 ($600) …2^nd

C Elliott…12-1…$40 ($480) …1^st

D Hamlin…12-1…$50 ($600) …5^th  

C Bell…18-1…$25 ($480) …17^th

A Bowman…20-1…$20 ($400) …DNR 

K Harvick…20-1…$20 ($400) …29^th

B Keselowski…20-1…$35 ($700) …24^th   

M McDowell…40-1…$15 ($600) …3^rd    

R Stenhouse Jr…40-1…$15 ($600) …22^nd    

J Haley…50-1…$10 ($500) …15^th   

N Gragson…100-1…$5 ($500) …19^th  

C Lajoie…100-1…$10 ($1000) …35^th  

T Dillon…200-1…$3 ($600) …23^rd  

L Cassill…500-1…$2 ($1000) …11^th

 

RECORD: 1 for 1

TOTAL: +220

CJ Radune

R Blaney…12-1…$30 ($360) …2^nd

C Elliott…12-1…$27 ($324) …1^st

D Hamlin…12-1…$27 ($324) …5^th  

J Logano…12-1…$27 ($324) …27^th

K Larson…12-1…$27 ($324) …18^th

R Chastain…15-1…$24 ($360) …4^th

A Cindric…15-1…$24 ($360) …9^th

C Bell…18-1…$21 ($378) …17^th

D Wallace…18-1…$21 ($378) …16^th  

A Bowman…20-1…$18 ($360) …DNR

B Keselowski…20-1…$18 ($360) …24^th   

A Dillon…25-1…$15 ($375) …13^th  

E Jones…30-1…$12 ($360) …6^th  

M McDowell…40-1…$9 ($360) …3^rd 

 

RECORD: 1 for 1

TOTAL: +51