My Best Bets for the Toyota 500 from Darlington Raceway

After going 5-0 in my best bets for the Real Hero’s 400 Sunday it’s time to go back out to Darlington for the Toyota 500 Wednesday night at 7:30 pm EST on FOX…Let get into this week’s picks…

Starting Lineup Toyota 400 – Darlington, SC

1 Ryan Preece

2 Ty Dillon          

3 Joey Logano   

4 Clint Bowyer

5 Ryan Blaney

6 Ryan Newman

7 Matt DiBenedetto

8 Brad Keselowski

9 Aric Almirola

10 Austin Dillon

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All lines via 5Dimes

Matt Kenseth (-115) > Ryan Blaney – Once again Kenseth showed no rust in returning to NASCAR and making Darlington easy work. Kenseth returned Sunday to Darlington and notched a Top 10 finish. Kenseth has now top 10 finish in 6 of his last 8 races at Darlington and don’t see that changing on Wednesday night. Kenseth will start in 11^th in prime striking distance of running toward the front most of the race. Opposite him is Ryan Blaney who finished middle of the pack (16^th) on Sunday. Blaney has average a finishing spot of 17.6 his last 5 races at Darlington. Blaney is the type of driver that qualifies strong at Darlington then falls to the back averaging a place differential of -4 over his last 5 races at Darlington. Kenseth is my choice in this match up with the low price.

Ryan Preece (+105) > Ricky Stenhouse Jr – Ryan Preece finished 20^th Sunday and will start on the pole for Wednesday night’s race. Preece held his own in his rookie season at Darlington in 2019 and finished 22^nd. Preece has shown he can run with the top drivers and stay competitive in the short sample size. Starting in dead last after wrecking on the very 1^st lap Sunday is Ricky Stenhouse. Over the last 5 races at Darlington Stenhouse has an average of finish of 26.4. This is a track that has given Stenhouse trouble over the last couple of years. I’m going to take the plus money on Reece Wednesday night.

Best Finish Group E: John Hunter Nemechek (+261) > Bell, Custer, Stenhouse

John Hunter Nemechek (-115) > Cole Custer – Nemechek notched an impressive 9^th place finish Sunday at Darlington who started the race in 34^th position. Nemechek was one of the top place differential drivers on Sunday. On top of that this was Nemechek’s first top-10 finish in the Cup Series in just his eighth start. In this matchup, he faces another rookie in Cole Custer who started 14^th Sunday and finished 22^nd. I’m going to roll the dice with Nemechek and short price who is starting upfront and I think can stay up there.

Ryan Blaney (+100) vs William Byron – Ryan Blaney has shown that he can stay somewhat competitive in most of his Darlington runs. Blaney is usually finishing middle of the pack in his career at the track. While William Bryon has had significant trouble at Darlington. He started 18^th Sunday and fell to the back finishing 35^th. In his previous 2 starts at Darlington in 2019 he finished 21st and in 2018 35^th. To make matters worse Byron will be starting in 34^th position Wednesday Night. I love the plus money with Blaney in this race match up.

Good Luck with all your bets and play responsibly – Bully The Line