Brad Keselowski has been a dominant force in recent editions of the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, taking home the checkered flag in two of the past three years. That success has done little to boost Keselowski on the NASCAR odds for Sunday’s race, however, as he lags as a plus-1000 wager at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Following an uneven start to the 2020 season, Keselowski has made steady improvement, posting wins in two of the past three NASCAR Cup Series races going into Sunday afternoon’s running of the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Keselowski’s most recent win came at last weekend’s Supermarket Heroes 500, where he powered to victory after starting from the pole position. The 36-year-old has been a fixture at or near the front of the starting lineup this season, seizing starting positions among the top ten in four of his past five outings and seven times overall. That trend will be extended on Sunday, when he starts the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 from the No. 6 spot.
Keselowski’s recent surge has also lifted him into contention in the Cup Series standings, where he now sits fourth with 315 points, just 55 points back of frontrunner Kevin Harvick who is atop the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 odds as a plus-500 favourite at online betting sites.
Harvick is coming off a disappointing 11th-place performance last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, which also marked his second-worst performance so far in 2020. However, like Keselowski, Harvick has enjoyed past success at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, which he won for a second time two years ago. Harvick has finished among the top ten in each of his past five appearances.
Further down the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 odds, Chase Elliott follows Harvick as a plus-650 second favourite, just ahead of Kyle Busch at plus-750, and Martin Truex Jr. at plus-800. Alex Bowman sits knotted with Joey Logano at plus-900, while Keselowski is joined by Denny Hamlin at plus-1000.
Elliott has struggled to produce consistent results in recent Cup Series outings. The 24-year-old has finished among the top four in three of five races since the 2020 schedule resumed three weeks ago. However, a late-race collision with Logano forced Elliott to settle for a 22nd-place finish last weekend, marking the third time in eight outings that he has finished out of the top 20.
Busch will be seeking an elusive first win of the season when he starts Sunday’s race fourth in the lineup. Truex finished second in Atlanta last year but has yet to take home the checkered flag in 2020.
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