2019 STP 500 NASCAR 03/24/19 Odds, Preview and Predictions

The first of four scheduled trips to Virginia is on Sunday, March 24th with the 71st running of Their STP 500 at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.

The Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The STP 500 is the first of two races with the second one being the very first Data 500 in the NASCAR Playoffs.

Clint Bowyer won the race this past year and this year, another affluent field is set to go into the race with various drivers who can really win the event. Let us take a peek at who the oddsmakers believe are likely to function as drivers to observe this weekend.

“Racing” The Favorites

Kyle Busch is the favorite to win the STP 500. After winning the Ticket Guardian 500 in Arizona last March 10th, Busch maintained the pace with another victory in the Car Club 400 at California. With back to back wins at the last two weekends, no question Kyle Busch deserves to be the +162 favorite here. Busch has finished no lower than 6th place in six out of the last seven races entire and as soon as it comes to the STP 500, he won here in 2016, finished runner-up from the previous two decades and has placed at least 5th in each of his last seven appearances here at the Martinsville Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. set 8th last week in the Auto Club Speedway. The 2017 Dragon Energy NASCAR Series Cup champion has five Top 10 finishes in seven races this year including three in the Top 5. Heading to the weekend, Trues has finished no worse than fourth in his last three races at the Martinsville Speedway.

2017 winner Brad Keselowski has put at least 6th in four out of his last six appearances in the STP 500. Keselowski also loves racing in the Martinsville Speedway as he’s finished no lower than 5th in six from his last eight races .

Joey Logano finished alongside Busch in California last weekend but while he came up short again, Logano has three Top 5 finishes already this season, including a win in the Pennzoil 400 last month in Las Vegas. It’s interesting that he’s won only once here in Martinsville Speedway however that victory came in his last race here, the First Data 500 last October 2018.

Denny Hamlin has not picked up a victory since his victory in the Daytona 500 final season but he’s surely been consistent. Hamlin is a 6.8 ending in his first five races this season and is doing a good job holding his own at the Drivers Championship. Hamlin has won here thrice, the last being in 2015, with just Richard Petty, Darren Waltrip, and Rusty Wallace winning over him. He also holds two victories at the Martinsville Speedway while racing in the Camping Truck World Series.