NASCAR 2019 AAA Texas 500 Odds & Preview

The eighth race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is set for Sunday, November 3, at Texas Motor Speedway, north of Dallas. There are eight drivers still in contention for the title: Martin Truex Jr, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott. The rest of the field can still win the race and claim the purse, but only those eight can advance to the Championship 4. We have the NASCAR odds for this race as well as thoughts on each of the eight contenders.

NASCAR 2019 AAA Texas 500 Odds & Preview

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• When: Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3:00 pm ET
• Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
• TV: NBC Sports Net
• Live Stream: NBCSN Live Stream
• Radio: PRN

Driver Odds to Win the 2019 AAA Texas 500

• Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr                                                                          5/1
• Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Kyle Larson    7/1
• Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski                                                                                  12/1
• Kurt Busch, Erik Jones, William Byron                                                                     25/1
• Alex Bowman                                                                                                 30/1
• Jimmie Johnson                                                                                                          40/1
• Clint Bowyer                                                                                                              60/1
• Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez                                                                         80/1
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon                                        300/1
• Paul Menard, Chris Buescher, Matt DiBenedetto                                                      500/1
• Daniel Hemric, Ryan Preece, Darrell Wallace Jr, Michael McDowell,
• Ty Dillon, David Ragan                                                                                             1000/1
• Corey LaJoie, Landon Cassill                                                                         5000/1
• FIELD (all others)                                                                                                      500/1

The Favorites

Martin Truex Jr is the hottest driver in NASCAR right now. He has never won at Texas Motor Speedway, but he was the runner-up here two years ago. He also had never won at Martinsville until last week, so picking against him might be an unwise use of your money. Denny Hamlin won the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway, his third victory on this track in his career. Given how Hamlin has driven in 2019, making a bit of a revival to his career, it’s hard to see him not advancing to the Championship 4. Joey Logano has won just once at Texas Motor Speedway, at the spring race in 2014, but he has six top-seven finishes here in his last seven races, with a 17th-place finish in the spring race this year bringing that streak to an end. Given his record here, he’s a strong driver to consider. Kevin Harvick has been one of NASCAR’s top drivers at Texas Motor Speedway since the track was repaved. He’s driven here seven times since then, and he has won twice, cracked the top five four other times and come in eighth. Truex Jr does not need to win this race to move on to the Championship 4, but Harvick is still not guaranteed one of those four slots, so expect his motivation to skew a little higher. Ryan Blaney looked impressive in Martinsville with a fifth-place finish. Last year, he took pole position in qualifying at this race, and took runner-up at the end of the day. If he can do that again — or even pull off the win — he would clinch a spot in the Championship 4 in Miami. Kyle Busch had a disappointing race in Martinsville, coming in 14th. He won the spring race here in 2018, his only win at Texas Motor Speedway since the repave, but he had a lot more big finishes here before the resurfacing. Kyle Larson cracked the top ten in Martinsville last week, but he needs to do even better at Texas Motor Speedway and ISM if he wants to make the Championship 4. He came in fifth here last year and was a runner-up at the spring race here in 2017, but he’s not one of the stronger choices here. Chase Elliott would love to forget Martinsville after coming in 36th. He has to win at either Texas Motor Speedway or ISM if he wants to make the Championship 4. The odds don’t look good for him here, as he came in 13th here at the spring race, his worst showing ever at this track.