The NASCAR season has formally begun, with William Byron taking dwelling the Daytona 500 {hardware}. However who will step as much as win the Ambetter Well being 400 in Atlanta?
The Kevin Harvick’s Blissful Hour podcast made its picks for the race after discussing all the newest motion in NASCAR this week.
Harvick’s decide would possibly simply shock you.
“Right here’s my decide. We talked concerning the Fords. We talked concerning the benefits, not benefits, simply issues that they do higher than the opposite makes proper now,” Harvick stated. “And I’m going with Austin Cindric. I’m going to select the 2 automobile. He’s been up entrance in any respect the superspeedway races. I believe this can be a good week for them to have an opportunity to win.”
Cindric presently stands third on factors within the NASCAR Cup Collection standings after one week, ending eighth at Daytona however main 59 laps and buying 19 stage factors.
He’s pretty much as good a selection as anybody to win, and he just lately acquired some excessive reward from Denny Hamlin.
Hamlin, who was annoyed with drivers getting too antsy too early at Daytona and making contact after they didn’t have to, singled Cindric out from the pack for racing the proper means.
“It looks like these which might be taking part in it will perceive and see the outcomes each time you select to make contact,” Hamlin stated. “You realize what the tip result’s going to be. Like that’s what I don’t perceive. It’s why, for my part, proper now one of many biggest superspeedway drivers we’ve obtained is Austin Cindric. After I go to the skin of him he doesn’t attempt to block. He is aware of what the results of that’s going to be. He desires to stay to race it off of (Flip) 4. And he is aware of if I get beside him, his race is just not over. It’s not over. So let’s play this factor out.”
Might Cindric see issues play out on the NASCAR Ambetter Well being 400 on Sunday? He positioned fourth there this time final yr, additionally ending with a top-10 at Atlanta in September.
Kaitlyn Vincie, a cohost on Kevin Harvick’s Blissful Hour, had a special decide.
“I’m going with Joey Logano, he’s received two within the final 4, together with September,” she stated.
Lastly, Mamba Smith offered the ultimate decide from the panel to win NASCAR’s Ambetter Well being 400.
“My mind says YRB (Ryan Blaney), he’s at all times within the entrance of those,” Smith stated. “My coronary heart says Kyle Busch as a result of I would like redemption. However my intestine is what I’m going with, I’m going with Bubba Wallace within the 23. They’re up entrance quite a lot of occasions.”
