2024 Food City 500 props, odds, expert picks, prediction: Target Chase Elliott in NASCAR at Bristol best bets
The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series rolls through Bristol this week for the 2024 Food City 500 on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Through four races this season, reigning Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney leads the NASCAR standings with 151 points. He is coming off a fifth-place finish at Phoenix Raceway. Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr. trail Blaney by 10 points each. This week, Christopher Bell, who is coming off a victory at Phoenix, and Larson are the co-favorites in the 2024 Food City 500 odds at 5-1. Denny Hamlin (11-2), William Byron (11-1), Blaney (11-1) and Kyle Busch (11-1) round out the top six on the 2024 NASCAR at Bristol odds board.
The green flag is set to drop at 3:30 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 Food City 500 picks or NASCAR at Bristol predictions, you need to see what elite expert auto racing handicappers Phil Bobbitt and Steve Greco have to say.
Bobbitt and Greco built a predictive engine that consistently beats the books. They find huge value and aren't afraid of volume. Over the past three years, their followers are up more than $24,500 on $100 plays.
Last season, they called +4000 longshot Michael McDowell winning the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard and Ryan Blaney to win the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at +3000.
The duo began 2024 by calling Hamlin to win the Clash at the Coliseum at +1100 and hit on three of its four top-five wagers. Three weeks ago at Atlanta, they predicted Daniel Suarez's victory at +3500 and were 10-2 on matchup plays. Anyone following Bobbitt and Greco has seen huge returns.
Now, Bobbitt and Greco have analyzed the field and odds for Sunday's NASCAR at Bristol 2024 race. They're sharing their best bets only at SportsLine.
2024 Food City 500 expert picks
One of Bobbitt and Greco's top NASCAR bets: They are backing Chase Elliott to finish in the top 10 (+100). The 28-year-old Elliott has zero top-10 finishes in four starts this year. He is coming off a 19th-place finish in the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
Bobbitt and Greco, however, like that Elliott has eight top-10 finishes in 14 career starts at Bristol. In the last Bristol race last September, he came in seventh. "He has fantastic track history at Bristol," they told SportsLine. "The books are starting to really give us some advantageous pricing when it comes to this guy, so like we've preached in the past: Zig when they want you to zag." See what other NASCAR picks they like at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 Food City 500 predictions
Bobbitt and Greco also have identified three drivers at 50-1 or more to win it all. The longest shot is better than 65-1 and "wheels it better in every way." Anyone who backs this driver could hit it big. You can see who they are only at SportsLine.
2024 Food City 500 odds, field
Kyle Larson +500
Christopher Bell +500
Denny Hamlin +550
William Byron +1100
Ryan Blaney +1100
Kyle Busch +1100
Tyler Reddick +1200
Ty Gibbs +1200
Chris Buescher +1200
Chase Elliott +1400
Brad Keselowski +1400
Martin Truex Jr. +1800
Ross Chastain +2000
Joey Logano +2000
Erik Jones +4000
Bubba Wallace +4000
Alex Bowman +4500
Chase Briscoe +5500
Michael McDowell +6000
Noah Gragson +6500
Daniel Suarez +8000
Carson Hocevar +8000
Austin Dillon +9000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +9000
Josh Berry +10000
Ryan Preece +15000
John Hunter Nemechek +15000
Corey Lajoie +15000
Austin Cindric +15000
A.J. Allmendinger +15000
Todd Gilliland +25000
Daniel Hemric +30000
Harrison Burton +40000
Zane Smith +50000
Kaz Grala +50000
Justin Haley +50000
