2024 Food City 500 props, odds, expert picks, prediction: Use Chase Elliott in NASCAR at Bristol best bets
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney will try to close out a dominant weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway when the green flag drops in the 2024 Food City 500 on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. In practice on Saturday, Blaney earned the fastest one-, five-, 10-, 15- and 20-lap averages. He also earned the pole position for Sunday's Food City 500 2024, his first pole in nearly two years. Blaney is a +1100 shot in the 2024 Food City 500 odds. Christopher Bell, who is coming off a victory at Phoenix, and Kyle Larson are the co-favorites in the 2024 NASCAR at Bristol field at +500. Denny Hamlin (+550), William Byron (+1100) and Kyle Busch (+1100) round out the top six 2024 NASCAR at Bristol contenders according to oddsmakers.
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 from Dawsonville, Ga., doesn't exactly enter Sunday's race in raging form. He has yet to finish in the top-10 in a NASCAR Cup Series race this season, with his best finish being a 12th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
But he leads all active drivers in average starting position (7.846) and finishing position at the 0.533-mile track (11.923). "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
