AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 Picks

Christopher Bell is a good bet for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 in Texas. The NASCAR playoffs have been similar to the regular season's first few races.

Christopher Bell finished third in this race the last two years and has five Top-8 finishes in his last seven tries on intermediate tracks this season. Bell is the only driver to score a Top 5 in all three playoff races so far.

Kyle Larson won both the All-Star race and the playoff race a year ago. Larson has four Top-4 finishes on intermediate tracks this season and four top-8 finishes in his last seven starts.

Ryan Blaney has a Top-12 finish in all but one Texas start. He has six Top 8s in his last eight tries. Larson won the All-Star race this past spring and the fall race.

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Erik Jones has six Top 10s in his last seven tries at Texas. He's finished in the Top 4 every time in five Xfinity Series tries on the 1.5-mile track. Erik Jones won on an intermediate track in last round at Darlington.

Kevin Harvick has won the fall race in three of the last five years. He was 5th last year and has finished in the Top-10 in 13 of his last 14 starts in Texas.

Alex Bowman has a pair of fifth-place finishes in two of the last three fall Texas races and four Top-10 finishes this season.

Denny Hamlin won the spring race in 2019 and was runner-up in the All-Star Race this past year. Five of Hammin's last nine finishes at Texas have been 21st or worse.

Chase Elliott hasn't had a Top 5 in any of his last nine Texas starts. He was seventh last year.

Kyle Busch has finished outside the Top 20 in three of his last four starts on intermediate tracks and hasn't had a Top 5 finish overall since June 5. He's finished 26th or worse in five of last seven races. Denny Hamlin is tied for the top odds at Texas.

Chase Elliott is (-170) against Joey Logano (+145). The winner of the Texas playoff race has gone on to win the Cup Series championship four times: Jimmie Johnson (2007, 2013, Tony Stewart (2011), Jimmi Johnson, and Kyle Larson (2021). A non-playoff driver has won this race four time: TonyStewart (2006), Johnson and Busch (2014, 2015, 2020).

The winner of the Texas 500 has gone on to win the Cup Series championship four times: Jimmie Johnson (2007, 2013, Tony Stewart (2011), Jimmi Johnson and Kyle Larson (2021).

The winner of the Texas 500 picks will come from the Top 6 rows.

Six of the last eight Texas races saw the eventual winner either win or finish second in the second stage.