DuraMAX Drydene 400 Picks and Predictions 2022
HMS is once again positioned atop the odds board at Dover. Last year HMS dominated the DuraMAX Drydene 400. Daniel Suarez is a longshot.
As the rest of the field tries to play catch-up, is there value in a heavy underdog?
DuraMAX Drydene 400 Picks and Predictions 2022 were made on 4/27/22 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Kyle Larson has three straight Top 3s and a runner-up last year with Hendrick Motorsports on the Monster Mile. He also has 10 Top 10s in his last 12 starts there.
William Byron has two straight fourth-place finishes at Dover and has led the most laps in four of the last six races on the season.
Chase Elliott is the current Cup Series points leader. He has scored five Top-10 finishes in the last six weeks.
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Kevin Harvick is +1,200 at the 2018 NASCAR race. He has seven straight Top-6 finishes here and two wins.
Daniel Suarez finished ninth for Trackhouse at Dover last year. He has six Top 11s in nine starts on the Monster Mile in Cup competition and five Top 10s on Xfinity. Suarez has finished second in both his Truck Series starts at the track.
Cole Custer is a strong sleeper. He had a pair of Top 10s as a rookie and a 10th place run last season. Custers had five Top-8 results in six NXS starts on the Monster Mile.
Ryan Blaney has had a disappointing career at Dover. Ryan Blane has finished 12th or worse in his last six Dover starts.
Brad Keselowski has no Top 5s in his last nine Dover starts and only one in last 13. Dillon has four Top 10s on the season and two Top-3 results in the last three.
Kevin Harvick has seven straight Top-6 finishes at Dover. Martin Truex Jr. has just two Top 5s all season.
DuraMAX Drydene 400 is taking place at Dover on Sunday. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick won there 16 times in 2020. Alex Bowman won four times last year. Hendrick Motorsports and Stewart-Haas Racing are the main contenders. Joey Logano has two wins in the last 77 races. Ryan Blaney hasn't won since the 2021 regular-season finale. Joe Gibbs Racing has one Top 10 finish all season. Daniel Suarez, Daniel, Suarez and Ross Chastian are main challengers. Daniel has only won twice in last two years. Ross has won two races in 2022.
Three of the last five Dover winners have come from a starting spot of Row 7 or worse. The second-place starting position has won half of last eight races at Dover. 14 of 16 stages run at the Dover have seen the eventual race winner finish in the Top 5.
The eventual race winner has finished in the Top 10 at the end of the two stages per race in all but one try. 14 of 16 stages run at Dover have seen the eventual winner finish in Top 5.
