NASCAR Truck Series: Long John Silver's 200 Betting & Prediction
Last weekend on the dirt at Bristol, a NASCAR Cup Series regular returned to the Truck Series and scored an outstanding result. Reigning Cup Series Champion Joey Logano won at Bristol, becoming the second Cup Series regular to score a win on the Truck Series this weekend.
The other Cup Series regular to win on the Truck Series is the overwhelming favorite to win at Martinsville. We’ll review recent performances and the NASCAR odds before making our Long John Silver’s 200 betting picks.
Before analyzing the field in our Long John Silver’s 200 betting preview, we need to review the NASCAR Truck Series Odds for Friday night in Martinsville.
Here are our favorites to win the Long John Silver’s 200:
Notably, we have a clear betting favorite on any series for the first time on the 2023 NASCAR schedule.
NASCAR Truck Series: Long John Silver’s 200 | 200 Laps (105.2 mi)
Stage 1/2-50 laps | Final Stage-100 laps.
Location of the race: Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia.
Date and Time: Friday, April 14th, 2023, 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch: FS1, NASCAR Live
An impressive selection of Cup Series regulars has won at Martinsville in the Truck Series, including Kevin Harvick (2009, 2010, 2012), Chase Elliott (2017), John H. Nemechek (2018), William Byron (2022), and last week’s winner on the dirt at Bristol, Joey Logano (2015).
There are two previous winners in the confirmed participants for the Truck Series race at Martinsville, and only one driver will factor into our NASCAR Truck Series predictions.
Three-time NASCAR Truck Series Champion, ThorSport Racing-Ford’s Matt Crafton (+3000) won at Martinsville in 2014.
NASCAR Cup Series regular and perennial betting favorite Kyle Busch has won twice the Truck Series at Martinsville, winning in 2016 and 2019.
ThorSport Racing-Ford’s Ty Majeski currently leads the Truck Series NASCAR standings. Majeski scored his third consecutive top-five finish and fifth top-ten finish, finishing second at Bristol. However, in his one appearance at Martinsville since 2020, Majeski finished 11th.
Majeski is strong pick for a top-three finish.
Reigning NASCAR Truck Series Champion Front Row Motorsports-Ford’s Zane Smith claimed pole position on the dirt but finished 21st at Bristol, his worst finishing position of the season. Smith has one race win, two top-fives, and three top-ten finishes in the previous three Truck Series races at Martinsville.
With two wins and three top-three finishes this season, Smith could add to the total on Friday.
Betting favorite every time he gets in a ride to race, Kyle Busch has been impressive in his two Truck Series appearances this season, winning at Las Vegas and finishing second at Circuit of the Americas. Busch has been impressive at Martinsville since February 2020 on the Truck Series, winning once and having an average finishing position of 3.0.
Much like Joey Logano, when a Cup Series regular with a resume like Busch’s joins the Truck or Xfinity Series, they become a betting favorite to win, and Friday night in Martinsville is no exception.
Joining Busch from the Cup Series is Niece Motorsports-Chevrolet’s Ross Chastain. Chastain is making his third Truck Series start of the season at Martinsville, with his best finishing position being fifth.
However, it could be ThorSport-Ford’s Ben Rhodes who could surprise everyone and land on Victory Lane. Rhodes has two top-five finishes and a 4.7 average finishing position in the previous three races at Martinsville.
- Our Long John Silver’s 200 betting preview pick to win at Martinsville is Kyle Busch.
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