The 2019 Food City 500 takes place on Sunday at legendary Bristol Motor Speedway. The green flag falls at two p.m. ET, and each corner counts due to the tight, steeply-banked track where passing is at a premium. Last week, Denny Hamlin captured his second success of the 2019 Dragon Energy NASCAR Cup Series season at Texas Motor Speedway. He has a win at Bristol under his belt and is recorded at 14-1 to triumph in the most current 2019 Food City 500 chances. However, there are just six drivers using 2019 NASCAR at Bristol odds better than Hamlin, as Kyle Busch (5-2) is your preferred followed by Kyle Larson (7-1), Brad Keselowski (8-1), Joey Logano (8-1), Ryan Blaney (12-1) and Kevin Harvick (12-1). So before you make your own 2019 Food City 500 picks, visit the NASCAR at Bristol predictions from the proven pc version at SportsLine.

Developed by DFS pro and SportsLine predictive information engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction computer model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking factors such as track record and recent results into consideration.

The version is off to a strong start in NASCAR this year, calling Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin that a top-four competition from the beginning. It nailed eight of the top 10 drivers at the Pennzoil 400, which included placing winner Joey Logano in its projected top . It was all over Kyle Busch as a top contender in the TicketGuardian 500 and four of those motorists at McClure’s top five went on to top-five finishes at the Auto Club 400. Anybody who has followed its selections is far up.

McClure, who has a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events in iconic places like Bristol Motor Speedway are in his blood. His model simulated the 2019 Food City 500 10,000 times and the results were so surprising.

For Sundaywe could inform you the version is high on Kurt Busch, who makes a strong run in the checkered flag despite going off as a very long shot at 14-1 NASCAR in Bristol odds.

Busch is a six-time winner at Bristol Motor Speedway and his brother, Kyle Busch (seven), has more wins at this track among busy NASCAR drivers. This includes a victory last August at the NASCAR in Bristol race for his 30th career victory in NASCAR’s top series.

The 40-year-old veteran and 2004 series champion battled his way to the front of the package from the starting position because race also has also already come in the 27th and 13th starting positions to win at Bristol. He beat Larson by 0.367 seconds last time NASCAR seen Bristol and certainly will start 27th on Sunday. He is off to a hot start this season also, finishing in the top 10 in all but two races. He finished second at the Clash in Daytona and third in Atlanta.

Along with a massive shocker: Ryan Blaney, one of the best Vegas favorites in 12-1, does not crack the top five. There are far better values than the 12-1 premium he is commanding.