NASCAR at Las Vegas: Odds, prediction, sleepers, drivers to watch for Pennzoil Oil 400

Posted July 10, 2019

NASCAR heads back to yet another intermediate track this week since the Pennzoil Oil 400 will feature a 1.5-mile race, which favors the Cup Series’ top drivers. But it presents a different challenge than Atlanta Motor Speedway, in which Brad Keselowski won past week.

This track is much flatter than that of tire wear and Atlanta will probably be less of a problem. So, this week drivers like Kyle Larson, who had the fastest car on the track for the majority of the first two stages a week, could have to worry about on that front.

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However, the fact is, he’s got a fantastic opportunity to win this time, while weekly Keselowski sort of came from nowhere to win. Keselowski has finished no worse than seventh over his last seven races there and has three career wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

He has to be the first guy you look at when doing evaluations with this race, as he’s a fantastic chance.

But while we would love to pick him, we are going to go with Martin Truex Jr., who is coming from a second-place end in Atlanta and has finished third, fourth and first in his last three races at Nevada, respectively.