This weekend NASCAR returns to Michigan International Speedway for high-speed racing action that will be highlighted by both the Craftsman Truck Series on Saturday and followed by the running of the FireKeepers Casino 400 in the Cup Series on Sunday. Later this afternoon, on-track activities will begin for ARCA (Friday night) and the Truck Series. While we have yet to release our official previews and betting selections, I wanted to jump on a couple of value plays that I believe are worthy of early betting action. In simple, I believe there are a couple of drivers that warrant early betting consideration and have a higher likelihood of losing value once on-track activities begin. For that reason, I wanted to post a few early plays that I believe bettors should lock-in prior to practices and qualifying for both the DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 (Trucks) and the FireKeepers Casino 400 (Cup). All of the selections below are relatively low-risk but offer sufficient ROI for realistic ceilings!
DQS Solutions & Staffing 200
Carson Hocevar -115 over Ross Chastain (2 units)
Chandler Smith +1800 (.5 unit)
Kaden Honeycutt +2200 (.5 unit)
FireKeepers Casino 400
Bubba Wallace +2800 (.5 unit)
Rickey Stenhouse Jr +500 finishes Top 10 (.5 unit)
Two Team Parlay
Denny Hamlin +600 wins FireKeepers Casino 400
Ryan Preece +250 finishes Top 10
Risking .5 unit to win: +1175