The Sprint Cup Series will take center stage this afternoon for 500 laps around the paperclip at Martinsville Speedway in the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500. Today’s race marks the start of the “Eliminator Round” with just 8 Chase drivers remaining. The same criteria remains for the Chase hopefuls which is win and advance. Perhaps more importantly is the fact that none of the Chase drivers can afford to have a bad performance or even sustain bad luck. As we saw in the Contender Round with Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jimmie Johnson, sometimes those mistakes are too costly to make up. Therefore we keep our eyes on the Chase drivers today as we prepare for 500 laps of action at Martinsville Speedway. Take a look at our Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 race picks:
Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Race Picks
Denny Hamlin +900 (1.5 units): newsletter pick, 4 wins at Martinsville, starting 5th.
Brad Keselowski +750 (1 unit): 6th best average finish among active drivers despite 0 wins, car looked good in race trim in final practices, hottest driver in the Chase, starting 6th
Winning Parlay
Jeff Gordon +315 wins Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500
Dale Earnhardt Jr +120 over Kyle Busch
To win:+840
H2H Matchups and Props
Matt Kenseth -105 over Joey Logano (2 units)
Jamie McMurray -180 over Tony Stewart (2 units)
Dale Earnhardt Jr +270 wins Group C (Kahne, Larson, Stewart, Edwards)