NASCAR at Las Vegas odds, picks 2019: Model says Aric Almirola surprises at Pennzoil 400

Sunday’s 2019 Pennzoil 400 promises plenty of excitement for NASCAR fans everywhere. Last year, Kevin Harvick claimed the checkered flag and jumpstarted his dominant season that saw him record eight victories. Now, he’ll look to defend his title at the 2019 Pennzoil 400, which gets underway at 3:30 p.m. ET out of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Harvick enters Sunday’s race as the Vegas favorite at 9-2 in the live 2019 Pennzoil 400 chances. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch (5-1), Martin Truex Jr. (6-1), Kyle Larson (6-1) and Brad Keselowski (6-1) are all going off at 6-1 or reduced. Weather will not be a variable, as the latest Las Vegas forecast is calling for temperatures from the mid-60s and sunny skies. This season’s version of the Pennzoil 400 has a very talented field of motorists, so before you create any 2019 Pennzoil 400 selections or enter a daily Fantasy NASCAR tournament on websites like FanDuel and DraftKings, be sure to consult the 2019 Pennzoil 400 projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

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

It made some enormous calls in NASCAR last year, including correctly casting wins for Kyle Busch in Chicago and Martin Truex Jr. in Sonoma. And it’s off to a solid start in NASCAR this season, calling Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin a top-four contender and placing QuikTrip 500 winner Brad Keselowski in his projected top five. Anyone who has followed its picks is way up.

McClure, who has a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events at iconic places like Las Vegas Motor Speedway are in his blood. His version mimicked the Pennzoil 400 10,000 times and the results were surprising.

For your 2019 Pennzoil 400, we can inform you the model is high on Aric Almirola, who makes a serious run at the checkered flag despite heading off as a long shot 20-1 Pennzoil 400 odds. He is a goal for anybody searching for a massive payday.

Almirola is coming off an impressive performance last week in the Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He led 36 laps before finishing in the top 10 and he will will seem to carry over that momentum into Sunday’s 2019 NASCAR in vegas race.

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