NASCAR Bank of America ROVAL 400 Picks, Predictions

Kevin Rogers Sports Betting Expert

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There are only five races left in the 2023 NASCAR Cup season and Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be the final race in the Round of 12 in NASCAR's Playoffs. After Sunday, four more drivers will get chopped and eliminated from playoff contention.

The four drivers who need a good showing in Charlotte include Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, and Bubba Wallace.

The winners through the first five playoff races are Reddick, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney. Last week at Talladega, Blaney was fortunate to pick up the win as Kevin Harvick was disqualified following a post-race inspection.

Now onto the road track in Charlotte this week, which is the final one on this configuration this season. Here are the four winners of the road course races in 2022:

• Tyler Reddick - COTA
• Martin Truex, Jr. - Sonoma
• Michael McDowell - Indy Road Course
• William Byron - Watkins Glen

Christopher Bell led for only two laps in last October's race at the Charlotte Roval, but found a way to defeat Kevin Harvick for his first career win at this track.

The only repeat champion at the Charlotte Roval is Chase Elliott, who pulled off the feat in 2019 and 2020.

BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400 TOP-5 FINISH PREDICTION

Top-5 Finish Prediction:

1) #45 Tyler Reddick (8/1)
2) #17 Chris Buescher (20/1)
3) #9 Chase Elliott (16/1)
4) #20 Christopher Bell (16/1)
5) #16 A.J. Allmendinger (12/1)

BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400 PICKS & PREDICTIONS

Reddick is always a solid look on the road courses, where he has three victories since last season. The driver of the #45 Toyota has placed in the Top-8 in seven of the last eight road course races, while finishing second at the Charlotte Roval in 2021.

Chris Buescher has a solid track record on the road courses with nine straight finishes of 11th or better since 2022. Buescher has placed 6th and 3rd at the last two Charlotte Roval races, while seeking the first win at a road course in his career.

It seems like we're expecting Chase Elliott to finally breakthrough in the winner's circle, but that hasn't happened this season. But the road courses are where Elliott thrives with seven wins since 2018.

This season, Elliott has placed 2nd at the Indianapolis Road Course and 5th at Sonoma but hasn't finished in the Top 10 at Charlotte since winning it in 2020.

BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400 BETTING RESOURCES

Date: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Venue: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Distance: 252.88 miles
Laps: 109
Network-Time: NBC - 2:00 p.m.
Defending Champion: Christopher Bell

BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL 400 BETTING ODDS

• Chase Elliott +600
• William Byron +600
• Tyler Reddick +800
• Kyle Larson +900
• Michael McDowell +900
• A.J. Allmendinger +1200
• Martin Truex, Jr. +1400
• Denny Hamlin +1600
• Christopher Bell +1600
• Kyle Busch +2000
• Chris Buescher +2000
• Ty Gibbs +2000
• Daniel Suarez +2000
• Ryan Blaney +2500
• Ross Chastain +3000
• Austin Cindric +3000
• Kevin Harvick +3000
• Joey Logano +3000
• Alex Bowman +3000
• Chase Briscoe +4000
• Brad Keselowski +6600
• Bubba Wallace +6600
• Justin Haley +8000
• Erik Jones +8000
• Zane Smith +10000
• Ryan Preece +10000
• Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. +10000
• Austin Dillon +12500
• Aric Almirola +15000
• Corey Lajoie +20000
• Todd Gilliand +25000
• Mike Rockenfeller +30000
• Austin Hill +30000
• Harrison Burton +75000
• Andy Lally +100000
• Ty Dillon +200000
• Josh Bilicki +200000

BANK OF AMERICAN ROVAL 400 WINNERS

• 2022 - Christopher Bell
• 2021 - Kyle Larson
• 2020 - Chase Elliott
• 2019 - Chase Elliott
• 2018 - Ryan Blaney

Kevin Rogers

Kevin has been handicapping professionally since 2007 at VegasInsider before shifting to ScoresAndOdds. He focuses on MLB, NFL, college football, NBA, college basketball, and NHL and mainly uses trends, systems, and situations as his top handicapping angles. More from Kevin Rogers