Ally 400 Picks, Predictions, Odds

The NASCAR Cup Series is back this week after taking last Sunday off for Father's Day as things shift to Nashville Superspeedway for the Ally 400.

Heading into this weekend's festivities from Tennessee, Martin Truex, Jr. is the current points leader with 525, coming off a victory at Sonoma two weeks ago.

Past Truex, Jr., William Byron (512), Ryan Blaney (501), Ross Chastain (501), and Kevin Harvick (500) round out the top-five through 16 races.

Transitioning to an intermediate course (between 1.3 and 1.5 miles) this week following the road course (over 2 miles) in Sonoma two weeks ago, here's a recap of the winners of a similar course in Nashville.

Byron has won twice at Darlington and Las Vegas, Blaney captured the crown at Charlotte in late May, while Denny Hamlin was victorious at Kansas in early May.

This is only the third running of the Ally 400 as Kyle Larson took home the checkered flag in the inaugural running in 2021, while Chase Elliott defeated Kurt Busch in the 2022 edition of this race.

ALLY 400 TOP-5 FINISH PREDICTION

1) #24 William Byron (+750)
2) #12 Ryan Blaney (12/1)
3) #22 Joey Logano (16/1)
4) #5 Kyle Larson (5/1)
5) #48 Alex Bowman (25/1)

ALLY 400 PICKS & PREDICTIONS

Byron is looking to pass Truex, Jr. as the top driver in the NASCAR standings. There's no denying Byron's success on intermediate tracks, as the driver of the #24 Chevrolet has placed top-3 in all four races this season.

As mentioned above, Byron has two victories already on this type of track, while finishing 3rd at Kansas and 2nd at Charlotte. In the two races at Nashville, Byron placed 3rd in 2021, but posted a 35th-place finish last year as he had to deal with damage to his car.

The last race at an intermediate track was on May 29 in Charlotte as Blaney won his first career race at that kind of layout. Blaney led for 163 laps in that victory, as he seeks another strong performance at Nashville, where he placed third in 2022.

Joey Logano (16/1) won two races at intermediate tracks in 2022 at Darlington and Las Vegas, but has finished 18th or worse in three of four races on this layout in 2023. Logano is fresh off back-to-back third-place finishes at Gateway and Sonoma the last two races.

Larson finished first at Nashville in 2021, while posting a pair of 2nd-place finishes in the first two races at intermediate tracks this season at Las Vegas and Kansas.

Larson's last two races at this type of track have yielded subpar results, 20th at Darlington and 30th at Charlotte.

The Ally 400 takes place at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday. (Getty)

ALLY 400 BETTING RESOURCES

  • Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023
  • Venue: Nashville Superspeedway
  • Location: Gladeville, Tennessee
  • Distance: 400 miles
  • Laps: 300
  • Network-Time: NBC - 7:00 p.m. ET

2023 ALLY 400 ODDS

  • Kyle Larson +500
  • Martin Truex Jr +700
  • Chase Elliott +750
  • William Byron +750
  • Kyle Busch +750
  • Denny Hamlin +800
  • Ross Chastain +1000
  • Christopher Bell +1200
  • Ryan Blaney +1200
  • Joey Logano +1600
  • Tyler Reddick +1600
  • Kevin Harvick +1600
  • Bubba Wallace +2200
  • Alex Bowman +2500
  • Brad Keselowski +4000
  • Ty Gibbs +4000
  • Daniel Suarez +5000
  • Chris Buescher +7500
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr +8000
  • Austin Dillon +10000
  • Aric Almirola +10000
  • Chase Briscoe +10000
  • Austin Cindric +12500
  • Ryan Preece +15000
  • Erik Jones +17500
  • AJ Allmendinger +20000
  • Michael McDowell +40000
  • Harrison Burton +40000
  • Justin Haley +40000
  • Corey Lajoie +50000
  • Noah Gragson +50000
  • Todd Gilliland +75000
  • Brennan Poole +200000
  • JJ Yeley +200000
  • Josh Bilicki +200000
  • Ty Dillon +200000  

ALLY 400 WINNERS

Chase Elliott captured the checkered flag at the second running of the Ally 400. (Getty)
  • 2022 - Chase Elliott
  • 2021 - Kyle Larson