NASCAR heads back to yet another intermediate track this week since the Pennzoil Oil 400 will comprise a 1.5-mile race, which favors the Cup Series’ top motorists. But it presents a challenge that is different compared to Atlanta Motor Speedway, past week, in which Brad Keselowski won.
This track is much more affordable than that of Atlanta and tire wear will probably be less of an issue. So, a week, this week motorists like Kyle Larson, who had the fastest car on the track, could have less to worry about on that front.
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However, the fact is, he’s got a fantastic chance to win this season while Keselowski kind of came out of nowhere to win weekly. Keselowski has finished no worse than seventh over his past seven races there and has three career wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
As he has a fantastic opportunity to win, he has become the man you look at when doing tests for this race.
But while we’d really like to select him, we will go with Martin Truex Jr., who’s coming off of a second-place end in Atlanta and has finished third, fourth and first in his past few races at Nevada, respectively.
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