After missing out on its annual trip to wine country and Sonoma County last year because of COVID, the NASCAR Cup Series is back with the Save Mart 350. It’s largely considered to be the most technically demanding of the road courses in which NASCAR races, and it always makes for one of the best events of the season.
Odds to Win Save Mart 350
- Chase Elliott (+150)
- Martin Truex, Jr. (+300)
- Kyle Busch (+750)
- Kyle Larson (+800)
- Denny Hamlin (+1000)
- William Byron (+1200)
- Joey Logano (+1600)
- Ryan Blaney (+1800)
- Kevin Harvick (+2200)
- Alex Bowman (+2500)
The road course master, Chase Elliott, is a huge favorite to win this race. A payday of +150 may not feel worth the risk until you realize that his win two weeks ago at the Texas Grand Prix was his ninth career road course win.
Elliott has yet to win at Sonoma in four career races here, but he did finish fourth in 2018. In the last Sonoma race in 2019, he had engine trouble.
Martin Truex, Jr. is another obvious favorite. He is the two-time defending champion of this race and is looking to join Jeff Gordon as the only drivers to win here three races in a row. Truex also won this race in 2013 and finished in fifth place in 2016. In other words, he really likes this course.
The two Kyles, Busch, and Larson are the other two drivers paying less than +1000 for a win this weekend. Busch is a two-time winner at Sonoma (2008 and 2015), and in the four races here since his last win, he has finished 7th, 5th, 5th, and 2nd. Larson doesn’t have the same history at Sonoma, but along with Truex, he is the only multiple winner in 2021, including last week’s Coca-Cola 600.
Other Drivers to Watch
Tyler Reddick was a rookie last year, and thus he’s making his first-ever start at Sonoma. He’s a local from just up the 5 Freeway in Corning, about 150 miles north. He finished ninth at the Texas Grand Prix and is paying +6000.
Kurt Busch, at +5000, is also worth a long look. He’s having a bad 2021 season, but he always runs well at Sonoma. He has seven career top 5 finishes here, was the winner in 2011, and hasn’t finished outside of the top 15 in nine straight races.
If that’s a little too risky, think about Kevin Harvick at +2200. He’s also from the area, having grown up in Bakersfield. He won in Sonoma in 2017, has five other top 5 finishes here (2nd place in 2018), and has another career road course win coming at Watkins Glen.
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