Kevin Harvick banks on Ryan Blaney to win the Talladega playoff race
Kevin Harvick sees the defending Cup champion Ryan Blaney securing a statement win like last year at Talladega on Sunday.
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The NASCAR Cup garage is at Talladega this week for the YellaWood 500, the second playoff race in the Round-12. The post-season garage is going head-to-head against each other, with the hopes of securing a win and lock in a R-8 spot. But the non-playoff drivers are determined to play spoiler like Ross Chastain at Kansas, with Dega being the last track for many drivers to give a genuine fight for race win.
2014 NASCAR Cup champion Kevin Harvick has picked the driver who he sees as the best choice to win the race. He is backing defending champion Ryan Blaney to score a win and placed himself in a solid spot for the championship chase. The ex-SHR driver sees the Team Penske crew to make a real difference.
It’s so hard at this point, because it’s just so wide open. And I think this week was a great example of what I thought was a dead William Byron to a revived William Byron. We had it in one week. So, I’m going to go with Blaney [Ryan].
Kevin Harvick said via Happy Hour podcast.
It’s the best choice one could make for the race considering the impressive form Penske has shown in wild card races this season. Blaney’s statement win in the Dega playoff race last year helped him to win the championship and if he can pull off another one this season, it might help him to make it into the last-4 with some ease.
Kevin Harvick’s co-host picks Todd Gilliland to win at Talladega
While Harvick made the most general pick, his co-host Mamba Smith has a bold prediction. He reckons Todd Gilliland has the best shot at winning the race, like Harrison Burton did at Daytona. Smith believes in the impressive pace and aggressiveness the team has shown in the Superspeedways.
I’m going with the guy. There was a couple guys that sat around a table a couple weeks ago that said, the winner of Daytona is coming from this table. That was Harrison Burton, Austin Cindric, and Todd Gilliland. Harrison won Daytona. I’m going with Todd Gilliland. They’ve been fast at the super speedways. Got nothing to lose. And I think he’s going to be aggressive.
Mamba Smith said via Happy Hour podcast.
The 2024 season so far has been great for Todd Gilliland and Dega might be right time for him to secure the long-awaited win. Burton and Austin Cindric who debuted with him in 2022 has won races and he is the only one from that group to secure a Cup win. It will be interesting to see whose prediction will comes to fruition.
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