NASCAR PICKS: Ambetter Health 400 (ATLANTA)

[NC Belle]

Welcome to the AMBETTER Heath 400 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway!

Sunday 2/24/2024 at 3pm ET. Fox/PRN/SiriusXM

Welcome all to make your picks and chat!

default picks: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-default-picks-2024-season.3939391/#post-65311970
Daytona 500 thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-daytona-500.3939388/#post-65325052
Please post picks or message me before the race.
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Track details:
*1.54 mile quad-oval
*Original track was built in 1959-1960. The reconfiguration was completed in 1997. Repaved and re-profiled to 28 degree banking in 2021.
*Past winners:

• 2023 - William Byron
• 2023 - Joey Logano
• 2022 - Chase Elliott
• 2022- William Byron
• 2021 - Kurt Busch
• 2021 - Ryan Blaney
• 2020 - Kevin Harvick
• 2019 - Brad Keselowski
• 2018 - Kevin Harvick
• 2017 - Brad Keselowski
• 2016 - Jimmie Johnson
• 2015 - Jimmie Johnson
• 2014 - Kasey Kahne
• 2013 - Kyle Busch
• 2012 - Denny Hamlin
• 2011 - Jeff Gordon
• 2010 - Tony Stewart
• 2010 - Kurt Busch
• 2009 - Kasey Kahne
• 2009 - Kurt Busch
• 2008 - Carl Edwards
• 2008 - Kyle Busch
• 2007 - Jimmie Johnson
• 2007 - Jimmie Johnson
• 2006 - Tony Stewart
• 2006 - Kasey Kahne
• 2005 - Carl Edwards
• 2005 - Carl Edwards
• 2004 - Jimmie Johnson
• 2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• *****These facts are from the Atlanta Motor Speedway site https://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/

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NC Beast's Picks:
1. #11 Denny Hamlin
2. #22 Joey Logano
3. #6 Brad Kes.
4. #9 Chase Elliot
5. #8 Kyle Busch
spare: #84 Jimmie Johnson(or when he is not available: #12 Blaney)

My Picks:

1.#19 Martin Truex, Jr
2. #2 Austin Cindric
3.# 5 Kyle Larson
4. #20 Christopher Bell
5. #48 Alex Bowman
spare: #24 William Bryon

 

[NC Belle]

Track facts: July 31, 1960 marks the day of the first NASCAR race at Atlanta with a crowd of 25,000 watching Glenn "Fireball" Roberts winning it.


Weather is looking great for the races this weekend.

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99
Bell
Byron
Larson
Hamlin
Keselowski
Spare Logono

MRETRACC
Busch
Byron
Larson
Elliott
Bowman
Spare: Truex Jr

Thank you for keeping this challenge up for us. We have been playing since the beginning.
Milton & Michele

 

[jimmalru80]

#6 - Brad K.
#11 - Hamlin
#12 - Blaney
#20 - Bell
#22 - Logano

#5 - Larson (spare)

 

[NC Belle]

Bumping up

 

[LAB81018]

Blaney
Logano
Truex
Larson
Hamlin

Spare: Bowman

 

[NC Belle]

*****Chili327, I am your picks from the default page since it is close to race time. You have until race start to adjust you picks. You came third in picks. Awesome job!

Kyle Larson
William Byron
Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Ross Chastain

spare : Austin Dillon

 

[NC Belle]

Only a few hours left if anyone else wants to try!!!

All are still welcome to try weekly!

 

[NC Belle]

What appears to be final positions with that .0003 seconds between first and second:
From Yahoo Sports:

1	• Daniel Suárez	Chevrolet	47	7	260	9
2	• Ryan Blaney	Ford	52	17	260	31
3	• Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	40	6	260	28
4	• Austin Cindric	Ford	43	10	260	32
5	• Bubba Wallace	Toyota	35	3	260	3
6	• Ricky Stenhouse	Chevrolet	35	4	260	1
7	• Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	38	8	260	0
8	• Michael McDowell	Ford	39	10	260	27
9	• Chris Buescher	Ford	28	0	260	1
10	• Ty Gibbs	Toyota	27	0	260	0
11	• Harrison Burton	Ford	29	3	260	0
12	• Martin Truex	Toyota	36	11	260	9
13	• Corey LaJoie	Chevrolet	24	0	260	0
14	• Kaz Grala	Ford	23	0	260	0
15	• Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	23	1	260	0
16	• Ryan Preece	Ford	21	0	260	0
17	• William Byron	Chevrolet	22	2	260	0
18	• Daniel Hemric	Toyota	19	0	260	0
19	• Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	18	0	260	0
20	• Justin Haley	Chevrolet	17	0	260	0
21	• John H. Nemechek	-	16	0	260	0
22	• Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	15	0	260	0
23	• Denny Hamlin	Toyota	14	0	259	15
24	• BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	0	0	257	0
25	• Erik Jones	-	12	0	256	0
26	• Todd Gilliland	Ford	17	6	256	58
27	• Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	10	0	255	0
28	• Joey Logano	Ford	9	0	252	27
29	• Josh Berry	Ford	8	0	250	0
30	• Tyler Reddick	Toyota	7	0	243	0
31	• Chase Briscoe	Ford	8	2	239	0
32	• Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	21	16	222	17
33	• Brad Keselowski	Ford	8	4	218	2
34	• Christopher Bell	Toyota	3	0	148	0
35	• Zane Smith	Chevrolet	0	0	75	0
36	• Noah Gragson	Ford	1	0	66	0
37	• Josh Williams	Chevrolet	0	0	2	0

 

[NC Belle]

Scoring:

NC Beast: 23, 28, 33, 15,3=> 20.4
NC Belle: 12,4, 32,34, 27=> 21.8
Shoes99: 34,17,32,23,33=>27.8
MRETRACC: 3,17,32,15,27=>18.8
jimmalru80: 33,23,2,34,28=>24.0
LAB81018: 2,28,12,32,23=>19.4
Chili327: 32,17,2,12,7=>14.0

VICTORY LANE:
1.*Chili327 with an awesome score of 14..0 Congratulations!
2. MRETRACC 18.8
3. LAB81018 19.4
4. NC Beast 20.4
5. NC Belle 21.8
6. jimmalru80 24.0
7. Shoes99 27.8


Tough week for most of us with the track record leader changes, wrecks that hurt a lot of our favorite drivers' numbers, and the awesome photo finish.

Sunday is Vegas: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-pennzoil-400-las-vegas.3940934/#post-65340945

 

[Chili327]

*****Chili327, I am your picks from the default page since it is close to race time. You have until race start to adjust you picks. You came third in picks. Awesome job!

Kyle Larson
William Byron
Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Ross Chastain

spare : Austin Dillon

Wow, glad I didn’t adjust my picks.

Thanks

 

[NC Belle]

Y'all may see spelling errors/grammar....I didn't fully proofread and tired out. Sorry, I have been multitasking while tired again.