Kyle Larson will try for his third victory in four starts when he competes in the 2023 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion recorded his first win of the season earlier this month at Richmond and became the second driver this year to notch a second victory when he captured the checkered flag at Martinsville last weekend. Larson has yet to win in 16 starts at Talladega, but finished a career-best fourth in this race last season.
Larson is +1500, while Ryan Blaney and reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano are +1000 co-favorites in the latest 2023 GEICO 500 odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Denny Hamlin is +1100, while William Byron and Chase Elliott are +1200 in the 2023 NASCAR at Talladega odds. The green flag drops at 3 p.m. ET.
Before making any 2023 GEICO 500 picks, you NEED to see what SportsLine's Micah Roberts has to say. A former Vegas bookmaker, Roberts was the first to offer expanded NASCAR betting and now hands out NASCAR winners to his followers on SportsLine.
Roberts is the nation's premier NASCAR betting expert, and his top pick, Tyler Reddick, won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix last month at 10-1 odds. He also correctly predicted Elliott to win the YellaWood 500 at 12-1 last October and the Jockey Made in America 250 in 2021, nailed the 2021 Coca-Cola 600 winner by hitting Larson's victory at 11-2 odds and was on point by targeting Elliott as the winner of the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at 8-5 odds the previous week. Anyone who has followed his picks has cashed ticket after ticket.
Now, Roberts has analyzed the field for Sunday's GEICO 500. We can tell you he's fading William Byron, even though he is one of the favorites at +1200. In fact, Roberts says Byron barely even cracks the top 20!
However, Roberts is high on a longshot who has "figured out how to race aggressively, but smart." This driver is being underestimated by oddsmakers, and anyone who backs him could hit it BIG! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before making any picks.
So who wins the GEICO 500 2023? And which EPIC longshot is a MUST-BACK? ... !