“Between Bets” is an article series revealing our staff’s best wagers across the NFL, College Football, NASCAR and PGA Tour. This edition’s bets feature our favorite wagers for the 2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 Betting Picks: Outrights
Kyle Larson (+330)
It’s nearly as bad as last week’s +300, but once again, at +330, Kyle Larson cannot be ignored.
Homestead was perhaps the track that put Larson on the map, always threatening to play spoiler in the championship race. Larson’s former No. 42 finished P5, P2 and P3 from 2015-2017 here, making up the bulk of his five T5 finishes in Vice City.
He finally claimed victory at Homestead in 2022 and may have done so last year if not for crashing into the pit road barrels after leading 96 laps. The California native has led 130+ laps at Homestead a trio of times.
Tyler Reddick (+600)
Another driver with a penchant for the wall-ripping racing required to win at Homestead is Tyler Reddick. Before making it to Cup, Reddick won a pair of Xfinity races (and championships as a result) here.
Since arriving at the sport’s top level, he’s finished P4, P2 and P3, with a 2022 crash being his only blemish.
Though the No. 45 team has been anything but lucky the last few weeks, still being alive in the playoff hunt and needing a good run gives me plenty of faith in another great run for Reddick.
Denny Hamlin (+1000)
Another driver below the cutline needing to perform strongly is Denny Hamlin, at a reasonable 10-1 outright on DraftKings. Hamlin has a trio of Homestead wins and a total of 12 T10 finishes here.
Before crashing out in this race last season, Hamlin hadn’t finished worse than P12 here since 2012. Watch out for the No. 11 in qualifying, too; except for 2016, Hamlin poled every Homestead race from 2015 through 2021.
Check out all of our content for the NASCAR weekend at Homestead-Miami:
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- Between Bets: 2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 Outrights
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