The 2019 NASCAR Program kicks into high gear Sunday with the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The green flag falls at two p.m. ET for the 325-lap race along with defending champion Kevin Harvick is the 4-1 favorite from the latest 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 chances. Falling in just behind him with 6-1 NASCAR at Atlanta odds are Joey Logano and Kyle Busch, who finished in the top four final week in the Daytona 500. Before you make your 2019 QuikTrip 500 selections and NASCAR in Atlanta predictions, make sure you have a look at the projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Produced by DFS expert and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction computer model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking factors such as track record and recent results into consideration.

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It made some enormous calls in NASCAR this past year, such as nailing wins for Kyle Busch at Chicago and Martin Truex Jr. in Sonoma. And it’s off to a strong start in NASCAR this year, calling Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin a leading competition from the beginning. Anyone who has followed its picks is way, way up.

McClure, who has a mechanical engineering degree, grew up around race tracks. Big events at iconic places like Atlanta Motor Speedway are in his blood. Now his model mimicked the 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 a total of 10,000 times and the results were so surprising.

For the 2019 QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta, we could tell you the version is high on Chase Elliott, who makes a strong run at the checkered flag despite heading off at 10-1 odds. Elliott does not have a lengthy history at Atlanta, but he’s had success there in all three of his starts at the track since linking the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He has finished inside the top 10 in every one of these races and even earned a top-five finish in 2017.

Before joining NASCAR’s top circuit, Elliott had two top-five endings at Atlanta at the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Elliott is a Georgia native and his dad, Bill Elliott, won at NASCAR’s highest level in Atlanta Motor Speedway five times in his career, so it’s something of a home track for its 23-year-old. The version expects him to ride that advantage to the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.

Another shocker from the model: Kyle Busch, one of the best Vegas favorites at 6-1, doesn’t crack the top five.

The 2019 Daytona 500 runner-up started on the pole in this race a season ago, but ended up finishing in seventh position. The year before, he had another fast ride and started the race , but ended up in 16th.

Considering his win at Atlanta in 2013, Busch has just run 56.7 percent of his laps within the top 15. For his career, he’s finished outside the top 10 in 13 of his 20 career starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There are far better worth within this affluent 2019 QuikTrip 500 lineup than the 6-1 premium you will need to pay for him.

The model can be targeting three other motorists using 2019 NASCAR in Atlanta odds of 10-1 or even longer to make a serious run at winning it all. Anybody who backs these lengthy shots can hit it big.

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