NASCAR Pick Sheet: YellaWood 500

Our favorite drivers, odds and betting picks for the YellaWood 500

By Dan Beaver – Sep 30, 2022, 6:53pm

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Every track type is different. Short tracks require different skills than unrestricted, intermediate speedways or road courses. There are layers within those course types: for example, rough-surfaces require tire management and there are as many minor variations as there are tracks.

But then we come to the carburetor-restricted superspeedways and while there is a variation between Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway, they are a difference without a distinction. With Atlanta Motor Speedway reconfiguring this year to become a pack racing venue, we are still trying to figure out how it fits into the mix.

Plate tracks are an entirely different style of racing. There is a lot that is not in a driver's control and that makes these among the most difficult races to handicap. With tight drafting packs that can include the entire field, every little mistake is amplified. It's not only 'Big One' crashes that can end a driver's day – badly-timed passes, the loss of the draft, and mistakes on pit road are only part of the series of problems that can also ruin a drivers day.
  
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