There's a Live Long Shot at Pocono - Top-20 Finish Prediction

Kyle Busch won at Pocono last fall for his first career win there.

Micah Roberts is locked in on one of NASCAR's first of two stops at Pocono and its unique triangle-shaped track on Sunday. Roberts as analyzed the entire field and released his top 20 finishers in order.

We can tell you he's not picking race favorite Kevin Harvick, a 5/2 racer who has 10 top-five finishes at Pocono but no victories. Roberts doesn't have Harvick in his top three.

Instead, Roberts is putting his chips on a massive long shot who oddsmakers have dismissed despite past success at Pocono. A win here would pay out huge.

He cites critical reasons for making his mammoth upset pick, and anyone who bets on this underdog could hit it big.

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Here is Roberts' writeup:

NASCAR makes the first of two visits this season to Pocono Raceway's 2.5-mile tricky triangle, the most unique track in the Cup Series. It features the longest straightaway making the big horsepower teams always favored to win, but the three differing turns also make the balance set-up almost as critical.

There have been seven different winners in the past seven Pocono races, the last coming from Kyle Busch in July, his first career win there. In the spring, it was Ryan Blaney getting his only career win and paying 30-to-1. The longest odds ever paid out in a NASCAR race at Las Vegas sports books happened in July 2016 when Chris Buescher did a Pocono rain dance for his only career win and a few lucky bettors cashed at 1,000-to-1 odds.

Here's how I see things going in Sunday's Pocono 400, with odds courtesy of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook:

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