Kyle Larson looks to increase his lead in the NASCAR Cup Series standings and record his first victory at Pocono Raceway when he takes part in the 2024 Great American Getaway 400 on Sunday. Larson is just 11 points ahead of Chase Elliott after a crash in last weekend’s Chicago Street Race gave him a 39th-place finish. The 2021 series champion has made 16 Cup starts at Pocono without a checkered flag but has posted nine top-10s, including a pair of runner-up performances. Larson had success at the track while competing in the Xfinity Series, winning his first start in 2016 and finishing third the following year.
Larson is listed at 5-1 and five-time race winner Denny Hamlin is the 17-4 favorite in the latest 2024 Great American Getaway 400 odds. Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr. are 15-2, while Tyler Reddick rounds out the top five 2024 NASCAR at Pocono contenders at 8-1. Sunday’s race is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 Great American Getaway 400 picks or NASCAR predictions, you need to see what NASCAR insider Steven Taranto has to say.
Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com, and he chronicles stock car racing with the same thoroughness and passion that he’s had since becoming a full-time race fan in 2001. He has an annual NASCAR medial credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez’s breakthrough wins in 2022.
Taranto has been red-hot for SportsLine in 2024, nailing 10 winners in his best bets, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. Anyone following his NASCAR picks has seen huge returns.
Now, Taranto has analyzed the starting lineup and odds for Sunday’s Great American Getaway 400. He’s sharing his best bets at SportsLine.
2024 Great American Getaway 400 expert picks
For the 2024 Great American Getaway 400, Taranto is high on Reddick, who is listed at 8-1. The 28-year-old native of California is third in the Cup Series standings, 23 points behind leader Kyle Larson. He tops all drivers this season with 13 top-10 finishes and has recorded eight top-fives to share first place with Larson in that category. Reddick is closing in on the career highs of 10 top-fives and 16 top-10s he matched last year.
Reddick has yet to make his way to Victory Lane at Pocono but has performed well at the track. He has registered three top-10s in six Cup Series starts at “The Tricky Triangle” and was runner-up each of the last two seasons. A two-time Xfinity Series champion, he finished ninth in his first start there in 2018 while competing in that series and was runner-up a year later. Reddick made his lone Truck Series start at Pocono in 2015 and finished third.
Another surprise: Taranto is fading Ryan Blaney, who is listed at 15-1. The reigning Cup Series champion endured a rough stretch earlier this season, finishing 20th or worse in five of his seven starts. He has performed much better over his last five outings, however, recording four top-10s and his first victory of the year in the inaugural Cup Series race at Iowa on June 16.
Blaney enjoyed success at Pocono early in his career, finishing 10th in his debut at the track and making his way to Victory Lane in his third outing there in June 2017. But he has recorded only four top-10s over his last 11 starts there and has had a rough time the past two years. Blaney, who has a 14.3 average finish at Pocono, crashed out of this race in 2022 before finishing a disappointing 30th last season. See what other NASCAR picks he likes at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 Great American Getaway 400 predictions
Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2024 NASCAR at Pocono best bets. He’s also high on a huge NASCAR longshot who’s going off with more than 30-1 odds. You can only see who they are here.
So who wins the Great American Getaway 400 2024, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2024 NASCAR at Pocono picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who has already nailed a colossal 10 winners this year, and find out.
2024 Great American Getaway 400 odds
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Denny Hamlin 17-4
Kyle Larson 5-1
Christopher Bell 15-2
Martin Truex Jr. 15-2
Tyler Reddick 8-1
William Byron 19-2
Chase Elliott 12-1
Ty Gibbs 12-1
Brad Keselowski 12-1
Ryan Blaney 15-1
Kyle Busch 20-1
Chris Buescher 25-1
Ross Chastain 25-1
Joey Logano 25-1
Alex Bowman 28-1
Bubba Wallace 30-1
Daniel Suarez 75-1
Josh Berry 100-1
Noah Gragson 100-1
Chase Briscoe 125-1
Todd Gilliland 150-1
Erik Jones 150-1
Michael McDowell 150-1
Austin Cindric 200-1
A.J. Allmendinger 250-1
Austin Dillon 250-1
Carson Hocevar 250-1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 250-1
Justin Haley 300-1
Ryan Preece 300-1
Corey LaJoie 500-1
John Hunter Nemechek 500-1
Zane Smith 500-1
Harrison Burton 1000-1
Daniel Hemric 2000-1
Cody Ware 5000-1
J.J. Yeley 5000-1
