The long shots keep coming through. The Best Bets article did not predict the specific long shot winner for the second week in a row at Bristol (it did have Brad Keselowski at +10,000), but the strategy was once again correct. The Next Gen car is a mess and it gets messier every week. Long live the long shot. As always, trust the spreadsheet but also trust your eyes. Here are the best bets for the NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas, which gets underway Sunday, September 25 at 3:30 p.m. ET.

How about that Bubba Wallace +2000 pick at Kansas? There’s no time for victory laps, and if there were, a lap is 15 seconds at Bristol. Time to move on to the The Last Great Colosseum. If the 2022 season wasn’t chaotic enough, now the Next Gen car will face its biggest test yet at The World’s Fastest Half-Mile. As always, trust the spreadsheet but also trust your eyes. Here are the best bets for the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol, which gets underway Saturday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

This has not been a normal season. The Southern 500 was not the normal Southern 500. Everything has changed. As always, trust the spreadsheet but also trust your eyes. Here are the best bets for the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, which gets underway Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m. ET.