NASCAR 2019: GEICO 500 LIVE

The GEICO 500 finds Talladega Speedway on the final Sunday of April. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event is held at the world famous Talladega in Lincoln, Alabama. The super speedway will host 188 laps on the 2.66 mile track on April 28, 2019.

Joey Logano, the 2019 favorite at the Las Vegas SuperBook, won this race last year. Logano has won three races at Talladega in the last four years. And while there is not driver in better form than Kyle Busch, the youngest of the Busch bros, he isn’t in the top-5 of “most likely” at Westgate. Busch checks in at 18-1 odds to win yet another Monster Energy Cup Series affair.

Talladega Speedway NotablesBusch has not finished outside the Top 19 in his first six starts of 2019.

• Brad Keselowski’s first NASCAR victory came via the GEICO 500 in 2009.
• Denny Hamlin won the GEICO 500 in 2014 and has two Top 5 and three consecutive Top 10 finishes on the Talladega surface.
• Clint Bowyer has two wins at Talladega and will be behind the wheel of a Ford which has recently dominated on the track.
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became only the second driver in the last two decades to win the GEICO Cup from the pole position.

The GEICO 500 is the final April race. May’s Monster Engery Cup Series schedule is as follows:

MAY 2019
Gander RV 400
Sunday, May 5
Dover International Speedway
Digital Ally 400
Saturday, May 11
Kansas Speedway
Monster Energy Open
Saturday, May 18
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Saturday, May 18
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Coca-Cola 600
Sunday, May 26
Charlotte Motor Speedway