Chase Elliott attempts to move closer the the NASCAR Cup Series record for most victories on road courses when he participates in the 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Elliott is the active leader with seven road-course wins, two behind Jeff Gordon for first place on the Cup Series' all-time list. The 2020 series champion's last road victory came in 2021, when he captured the checkered flag at Road America. Elliott, who leads all drivers this season with a 9.87 average finish, has yet to win at Sonoma but is one of four competitors with top-10 finishes in both races at the track during the Next Gen era.
Elliott is listed at 9-1 and Martin Truex Jr., who has five career road-course wins -- including four at Sonoma, is the 5-1 favorite in the latest 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 odds. Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell are 15-2, while William Byron and Ty Gibbs round out the top five 2024 NASCAR at Sonoma contenders at 17-2. Sunday's race is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 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 is off to a red-hot start for SportsLine in 2024, nailing eight winners in his best bets already, including 16-1 longshot Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas three weeks ago. Anyone following his NASCAR picks has seen some huge returns.
Now, Taranto has analyzed the starting lineup and odds for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350. He's sharing his best bets at SportsLine.
2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 expert picks
For the 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Taranto is high on A.J. Allmendinger, who is listed at 14-1. A native of California, Allmendinger has posted three victories in 434 career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series. All three of the wins were recorded on road courses, with the first coming in 2014 at Watkins Glen International.
The 42-year-old captured his second checkered flag five years later at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and made his way to Victory Lane at the Charlotte Roval last year. Allmendinger has registered two top-10 finishes in his four Cup Series starts this season, including one on the road course at the Circuit of the Americas. A two-time Xfinity Series champion, he had his career-best performance at Sonoma in that series in 2023, when he was runner-up in the DoorDash 250.
Another surprise: Taranto is fading William Byron, who is listed at 17-2. After registering a career-high six victories in the Cup Series last season, the 26-year-old native of North Carolina captured the checkered flag three times in his first eight starts of 2024. Byron is tied with Denny Hamlin for the most wins this season and shares first place in top-10 finishes (nine) with Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman.
One of Byron's victories this year came on the road course at the Circuit of the Americas in March. However, the 2018 Cup Series Rookie of the Year hasn't had much success at Sonoma in his career. Byron has made five starts at the track and finished in the top 10 just once, as he was ninth in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 two years ago.See what other NASCAR picks he likes at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 predictions
Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2024 NASCAR at Sonoma best bets. He's also high on a huge NASCAR longshot who's going off with triple-digit odds. You can only see who they are here.
So who wins the Toyota/Save Mart 350 2024, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2024 NASCAR at Sonoma picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who has already nailed a colossal eight winners this year, and find out.
2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 odds
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Martin Truex Jr. 5-1
Christopher Bell 15-2
Kyle Larson 15-2
William Byron 17-2
Ty Gibbs 17-2
Chase Elliott 9-1
Tyler Reddick 19-2
A.J. Allmendinger 14-1
Chris Buescher 14-1
Michael McDowell 15-1
Austin Cindric 20-1
Denny Hamlin 20-1
Ryan Blaney 25-1
Kyle Busch 25-1
Ross Chastain 25-1
Daniel Suarez 25-1
Will Brown 28-1
Joey Logano 40-1
Alex Bowman 50-1
Cam Waters 50-1
Brad Keselowski 75-1
Chase Briscoe 100-1
Todd Gilliland 100-1
Justin Haley 100-1
Carson Hocevar 100-1
Bubba Wallace 250-1
Austin Dillon 400-1
Noah Gragson 500-1
Corey LaJoie 500-1
John Hunter Nemechek 500-1
Josh Berry 750-1
Erik Jones 750-1
Ryan Preece 750-1
Zane Smith 7500-1
Harrison Burton 1000-1
Kaz Grala 1000-1
Daniel Hemric 1000-1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1000-1
