{"id":488292,"date":"2026-02-20T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488292\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:31:08","slug":"2026-autotrader-400-odds-predictions-time-favorites-field-picks-from-proven-nascar-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488292\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Autotrader 400 odds, predictions, time, favorites, field: Picks from proven NASCAR model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Tyler Reddick claimed the Daytona 500 in the season-opening race, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Atlanta for its second event. The 2026 Autotrader 400 takes place on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET from EchoPark Speedway, with this one of two NASCAR at Atlanta races this season. No active driver has more than two victories at this track, making the Autotrader 400 2026 wide open in regard to 2026 NASCAR at Atlanta bets.<\/p>\n<p>Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney are +1000 co-favorites per the latest Autotrader 400 odds. Other contenders include Chase Elliott (+1200), Kyle Larson (+1400) and defending race winner Christopher Bell (+1600). Reddick is at +2500 to utilize in NASCAR at Atlanta bets as he looks to follow up his success from last week. Before making any 2026 Autotrader 400 picks or NASCAR predictions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you need to see the projected leaderboard from Mike McClure&#8217;s proven model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New users can also check out the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/fanduel-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FanDuel promo code<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=fanduel&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">get $100 in bonus bets instantly at FanDuel if your $5+ bet wins<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with more than $2 million in career winnings. He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every lap of NASCAR action 10,000 times. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 29 winners since 2021 and hit 11 winners in 2025. Anyone following his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/nascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASCAR betting<\/a> picks at their favorite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/best-betting-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.<\/p>\n<p>Now, McClure has turned his attention to the NASCAR Autotrader 400.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He&#8217;s only sharing his best bets at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2026 NASCAR Autotrader 400 predictions<\/p>\n<p>For NASCAR at Atlanta 2026 at EchoPark Speedway, McClure is fading Logano, despite being a +1000 co-favorite. While Vegas doesn&#8217;t see anyone as superior to him heading into Atlanta, there are six active drivers who have better average finishes at EchoPark than Logano (min. four starts). His worst ever finish at the track came in his last appearance there in June, which started off so promising. Logano won pole position and led for a race-high of 51 laps, but an accident derailed his chances as he finished 36th. Logano placed 12th at the spring NASCAR Atlanta race in 2025 and was 28th in the event in 2024, so he&#8217;s one to bypass with 2026 Autotrader 400 bets.<\/p>\n<p>Another surprise: Denny Hamlin (+1800) is projected to finish near the top of the leaderboard despite his longer odds. He&#8217;s coming off a high with winning the Daytona 500 as a co-owner of 23XI Racing, and Hamlin&#8217;s coming off his best ever Cup Series finish, placing second a year ago. His six wins were the most of any driver, while his 14 top 5s were one shy of the most in NASCAR. Hamlin&#8217;s also had moderate success at Atlanta recently, placing sixth in the spring race in both 2025 and 2023, and he can call himself a NASCAR Atlanta winner courtesy of his victory in 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See which other drivers the model is backing at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New users can target the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/draftkings-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DraftKings promo code<\/a>, which offers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=draftkings&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">$200 in bonus bets if your $5+ bet wins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>How to make 2026 Autotrader 400 picks<\/p>\n<p>McClure is also high on a longshot of +2000 or more, potentially netting any backer a huge payday.             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can only see who it is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So who wins the 2026 Autotrader 400, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR at Atlanta? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit SportsLine now to see the 2026 NASCAR Autotrader 400 picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider,<\/a> and find out.<\/p>\n<p>2026 NASCAR Autotrader 400 odds, lineup<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/2026-autotrader-400-odds-picks-nascar-projected-leaderboard-from-proven-model\/#ttag=02182026_agg_cbssports_picks_autoracing_nascarcupseries_model_Autotrader400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See full NASCAR at Atlanta picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Odds from FanDuel, subject to change)<br \/>Ryan Blaney +1000 <br \/>Joey Logano +1000 <br \/>Chase Elliott +1200 <br \/>Kyle Larson +1400 <br \/>William Byron +1400 <br \/>Austin Cindric +1400 <br \/>Christopher Bell +1600 <br \/>Brad Keselowski +1600 <br \/>Denny Hamlin +1800 <br \/>Ross Chastain +1800 <br \/>Chris Buescher +2000 <br \/>Carson Hocevar +2000 <br \/>Kyle Busch +2000 <br \/>Bubba Wallace +2200 <br \/>Chase Briscoe +2200 <br \/>Tyler Reddick +2500 <br \/>Alex Bowman +2500 <br \/>Ryan Preece +3000 <br \/>Ty Gibbs +3300 <br \/>Connor Zilisch +3300 <br \/>Daniel Suarez +3500 <br \/>Josh Berry +3500 <br \/>Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +4000 <br \/>Michael McDowell +4500 <br \/>Austin Dillon +5000 <br \/>Erik Jones +6000 <br \/>Zane Smith +6000 <br \/>Todd Gilliland +6000 <br \/>John Hunter Nemechek +7500 <br \/>Noah Gragson +8000 <br \/>Shane Van Gisbergen +8000 <br \/>AJ Allmendinger +8000 <br \/>Ty Dillon +8000 <br \/>Riley Herbst +10000 <br \/>Cole Custer +10000 <br \/>Cody Ware +17500 <br \/>BJ McLeod +30000 <br \/>JJ Yeley +30000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Tyler Reddick claimed the Daytona 500 in the season-opening race, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Atlanta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[196462,49,48,634,196463,196459,196460,196461,183390,183389,82],"class_list":["post-488292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-autotrader-400-predictions","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-atlanta","tag-nascar-autotrader-400-odds","tag-nascar-autotrader-400-picks","tag-nascar-autotrader-400-predictions","tag-nascar-odds","tag-nascar-picks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}