NASCAR PICKS: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400...Texas

[NC Belle]

Welcome to the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas for 267 laps / 400.5 miles on Sunday April 14, 2024 at 3:30pm ET on FS1.

*from Texas Motor Speedway webpage:
Racing Surface:

Oval:	1.5 miles
Width:	58 feet (minimum)
Turns:	750-foot radius
Banking:	20 degrees in Turns 1 & 2, 24 degrees in Turns 3 & 4, five degrees in straightaways
Frontstretch:	2,250 feet long
Backstretch:	1,330 feet long
Pit Road:	45 pit stalls for NASCAR Series, 35 pit stalls for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES

default picks: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-default-picks-2024-season.3939391/#post-65311970
Daytona 500 thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-daytona-500.3939388/#post-65325052
Atlanta: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-ambetter-health-400-atlanta.3940494
Las Vegas: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-pennzoil-400-las-vegas.3940934/
Phoenix: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-shriners-children’s-500-at-phoenix.3941395/#post-65364935
Bristol: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-food-city-500-bristol.3941854/
COTA (Austin): https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-echopark-automotive-grand-prix-cota.3942372/
Richmond (Toyota Owners 400): https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-toyota-owners-400-richmond.3942803/
Martinsville: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-cook-out-400-at-martinsville.3943260/#post-65425309

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NC Beast's Picks:
1. #11 Denny Hamlin
2. #22 Joey Logano
3. #6 Brad Kes.
4. #9 Chase Elliot
5. #8 Kyle Busch
spare: #84 Jimmie Johnson(or when he is not available: #12 Blaney)

My Picks:

1.#19 Martin Truex, Jr
2. #24 William Bryon
3.# 5 Kyle Larson
4. #20 Christopher Bell
5. #48 Alex Bowman
spare: #2 Austin Cindric

 

[jimmalru80]

#5 - Larson
#11 - Hamlin
#12 - Blaney
#24 - Byron
#45 - Reddick

#19 - Truex Jr. (spare)

 

[NC Belle]

Checking while I have the chance since we have family in town (and not just for the Raleigh only Chick-Fil-A test chicken club.

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99
Byron
Larson
Logono
Blaney
Reddick
Spare: Busch

MRETRACC
Hamlin
Keselowski
Busch
Truex
Byron
Spare: Blaney

 

[NC Belle]

Looks like a couple regulars are missing....but, anyone can still post their picks.

 

[LAB81018]

Blaney
Elliott
Larson
Truex
Keselowski

Spare: Wallace

 

[Chili327]

Larson
Byron
Blaney
Elliot
Bell
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Chastain

 

[NC Belle]

from nascar.com:
ResultsFinal

Pos	Driver	Status	Pts
1	C. Elliott Chevrolet · #9	Running	45
2	B. Keselowski Ford · #6	Running	40
3	W. Byron Chevrolet · #24	Running	36
4	T. Reddick Toyota · #45	Running	40
5	D. Suárez Chevrolet · #99	Running	32

6	C. Briscoe Ford · #14	Running	43
7	D. Wallace Jr. Toyota · #23	Running	40
8	A. Dillon Chevrolet · #3	Running	29
9	K. Busch Chevrolet · #8	Running	28
10	C. Hocevar Chevrolet · #77	Running	27
11	J. Logano Ford · #22	Running	26
12	R. Preece Ford · #41	Running	25
13	T. Gibbs Toyota · #54	Running	26
14	M. Truex Jr. Toyota · #19	Running	23
15	C. Buescher Ford · #17	Running	22
16	T. Dillon Chevrolet · #16	Running	0
17	C. Bell Toyota · #20	Running	29
18	N. Gragson Ford · #10	Running	19
19	E. Jones Toyota · #43	Running	25
20	D. Hemric Chevrolet · #31	Running	17
21	K. Larson Chevrolet · #5	Running	26
22	C. LaJoie Chevrolet · #7	Running	15
23	R. Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet · #47	Running	17
24	J. Haley Ford · #51	Running	13
25	A. Cindric Ford · #2	Running	12
26	Z. Smith Chevrolet · #71	Running	11
27	K. Grala Ford · #15	Running	10
28	H. Burton Ford · #21	Running	13
29	J. Johnson Toyota · #84	Running	8
30	D. Hamlin Toyota · #11	Running	15
31	T. Gilliland Ford · #38	Running	6
32	R. Chastain Chevrolet · #1	DNF	15
33	R. Blaney Ford · #12	Running	17
34	J. Nemechek Toyota · #42	DNF	3
35	M. McDowell Ford · #34	DNF	5
36	J. Berry Ford · #4	DNF	1
37	A. Bowman Chevrolet · #48	DNF	1
38	A. Hill Chevrolet · #33	DNF	0

 

[NC Belle]

Scoring:
NC Beast: 30,11,2,1,9 -> 10.6 Winner
NC Belle: 14,3,21,17,37-> 18.4
jimmalru80: 21,30,33,3,4-> 18.2
Shoes99: 3,21,11,33,4-> 14.4
MRETRACC: 30,2,9,14,3-> 11.6
LAB81018: 33,1,21,14,2-> 14.2
Chili327: 21,3,33,1,17-> 15.0

Congrats to NC Beast! He should get his haircut more often if that plus other things this week brought him to victory lane.

Victory Lane:
1. NC Beast 10.6
2. MRETRACC 11.6
3. LAB81018 14.2
4. Shoes99 14.4
5. Chili327 15.0
6. jimmalru80 18.2
7. NC Belle 18.4

Link to 'Dega coming soon. Post them here or pm me if you need it posted before I finish the new thread.
Talladega might get more attention from me since it is my favorite and my Grandma chose NC Beast first NASCAR driver to be his all time favorite.
EDIT: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-geico-500-at-talladega.3944244/

Sorry for the delay...got distracted by Google Maps and saw last year's photos of some of my relative's homes and Davey Allison park still exist (plus it looks bigger than I remembered back in 1997.