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Scott Dixon won the pole position in last week’s qualifying for the 2022 Indianapolis 500, giving him the second-most pole positions (5) all-time behind Rick Mears (6). Dixon also recorded the second-fastest qualifying attempt in the history of the race. The 41-year-old won the Indy 500 in 2008, but he failed to make the podium in his other three tries from the pole. He is listed as the 4-1 favorite in the latest 2022 Indianapolis 500 odds at Caesars Sportsbook.

Dixon came in 17th place last year, but he has three second-place finishes to go along with his 2008 win. Should you be backing him with your 2022 Indy 500 bets? Before scouring the 2022 Indy 500 starting grid and making any 2022 Indianapolis 500 predictions, be sure to see the latest 2022 Indianapolis 500 picks from SportsLine’s proven projection model.

Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary auto racing prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as track history and recent results.

In the 2021 NASCAR season, McClure nailed Martin Truex Jr. to win at Martinsville for a strong 3-1 payout. Then, it called Chase Elliott to win at Road America for a 5-2 payout. McClure’s model also called Larson’s win at Texas for an 11-4 payout and his win at Kansas for a 9-4 payout in back-to-back weeks before nailing Larson to win the season-finale in Phoenix to claim the 2021 NASCAR Cup Championship.

In total, it nailed five of Larson’s wins during a historic season and has also gone 15-9 on its head-to-head matchup predictions to start the 2022 season. Earlier this season it was high on Ross Chastain to win in Austin, giving him a far better shot to win than his 40-1 odds implied. The model was also high on Joey Logano before he won as a 15-1 underdog at Darlington. Anyone who followed its lead on those plays saw huge returns.

Now, the model simulated the 2022 Indianapolis 500 (see tickets at StubHub) 10,000 times. Head to SportsLine to see the complete projected 2022 Indy 500 leaderboard.

Top 2022 Indy 500 predictions
One surprise: the model is high on Ed Carpenter, even though he’s a 22-1 long shot in the latest 2022 Indianapolis 500 odds. He’s a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. The veteran had an outstanding qualifying race, turning in the fastest practice lap at the Indianapolis 500 in more than 25 years.

Carpenter’s 234.410 mph lap was the fastest practice lap at the track since 1996, and it is the eight-fastest ever at the Indy 500. He has plenty of experience at this track, finishing in second place in 2018 and in fifth place last year. Carpenter has completed 3,194 laps in Indy 500 competition, which is the sixth-most in history.

And a massive shocker: Pato O’Ward, one of the Vegas favorites at 17-2, stumbles big-time and fails to crack the top five. There are far better values in the 2022 Indy 500 starting grid. The 23-year-old Mexican driver debuted in IndyCar in 2018 and he’s made three trips to Victory Lane early in his IndyCar career and recorded top-six finishes in the last two Indy 500s.

However, he’s still inexperienced with just 43 career IndyCar starts under his belt and he’ll have to hope that the Hondas don’t link up and pull away early. Four of the six drivers ahead of him on the 2022 Indianapolis 500 starting grid are in Hondas and they’ll be likely to work together early. O’Ward is currently seventh in the 2022 IndyCar standings.

 

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After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the greatest Sunday in racing has come together. NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be the cherry on top of a racing trifecta that includes Formula 1’s Grand Prix of Monaco (9 a.m. ET, ESPN) and the Indianapolis 500 (12:30 p.m. ET, NBC).

Both Monaco and Indy come into the weekend surging in popularity. Formula 1 continues to enjoy record ratings inside the U.S.; the Miami Grand Prix last month drew almost 2.6 million viewers, coming within striking distance of NASCAR’s 2.61 million watching the race at Darlington that same weekend. F1 will expand to three events within the country, minimum in 2023 as Netflix’s “Drive To Survive” remains the go-to motorsports-related show on streaming.

Meanwhile, over at Indy, seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson is raising eyebrows. After a two-year struggle in his move to the NTT IndyCar Series, Johnson qualified 12th for his first Indy 500 and has a legitimate shot to win the race. It’s the closest to an Indy-NASCAR crossover the sport has had in recent years after drivers like Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch used to attempt both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

That leads us to the third and final event on the day: NASCAR. It’s a series also enjoying a surge in popularity but one that faces a challenge with the Coca-Cola 600, a race that’s been a snoozer in recent years and now looks to be the weakest one within this trifecta. The longest race on the schedule, it used to be a test of endurance but now Charlotte is home to some of the worst aerodynamic issues NASCAR faces on any track.

Three times in the last six years, Charlotte’s 600 winner has led more than 300 laps. Last year’s race featured just one caution outside of stage breaks while only one driver failed to finish due to mechanical problems. At a track that should be a showcase for the sport’s recent success, the 1.5-mile oval has instead become the prime example of how intermediate ovals left the sport stagnant throughout much of the late 2000s and 2010s.

NASCAR’s Next Gen chassis, of course, offers hope the racing at Charlotte can be fixed. Positive examples this year include races at Auto Club Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, fellow intermediates that produced some of the best events in their history in 2022. But there’s also Texas Motor Speedway and the All-Star Race last week, arguably the worst event of the year, and proof the Next Gen isn’t a catch-all.

A crown jewel event like this one brings out the best in the sport’s big teams and it’s no surprise the last six Charlotte races have been won by Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, or Team Penske over the past few seasons. But know occasionally there are upsets that do sneak through: Austin Dillon won the 2017 edition of this race on fuel mileage and Casey Mears did the same in 2007 for his lone Cup win.

Let’s see if NASCAR’s longest race can get its mojo back now that the greatest Sunday in racing is put back together again.

Coca-Cola 600
Date: Sunday, May 29
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (Charlotte, N.C.)
TV: FOX
Radio: PRN, SIRIUS XM Channel 90

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Who’s at the Front: Hendrick Motorsports
Their performance at the All-Star Race notwithstanding, Hendrick has clearly been the best-performing team through the first half of the 2022 regular season. All four drivers have won in the first 13 races, clinching a playoff bid while Chase Elliott leads the standings by 52 points over Ryan Blaney. What’s unexpected is their worst-performing driver is actually the sport’s defending champion, Kyle Larson. Larson sits ninth in points but someone who was at his best last season once the series hit its summer stretch.