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.
Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney are +1000 co-favorites per the recent 2026 Autotrader 400 odds at FanDuel Sportsbook. Other NASCAR at Atlanta contenders include William Byron and Austin Cindric at +1400. Tyler Reddick, coming off a win at Daytona, is a +2500 longshot. Before making any 2026 Autotrader 400 picks or NASCAR at Atlanta predictions, you need to see the projected leaderboard from Mike McClure’s proven model.
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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 NASCAR betting picks at their favorite sportsbooks could have seen huge returns.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the NASCAR Autotrader 400. He’s only sharing his best bets at SportsLine.
2026 NASCAR at Atlanta predictions
For NASCAR at Atlanta 2026 at EchoPark Speedway, McClure is fading Logano, despite being a +1000 co-favorite. While Vegas doesn’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’s one to bypass with 2026 Autotrader 400 bets.
Another surprise: Denny Hamlin (+1800) is projected to finish near the top of the leaderboard despite his longer odds. He’s coming off a high with winning the Daytona 500 as a co-owner of 23XI Racing, and Hamlin’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’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. See which other drivers the model is backing at SportsLine.
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How to make 2026 Autotrader 400 picks
McClure is also high on a longshot of +2000 or more, potentially netting any backer a huge payday. You can only see who it is here.
So who wins the 2026 Autotrader 400, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR at Atlanta? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2026 NASCAR Autotrader 400 picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider, and find out.
2026 NASCAR Autotrader 400 odds, lineup
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(Odds from FanDuel, subject to change)
Chase Elliott +1000
Ryan Blaney +1000
Joey Logano +1000
William Byron +1400
Austin Cindric +1400
Kyle Larson +1500
Christopher Bell +1600
Denny Hamlin +1800
Bubba Wallace +1900
Brad Keselowski +1900
Chris Buescher +2000
Carson Hocevar +2000
Kyle Busch +2000
Ross Chastain +2000
Chase Briscoe +2200
Tyler Reddick +2500
Alex Bowman +2500
Ryan Preece +3000
Connor Zilisch +3300
Ty Gibbs +3300
Daniel Suarez +3500
Josh Berry +3500
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +4000
Michael McDowell +4500
Austin Dillon +5000
Erik Jones +6000
Zane Smith +6000
John Hunter Nemechek +6000
Todd Gilliland +6000
AJ Allmendinger +6500
Noah Gragson +8000
Shane Van Gisbergen +8000
Ty Dillon +8000
Riley Herbst +10000
Cole Custer +10000
Cody Ware +17500
BJ McLeod +30000
JJ Yeley +30000
