NASCAR Xfinity Series Betting Picks: Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200

A track like Darlington tends to bring out the big guns, and we've got that for Saturday's Xfinity Series Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200.

In addition to all the Xfinity regulars, we've got William Byron, Aric Almirola, and John Hunter Nemechek in the field, guys who have combined to win 19 Xfinity and Cup Series races since the start of last year. If you want to win, you gotta beat the best.

That's reflected in the betting markets. Justin Allgaier is the only Xfinity regular shorter than +600 in FanDuel Sportsbook's NASCAR Xfinity Series betting odds, and only three regulars are shorter than +1000. Win equity is tough to come by.

I still think one of those regulars is a quality value to claim the checkered flag. Here's what my simulations have for the field prior to practice and qualifying.

Although Byron is high here, he's still below his 26.3% implied odds at +280 at FanDuel. Same thing for Allgaier (+600) and Cole Custer (+800).

But Riley Herbst at +2000? I can get behind that.

In eight career Darlington races, Herbst has crashed out three times. Obviously, that's not ideal, and it's an issue Herbst has had elsewhere, too.

But in the other five races, Herbst has finished sixth or better three times, including during his age-21 season in 2020. That's a tall task for a young driver, but Herbst has shown he has upside when he keeps his nose clean.

Herbst won Las Vegas toward the end of last year and was runner-up in Homestead. Homestead -- like Darlington -- features tons of tire falloff. That's why, even in a tough field, I think Herbst is worth a look at +2000. The model has him at 6.2%, up from 4.8% implied.

The only other guy at least half a percentage point above his implied odds is a massive longshot: Parker Retzlaff (+30000).

I was on Retzlaff at Dover, as well, and he certainly wasn't bad there. He turned his 13th-place average running position into a 10th-place finish. But leaping from 10th to 1st in this field is tough.

Retzlaff has never finished top-five on a non-drafting track, so you'd need some chaos. And I'd prefer Retzlaff in a more forgiving market (I'd have his fair odds for a top five at around +1500). But I don't think the model is totally off base in thinking he's undervalued.

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