Four drivers will have their NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs come to an end as the Round of 16 concludes Saturday with the 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Denny Hamlin, 2012 series champion Brad Keselowski, 2017 champ Martin Truex Jr. and Harrison Burton enter the race below the cut line, while two-time winner Joey Logano is the only driver locked into the Round of 12 by virtue of his victory at Atlanta in the playoff opener. Hamlin, who is six points below the cut line, has won this race three times - including last year - and Keselowski captured the checkered flag in 2012.

Hamlin is the 4-1 favorite in the latest 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race odds. Kyle Larson is 23-4, Christopher Bell is 13-2 and Ty Gibbs is 8-1, while Keselowski is 10-1. Saturday's race is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Before making any NASCAR at Bristol picks, be sure to see what CBS Sports NASCAR writer Steven Taranto has to say.

Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com, and he chronicles stock car racing with the same thoroughness and passion that he's had since becoming a full-time race fan in 2001. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez's breakthrough wins in 2022. Taranto has been red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he has nailed 12 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. Anybody following his NASCAR picks has seen HUGE returns!

For the 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race, we can tell you Taranto is high on Josh Berry, even though he's a 35-1 longshot. Another curveball: He's fading Martin Truex Jr. (11-1), even though he was runner-up at Bristol back in March and is fighting for his playoff life in his final full-time Cup Series season. "Truex comes into Bristol 14 points below the playoff cut line, frustrated and disillusioned with the state of NASCAR racing, and the outbound 2017 Cup Series champion hasn't had a top-10 finish since Pocono in mid-July," Taranto told SportsLine. "I wouldn't feel great about a sudden turnaround for him at Bristol this weekend."

Taranto also locked in four more Bass Pro Shops Night Race best bets and is high on a MAJOR dark horse who is going off at 50-1! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any NASCAR picks of your own.

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