Ryan Blaney will try to continue his late-season surge when he competes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday in the 2024 Brickyard 400, which returns to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule after a three-year hiatus. Following a lengthy slump, the reigning series champion has recorded top-10 finishes in five of his last six starts, including both of his victories on the year. Blaney is 8-1 and Denny Hamlin is the 15-4 favorite in the latest 2024 Brickyard 400 odds. Kyle Larson is 6-1, Brad Keselowski is 8-1, while Chase Elliott is 9-1 in the 2024 NASCAR at Indianapolis odds. Sunday's race is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Before making any NASCAR at Indianapolis 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 10 winners already, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Elliott at Texas. Anybody following his NASCAR picks has seen HUGE returns!

For the 2024 Brickyard 400, we can tell you Taranto is high on Joey Logano, even though he's a longshot at 15-1! Another curveball: He's fading reigning Brad Keselowski, even though he is one of only three drivers competing on Sunday that has won this race before! "I'm not sure if Keselowski is going to have a car capable of winning," Taranto told SportsLine. "Even when you take into account that he was in crashes at Loudon and Nashville recently, the pace in Keselowski's cars just hasn't been what it once was."

Taranto also locked in four more Brickyard 400 best bets and is high on a MAJOR longshot who is going off over 45-1! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any NASCAR picks of your own.

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