Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney have posted top-five finishes in the last two races of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. However, neither driver has been able to register a victory over the first nine events this year. Logano and Blaney will try to break through when they take part in the 2022 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Both drivers have won this race in the past, with Blaney capturing the checkered flag in 2020 after winning the fall race at Talladega the previous season and Logano posting the first of his three series victories on the track two years earlier.

Blaney and Logano are 10-1 co-favorites in the latest 2022 GEICO 500 odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin are 12-1 in the NASCAR Talladega field. Austin Cindric and reigning Cup Series champion Kyle Larson round out the top six 2022 GEICO 500 contenders at 14-1. You'll want to check out the NASCAR at Talladega predictions from Micah Roberts, the legendary Vegas bookmaker who pioneered wagering on racing, before locking in any 2022 GEICO 500 picks of your own.

Roberts, a former Vegas bookmaker, was the first to offer expanded NASCAR betting, and now hands out NASCAR winners to his followers on SportsLine. Roberts is the nation's premier NASCAR betting expert, and his top pick, Elliott, won the Jockey Made in America 250 last season.

He also correctly predicted the 2021 Coca-Cola 600 winner, hitting Larson's victory at 11-2 odds, and was on point by targeting Elliott as the winner of the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at 8-5 odds the previous week. In addition, Roberts nailed last year's GEICO 500 when he predicted Keselowski to win at 14-1 odds. Anyone who has followed his picks has cashed tickets.

Now, Roberts has analyzed the field and odds for Sunday's NASCAR at Talladega 2022 race. He's only sharing his winner and projected leaderboard at SportsLine.

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One shocker: Roberts is fading Kyle Larson, even though he's one the top 2022 GEICO 500 contenders. In fact, Roberts says Larson, who has posted top-five finishes in two of his last three starts, barely even cracks the top 20.

"He races every track well, except superspeedways," Roberts told SportsLine. "In 30 starts on them, Larson has not registered a win or a top-five and owns a 23rd-place average finish."

Another curveball: Roberts is high on Brad Keselowski, even though he's a 15-1 long shot in the latest NASCAR at Talladega odds 2022. The 38-year-old native of Michigan is looking to become the first back-to-back winner of this race since the feat was accomplished in 2004 and 2005 by Hall-of-Famer Jeff Gordon, with whom he is tied for most career victories in this race (four). The 2012 Cup Series champion, Keselowski was runner-up at Talladega last fall and has registered nine top-five finishes in 26 career series starts on the track.

"Keselowski leads all active drivers with seven superspeedway wins," Roberts told SportsLine. "He won his first career Cup Series race (at Talladega) while driving for an underfunded part-time team."

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Roberts is high on a long shot who is "always finding his way to the front, and doing it at the right time." This driver is being underestimated by oddsmakers, and anyone who backs him could hit it big. You can only see who it is, and check out the rest of Roberts' NASCAR at Talladega picks, at SportsLine.

So who wins the 2022 GEICO 500? And which long shot stuns NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2022 NASCAR at Talladega leaderboard from the nation's premier NASCAR handicapper, and find out.

2022 GEICO 500 odds, field, top contenders

Ryan Blaney 10-1
Joey Logano 10-1
Chase Elliott 12-1
Denny Hamlin 12-1
Austin Cindric 14-1
Kyle Larson 14-1
Chase Briscoe 15-1
Kyle Busch 15-1
Brad Keselowski 15-1
Bubba Wallace 15-1
William Byron 17-1
Alex Bowman 18-1
Kevin Harvick 18-1
Aric Almirola 20-1
Chris Buescher 25-1
Kurt Busch 25-1
Tyler Reddick 25-1
Christopher Bell 28-1
Michael McDowell 30-1
Martin Truex Jr. 30-1
Ross Chastain 35-1
Austin Dillon 35-1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 35-1
Cole Custer 40-1
Harrison Burton 50-1
Justin Haley 50-1
Daniel Suarez 50-1
Erik Jones 60-1
Daniel Hemric 75-1
Todd Gilliland 100-1
Ty Dillon 125-1
Corey LaJoie 125-1
David Ragan 125-1
Landon Cassill 200-1
Noah Gragson 200-1
Greg Biffle 500-1
BJ McLeod 1000-1
Cody Ware 1000-1
J.J. Yeley 1000-1