Hamlin’s win last week at Martinsville has him in the field of 16 when the playoffs come around in about five months. And he’s prepping to run the Goodyear 400 on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, a track where he leads all current drivers with four previous victories.

The NASCAR Cup Series is in for a long day of wrestling with the 1.366-mile egg-shaped Darlington Raceway on Sunday in the Goodyear 400. William Byron is on the pole, with Ryan Preece starting a season-best second on Sunday.

The first of two races at Darlington this year is set for Sunday as the drivers descend on South Carolina for the Goodyear 400. Our NASCAR betting picks tell you if it will be a wily veteran or a young gun that conquers "The Track Too Tough to Tame.