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2024 AdventHealth 400 expert picks, bets, Kansas odds: NASCAR expert targeting William Byron on Sunday
Joey Logano hopes to tie Denny Hamlin for the most NASCAR Cup Series wins at Kansas Speedway when he takes part in the 2024 AdventHealth 400 on Sunday. Kansas is one of five tracks at which Logano has recorded a career-high three victories, with his last triumph there coming in October 2020. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion posted a pair of top-10 finishes at Kansas last season, as he was sixth in this race and fifth in September. Logano has registered three top-10s in 11 starts this year, with his best result being a runner-up finish at Richmond in late March.
Logano is a 40-1 longshot, while Kyle Larson is the 4-1 favorite in the latest 2024 AdventHealth 400 odds. Hamlin, who won this race for a third time last year, is 9-2, Tyler Reddick is 6-1 and Martin Truex Jr. is 15-2. William Byron rounds out the top five 2024 NASCAR at Kansas contenders at 8-1. Sunday’s race is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 AdventHealth 400 picks or NASCAR predictions, you need to see what NASCAR insider 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 medial credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Chastain and Daniel Suarez’s breakthrough wins in 2022.
Taranto is off to a red-hot start for SportsLine in 2024, nailing five winners in his best bets already, including 16-1 longshot Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas three weeks ago. Anyone following his NASCAR picks has seen some huge returns.
Now, Taranto has analyzed the field and odds for Sunday’s AdventHealth 400. He’s sharing his best bets at SportsLine.
2024 AdventHealth 400 expert picks
For the 2024 AdventHealth 400, Taranto is high on William Byron, who is listed at 8-1. The 26-year-old native of North Carolina remains in search of his first Cup Series victory at Kansas but has performed well there, posting seven top-10 finishes in 12 starts. He reeled off five consecutive top-10s from October 2019 to October 2021 and had his best outing at the track in this race last year, finishing third after starting on the pole.
Byron has gotten off to a great start this season as he is tied for the lead in both victories (three) and top-10s (seven). The 2018 Cup Series Rookie of the Year kicked off 2024 by capturing the checkered flag in the Daytona 500 and also made his way to Victory Lane at the Circuit of the Americas and Martinsville in a span of three starts. The win at COTA began a streak of five consecutive top-10s that ended last weekend at Dover, where Byron led 34 laps before crashing out of the race.
Another surprise: Taranto is fading Ty Gibbs, who recorded his sixth top-10 finish of the season last weekend at Dover. The 2023 Cup Series Rookie of the Year kicked off his sophomore campaign with a 17th-place finish in the Daytona 500 but followed with five consecutive top-10s. Three of those were top-fives — including a career-best third at Phoenix on March 10, which he matched two weeks later at the Circuit of the Americas.
That performance left Gibbs one top five shy of the total he registered last season. But the 21-year-old hasn’t recorded one since, following with four straight outings in which he finished no better than 13th before his 10th-place at Dover last weekend. Gibbs recorded a win and a third-place in his only starts at Kansas in the Xfinity Series but crashed out of his first two Cup Series races at the track before finishing 14th last September. See what other NASCAR picks he likes at SportsLine.
How to make 2024 AdventHealth 400 predictions
Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2024 NASCAR at Kansas best bets. He’s also high on a massive NASCAR longshot who’s going off at more than 75-1. You can only see who they are here.
So who wins the AdventHealth 400 2024, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2024 NASCAR at Kansas picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who has already nailed five winners this year, and find out.
2024 AdventHealth 400 odds
See full NASCAR at Kansas picks at SportsLine
Kyle Larson 4-1
Denny Hamlin 9-2
Tyler Reddick 6-1
Martin Truex Jr. 15-2
William Byron 8-1
Christopher Bell 10-1
Chase Elliott 10-1
Ty Gibbs 12-1
Bubba Wallace 12-1
Ryan Blaney 20-1
Alex Bowman 22-1
Ross Chastain 22-1
Kyle Busch 25-1
Joey Logano 40-1
Brad Keselowski 45-1
Chris Buescher 55-1
Chase Briscoe 100-1
Noah Gragson 100-1
Daniel Suarez 125-1
Michael McDowell 200-1
Carson Hocevar 250-1
Josh Berry 300-1
Austin Dillon 300-1
Ryan Preece 300-1
Austin Hill 350-1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 350-1
Austin Cindric 500-1
Jimmie Johnson 500-1
Corey LaJoie 500-1
John Hunter Nemechek 500-1
Harrison Burton 750-1
Zane Smith 750-1
Daniel Hemric 1000-1
Todd Gilliland 2000-1
Justin Haley 2000-1
Riley Herbst 2500-1
Derek Kraus 5000-1
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Former Kansas high school wrestling coach charged with producing child pornography
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A former Kansas wrestling coach was charged with creating child sexual abuse materials by secretly recording minors showering during an athletic competition.
According to court documents, 37-year-old Ryan Brungardt of Salina is charged with two counts of production of child pornography and one count of attempted production of child pornography.
Brungardt is a former employee at Lakewood Middle School and former wrestling coach for Salina Central High School.
Brungardt is accused of using a cellphone to record three minors while they showered in a locker room during the Tournament of Champions, a wrestling tournament was held at Newton High in January 2024.
Brungardt made his initial court appearance for the criminal complaint on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooks G. Severson.
A detention hearing is scheduled for Monday
Investigators are in the process of reviewing additional seized cellphone videos in this case that are suspected to have been recorded at wrestling meets in Newton, Hays, Garden City and Salina during the 2023-2024 wrestling season.
Anyone who believes they witnessed crimes or any suspicious activity at these events is asked to contact the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (785) 600-8790 or report at www.kbi.ks.gov/sar.
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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Saturday after Wednesday sub-state wins
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Wednesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.
WIBW Scoreboard
BOYS
6A Boys West Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Topeka High 57, Washburn Rural 50 (will play Maize Saturday)
- Junction City 70, Dodge City 56 (will play Derby Saturday)
- Manhattan 58, Wichita-Northwest 56 (will play Wichita-East Saturday)
4A Boys East Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rock Creek 62, Louisberg 57 (will play Bishop Miege Saturday)
- Atchison 74, Wamego 43
- Hayden 72, Independence 56 (will play Atchison Saturday)
- Eudora 76, Santa Fe Trail 68
GIRLS
5A West Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Hays 80, Topeka West 18
- Eisenhower 55, Seaman 41
- Kapaun Mt. Carmel 71, Emporia 41
5A East Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Shawnee Heights 89, Sumner 15 (will play Pittsburg Saturday)
- Basehor-Linwood 74, Highland Park 28 (will play Piper Saturday)
3A Pomona-West Franklin Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Osage City 75, Columbus 31 (will play Frontenac Saturday)
3A Sabetha Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Silver Lake 48, Nemaha Central 26 (will play Riley County Saturday)
- Riley County 51, Jeff West 40 (will play Silver Lake)
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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.
WIBW Scoreboard
BOYS
5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
- Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)
5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
- Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
- Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)
3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)
3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
- Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)
GIRLS
6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
- Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
- Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)
4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
- Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
- Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)
2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
- Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
- Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)
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