NASCAR: 5 drivers most likely to win the AAA Texas 500

FORT WORTH, TX - APRIL 09: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - APRIL 09: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) /
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TALLADEGA, AL – OCTOBER 15: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, leads Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)
TALLADEGA, AL – OCTOBER 15: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, leads Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /

2. Kyle Busch

Why: Everything’s bigger in Texas

Kyle Busch has a big heart on the track said no one ever. Everything is great with Busch. He has already secured a spot to race for the championship, but any NASCAR fan knows he can be relentless in his pursuit to make the haters hate even more. He is a two-time winner in the Cup series, has amassed nine wins in the Xfinity Series, and has three wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Texas .

Kyle Busch has won big at Texas, and the opportunity to deny another driver a win at this track and a chance to advance to the Championship Four seems like a bigger reason for him drive into Victory Lane.

3. Denny Hamlin

Why: People in Texas call it a “hissy fit”

They say, “You don’t want to mess with Texans,” but truth be told, you don’t want to mess with Chase Elliott. Fans showed Hamlin how they really felt about him after wrecking Chase Elliott last week and the hate continued into this week. Fans threw a “hissy fit” by booing him during Cup practice at Texas Motor Speedway—a glaring reminder that they still have not forgiven him for last week’s antics.

Hamlin’s first and last Cup win at Texas both came in 2010. Although that was nearly a decade ago, Hamlin still knows how to win. His “dust-up” with Elliott may have put him in an unpleasant predicament, but Hamlin who has already won two races (New Hampshire and Darlington) is more than capable of a third win this season at Texas. He qualified second and will be starting from the first row at Texas. The current hostility towards Hamlin may just cause him to go on a hissy fit of his own.