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It’s back to business for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunday. After the last weekend off of the season, the series heads to one of the premier tracks on the circuit, the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the Crown Royal Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard.

While every race pays the same amount of points, winning at Indy carries a little more meaning than other stops. As for narrowing down a favorite this week, you need to start with Chevy drivers.

Chevrolet has a nine-race win streak at the Brickyard that began in 2003. That’s the longest current streak at any track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule.

The last two visits to Indy have produced surprise winners. It could be anyone’s race to win again this year, but there have been multiple winners and the favorites this week are among those repeating champions, starting with Jeff Gordon.

Gordon isn’t having the best year but he has a ton of motivation to win. He ranks 17th in points and trails Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano among wildcard-eligible drivers with just seven races remaining until the field for the Chase is set.

Gordon needs a win bad. The Indiana native leads all active drivers with four victories at the Brickyard and, while he’s struggling elsewhere, he was second here last season and could easily be the class of the field Sunday.

"Growing up here and going to the track numerous times as a kid, there is just something special about each trip here,” Gordon told reporters. “But that special feeling changes quickly when I get out on the track because this place is so challenging. The four corners look the same, but each is unique with different transitions and bumps. As a driver, factoring that in with the few little dips, the way the wind is blowing, the radius and everything else can give you an advantage. But the car has to be good, as well. We've had the best car or one of the best cars in each of the races we've won here.”

Check out the rest of the Crown Royal 400 preview and get picks for Sunday’s race.

Odds to win Crown Royal Curtiss Shaver 400 (Courtesy of SBG Global)

Jimmie Johnson 6-1
Tony Stewart 8-1
Matt Kenseth 10-1
Denny Hamlin 10-1
Jeff Gordon 10-1
Greg Biffle 10-1
Kyle Busch 12-1
Carl Edwards 12-1
Kasey Kahne 12-1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12-1
Kevin Harvick 15-1
Brad Keselowski 15-1
Mark Martin 15-1
Martin Truex Jr. 20-1
Clint Bowyer 25-1
Ryan Newman 30-1
Joey Lagano 30-1
Juan Montoya 30-1
Jamie McMurray 60-1
Paul Menard 60-1
Kurt Busch 75-1
Sam Hornish, Jr. 100-1
Jeff Burton 100-1
Marcos Ambrose 100-1
Trevor Bayne 200-1
Aric Almirola 200-1
Regan Smith 300-1
David Ragan 300-1
Bobby Labonte 300-1
Field (Any Other Driver) 60-1