Race Picks San Diego: Spade Racing vs. AI

Join me as I test my wits against various AI programs in picking the 2026 Cup races.  Once they’ve made their picks, I’ll make my normal Favorite, Next Favorite, and Dark Horse picks (in addition to my regular O’Reilly & Truck Series picks).  At the end of the year we’ll see who knows more—me, or a soulless machine gobbling up water and electricity.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI (3 wins) sez: My pick (is) Shane van Gisbergen. He's the overwhelming favorite per most NASCAR analysts — since 2025 on road courses he's 6 for 8 at finishing 1st with a 2.0 average finish, the best Driver Rating by a healthy margin, and a perfect 2-for-2 record winning new debuting road courses (Chicago and Mexico City).

Truck Series (2 wins) Navy 250 Friday 7pm on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—and I still think “Kaden Honeycutt” sounds like a WWE NXT name.

O’Reilly Series (3 wins) United Rentals 250 Saturday 5pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—from the superspeedway that thinks its a road course to the military base that thinks its a road course.

Cup Series Anduril Race the Base 250 Sunday 4pm on Prime  FAVORITE (1 win): DENNY HAMLIN—he’s a modern-day Harry Gant, without the chaw.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): ROSS CHASTAIN—do they allow watermelons on-base?  DARK HORSE (1 win): AJ ALLMENDINGER—Kaulig’s gotta win SOMEhow this year, right?

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