There’s even more space between Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick in the Cup standings now (44 points), but Reddick won at Atlanta in February, and the race is still tight. Plus Chase Briscoe is coming off a win, and Toyota is scorching hot this season.What happens this week at Echopark Speedway is anyone’s guess. Luckily, our experts, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi, have better guesses than anyone, and they’re here to answer our most pressing questions and make predictions about the upcoming race.The Quaker State 400 at Echopark Speedway is Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and HBO Max.Quaker State 400 race winner oddsSeven Toyota drivers (Briscoe, Christopher Bell, Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Ty Gibbs, Corey Heim and Riley Herbst) finished in the top 10 at Chicagoland, the most ever in a Cup Series race. What has set Toyota drivers apart this season, are they set up well for Atlanta and can other manufacturers catch up?Jeff: There are a few factors at play here, but one that can’t be discounted is the cooperation between top Toyota teams, Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI Racing. Ford driver/team owner Brad Keselowski flagged this in his media session at Chicagoland and urged both Ford and Chevrolet to force increased cooperation between their top organizations to try and catch Toyota. The counterpoint to this was Toyota driver/team owner Hamlin noting 23XI pays JGR for that privilege rather than being told to work together by Toyota (in the NASCAR antitrust lawsuit, it was revealed 23XI pays JGR $8 million per year for their alliance). Either way, the flow of information between top organizations seems to have elevated both. At the same time, Chevrolet is still trying to find speed out of its new car (which debuted in February), and Ford is in the final year of an older model before switching to a new one for 2027. That has set up a dynamic where Toyota is just on it right now. That said, Atlanta is a drafting track where you can throw much of that out the window; the modified Atlanta is a cousin to Daytona and Talladega, where Big Ones and upsets can happen, so don’t look much into the Toyota dominance this week.Jordan: NASCAR is a cyclical sport, and stretches of one manufacturer/team dominating are commonplace, so what we’ve seen from Toyota isn’t necessarily eye-popping — especially when considering the various other factors that are contributing to Chevrolet and Ford largely struggling for much of the season. There are indications, though, that Toyota’s dominance is starting to wane. Last week, the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets had a fair amount of speed, with all four of its cars running near the front and William Byron winning two stages and leading the most laps. This is an indicator that Hendrick is making continued gains, with the expectation that by the Chase, Chevy will be able to compete with Toyota on intermediate-sized tracks, of which there are five of 10 in the playoffs.