#NASCAR Cup Series

For anyone who is drawn to the sight of fast cars and those who drive them, Saturday nights in the spring and summer mean nights spent watching racing at the local short track. In no place is this truer than Southern Virginia and the Carolinas, the very places where NASCAR racing came to be and where some of the most iconic short tracks in the…

The spotlight will be on one of the newest additions to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule on Sunday at the 2022 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Last year's NASCAR at Austin race featured 10 different lead drivers. Champion Chase Elliott only led for the final five laps, but he returns as the 9-4 favorite to win again in the latest…

For the first time in the history of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, an online sports betting website has listed public odds for the event. Bovada has listed odds for 25 drivers in this year's event, with two-time race winner Rico Abreu listed as the favorite. Let's take a look at the odds for the drivers listed and where they stand entering…

I trust Larry McReynolds when he says the fuel window is coming up in 18 to 20 laps of a NASCAR Cup Series playoffs race or that a late two-tire stop is the best path to victory. However, he didn't climb out on the sturdiest of limbs with one of his predictions on New Year's Day. America's Crew Chief thinks there will be a first-time champion this…

With 19 different winners in 2022, you could say it was never easier to win a race in the NASCAR Cup Series. But actually, the opposite was true. Parity and competition meant every checkered flag was as hotly contested as an early November box of Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes. It left playoff stalwarts like Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex winless…

The 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season is underway, with two races in the books. We saw Austin Hill pull off a surprise victory at Daytona and Cup Series driver Cole Custer win at Auto Club. The sportsbooks have rolled out 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series odds despite being two races into the season. These will tell us which drivers to watch out for this…

Breaking down the NASCAR championship odds for the 2023 season ahead of the Daytona 500. Read on for our futures picks for the 2023 NASCAR cup series. The start of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is quickly approaching. The pursuit of the Bill France Trophy will begin in February with the Daytona 500. While several months of racing will follow,…

It's new year, new team for Kyle Busch. His farewell tour from Joe Gibbs Racing, a team where he spent 15 seasons and racked up 56 of his 60 NASCAR Cup Series wins, is over and done with. It's on to his next chapter with Richard Childress Racing. Time for the Las Vegas native to prove that he has plenty of gas left in the tank, even at 37. Just how…

If your eyeballs did the around-the-world-360 every time NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs showed up for interviews holding a can of Monster Energy last season, then be prepared for many more orbits. Details are forthcoming, but a report on Thursday said the beverage company will play a significant role in sponsoring Gibbs' No. 54 Toyota in his first full Cup…

The 2023 NASCAR season will begin soon and we are bound to see new faces at the top. Further below, you will find the NASCAR odds for each race over the course of the year. If you're looking to get an idea of every driver's odds of winning the next NASCAR race, you've come to the right place! We will also provide odds for the NASCAR Cup Series…

Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson scored the game-winning goal to give the Buffalo Sabres a huge win following an emotional 24 hours. The number 3 is one of the most iconic numbers in sports. And over the last 36 hours, the number's legendary status continued to grow following Damar Hamlin's injury on Monday Night Football, with the sports world…

The moment that NASCAR fans have been waiting for is here. The Daytona 500 will take place on Sunday and bettors will certainly be intrigued by the first race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series. Last year's Daytona 500 saw a shocking result, as 66-1 longshot Michael McDowell emerged from a final-lap wreck to earn the victory. It was his first win on the…

With one trip to the reconfigured Atlanta in the books, we know what to expect this weekend. And it's largely in line with what we thought the track would look like going in. This spring's NASCAR Cup Series race in Atlanta very much acted like the blend of a superspeedway and a 1.5-mile track. There was drafting and chaos, but equipment still…

With the start of a new year, the excitement is catching up with NASCAR fans, who are just waiting for the beginning of the NASCAR Cup Series 2023 season. With a new season on its way, NASCAR 2023 top contendersare also ensuring they are ready to compete again for a championship. This new NASCAR season will mark the organization's 75th anniversary.…

The 65th running of the Daytona 500, the biggest race of the NASCAR season, is only about two months away! As we painstakingly await the arrival of this big race, we are lucky enough to have odds available for who will win the Super Bowl of NASCAR. Remember on a Superspeedway style track, more so than any other week, any driver in the field can win…

2003 NASCAR Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth Made his Cup Series debut in 1998. In a career spanning 22 years, he accomplished a lot. Considered among the best racers during his peak years, he gave stiff competition to several legends of the late 90s, 2010s, and early 2020s. Among them was the Intimidator, Dale Earnhardt. In a fairly old interview,…

Justin Marks employs two drivers coming off breakthrough seasons. Kyle Larson works for the most successful team in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series. Racing fans are about to learn what they can accomplish in motorsports by working together. - Trackhouse Racing (@TeamTrackhouse) December 27, 2022 Justin Marks is entitled to take a victory lap…

The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Talladega Superspeedway Sunday for the 2022 GEICO 500. The green flag is set to drop a little after 3 p.m. ET (FOX). Below we analyze the 2022 GEICO 500 odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions. It's time for the second superspeedway race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, and it's always a free-for-all at…

With plenty of sports action on the calendar this weekend, including MLB, Premier League, golf and more, bettors should turn their attention to the latest PointsBet promo code. New customers that use this sign-up offer get five risk-free bets of $100 each and provide one of the best ways to play with value. Spice up your weekend with five $100…

It's the end of December. I don't know if I should go back to the previous season or turn to the next one. How about both? Here are my attempts at a version of the awards for 2022 - with winner predictions for 2023. Best Pilot 2022: Joey Logan Logano was at his best when it mattered most - later in the season. He took everything he learned over the…

Martin Truex Jr., who currently sits in third place for the NASCAR Cup Series, enters the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 as a+550 favorite. NASCAR betting odds are up for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400, which is a rare Saturday night NASCAR Cup Series race coming up on April 9 in Ridgeway, Virginia. The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 odds…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Daytona International Speedway Sunday for the 2022 Daytona 500. The green flag is set to drop a little after 2:30 p.m. ET. Below we analyze the 2022 Daytona 500 odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions. Front Row Motorsports driver Michael McDowell, in the No. 34 Ford machine, is the defending Daytona 500…

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports First race of the round of 16 in the NASCAR playoffs takes place this Sunday Chase Elliott remains the leader in the Drivers' standings After an enthralling NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the pressure continues to build this weekend as the NASCAR playoffs get underway. The latest NASCAR odds for the Cook Out…

Stewart-Haas Racing's big offseason move was replacing Cole Custer with Ryan Preece. Kevin Harvick was thinking bigger, pushing over the summer for the team to pursue Kyle Busch. We'll never know if Harvick's reasoning would have translated into success, but a reporter recently delved into the rationale, and it sounds plausible. Aric Almirola got…

Kyle Larson registered 10 victories en route to the NASCAR Cup Series championship last season but has struggled this year, recording just one win in 18 starts. However, the 29-year-old has posted the second-most top-five finishes with eight and has performed well of late, as he was fourth at Nashville and third at Road America in his last two…

Chase Elliott won the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship but struggled with only three top-10 finishes during the playoffs. It was a disappointing final 10 races after a strong year. Still, Elliott found himself in the Championship 4 against Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, and Christopher Bell. That came to an end when the driver of the…

A.J. Allmendinger (16) crosses the yard of bricks to win the NASCAR Cup Series 2021 Verizon 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the world's most famous tracks, so it's only right that it hosts one of America's biggest motorsports weekends of the year. NASCAR and IndyCar are both headed to the Brickyard for a…

July 8 (UPI) -- Wimbledon 2022 finales, the Scottish Open golf tournament and a batch of NASCAR and Formula 1 auto races pack this weekend's sports schedule. Dozens of MLS and MLB regular-season games will also air from Friday through Sunday. Combat sports fans also can tune in for several boxing bouts and UFC fights. But the grass tennis courts of…

Watkins Glen is the fifth road course race of the 2022 NASCAR season. USA Today It's time to go road racing in New York. Watkins Glen International will play host to the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend. An 11-turn road course in Western New York, Watkins Glen has hosted a summer race every year since 1986 (except for 2020 due to the pandemic). This…

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is still a little ways from the first green flag, however, it's fun to make some way too early predictions for the upcoming season right? We all know the Daytona 500 will have some fireworks, but how big of fireworks? Will it be a first career win, or maybe the first Daytona 500 for a veteran? Could we see a big…

After a wild playoff opener at Darlington where Erik Jones won as an 80-1 longshot (Westgate SuperBook), the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 (Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET, USA). Like Darlington, Kansas is a repeat track, which means we have data to use from the first Kansas race. Thankfully, NASCAR and Goodyear…

Team Penske's Joey Logano continued his trend of qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 in even years by winning Sunday afternoon's round of 8 opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Since the current elimination playoff format was introduced in 2014, Logano has only ever qualified for the winner-take-all final round in the even seasons,…

When the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season began, most pundits and prognosticators expected one of the more intriguing Sunoco Rookie of the Year battles in recent memory. After all, the three drivers in contention for top rookie honors - Austin Cindric, Harrison Burton, and Todd Gilliland - were all proven winners in either the NASCAR Xfinity Series or…

The NASCAR Cup Series' Silly Season front has been quiet as of late but that's mostly due to the abundance of rides already taken. However, the two-feeder series have been busy with a slew of announcements this week. On Thursday, Toyota solidified their plans for the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with both Joe Gibbs Racing and Sam Hunt Racing…

Kyle Busch isn't just the favorite because of the decals on his ride. He's a past three-time winner at Pocono and comes in looking for a get-right spot after a disappointing month. Get the scoop on the field for betting the M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 odds. In a sport where races go through more name changes than Prince, it can be difficult to keep…

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series has reached its season finale at Phoenix Raceway after 35 races. Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, and Christopher Bell will compete for the championship in Sunday's Championship 4 after nine playoff races that have run over the past few months. At 3 p.m.PM Est, the race will be broadcast live on NBC and Peacock,…

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to California for the second road race of the season at Sonoma Raceway when the 2022 Toyota/Save Mart 350 gets underway on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. One driver in search of his first Cup Series victory that could push for the win on Sunday is Tyler Reddick. Now in his fourth season, Reddick finished fifth at the first road…

The NASCAR Cup Series took another turn last weekend when Pocono winner Denny Hamlin and second-place finisher Kyle Busch were disqualified for failing post-race inspections. It was the first time the winner of a Cup Series race had been disqualified since 1960. Chase Elliott never led a lap, but was deemed the official winner after finishing…

In many Western cultures, black cats were traditionally seen as bad luck omens. It is said that crossing paths with one could bring a person bad luck. However, it seemed that Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick did not get the memo. At the Atlanta Motor Speedway, he was racing in the #4 car, when something unexpected happened. During a green…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Darlington Raceway Sunday for the 2022 Goodyear 400. The green flag is set to drop a little after 3:30 p.m. ET (FS1). Below we analyze the 2022 Goodyear 400 odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions. This is the first of two stops at Darlington, with the first Round of 16 race in the playoffs set for Sept. 4…

This week, Chase Elliott will try to pull off a feat that has not been accomplished since the legendary Jimmie Johnson was in his prime. Elliott, one of four remaining contenders for the NASCAR Cup Series title, will attempt to become the first driver to win consecutive since Johnson's run of five from 2006 to 2010. Elliott is one of two Hendrick…

The start of the 2021 Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX) is almost here! The Daytona 500 is not only NASCAR biggest race, but it's also the season-opening event, which allows sportsbooks to post odds weeks, and even months, in advance. This also gives bettors a chance to get down on the Daytona 500 early, building betting cards throughout most of the…

Since last year's race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Martin Truex Jr. is the reigning winner of the Toyota Owners 400. The former NASCAR Cup Series champion led 186 of the event's 400 laps en route to recording the first of his seven series victories in 2019. Truex will attempt to become the sixth repeat winner and first since Kyle…

Chase Elliott must have begun thinking his 2020 NASCAR Cup Series championship was a curse, as he failed to capture a checkered flag over the first 13 races of the 2021 season. The drought finally ended last weekend, as the 25-year-old won the rain-shortened EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin. After…

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images. Pictured: NASCAR Cup Series drivers Chase Elliott (No. 9) and Joey Logano (No. 22) The final race of the 2022 NASCAR season is here with four drivers battling for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix (3 p.m. ET, NBC). Arguably the four most deserving drivers have made it to the championship…

Kevin Harvick won his fourth career NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship a year ago after notching seven victories, including one at Darlington Raceway. The 45-year-old opened the playoffs with another triumph on the track and finished the year with a personal-best nine wins. Harvick will attempt to start the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series…

The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Sonoma this weekend for the Toyota Save Mart 350. Our resident experts, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi, dive into several questions - Joey Logano's momentum, why Chase Elliott is such a massive favorite, when to expert retaliation on Ross Chastain… and more! Jeff: Unfortunately for betting purposes, the practice format…

The Action Network specializes in providing sports betting insights/analytics and is a content partner with NASCAR. The starting lineup is set for today's DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). If the race is anything like the practice session just before qualifying, we're in for a wild affair.…

Kyle Larson doesn't have the most experience of late at Darlington Raceway, the track for Sunday's Goodyear 400, but he has had a ton of success. Since spring 2019, Larson has competed in three races at Darlington and finished second in all three of them - the Bojangles' Southern 500 (Sept. 1, 2019), the Goodyear 400 (May 9, 2021) and the Cook Out…

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