NASCAR Daytona 500 betting odds, TV info: See who's favored

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular season begins this weekend with the 66th running of the Daytona 500, which is the most prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar.

While it seems odd that NASCAR begins their season with its biggest race, it helps set the tone for the new year and is always a challenging race to predict with their being several unexpected winners recently.

The odds indicate how wide open the 2024 Daytona 500 field is with the NASCAR Cup Series field looking strong, and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin is the early favorite to win at +900.

Hamlin is the only driver in the field to have won the race three times, and he's currently the sole driver with odds better than 10-to-1.

Next up on the odds chart at +1200 are a trio of former Cup Series champions in Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, all three of which have yet to win the Daytona 500.

Busch and Keselowski came close to winning last season before multiple late-race cautions shook up the field, and Blaney, the defending Cup Series champion, has finished runner-up before in the race.

Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher are also in the mix at +1600, with Logano the only one in this group to have won the Daytona 500, as former Cup champions Larson and Elliott are still searching for it.

Other notable names include Bubba Wallace at +1800, Ross Chastain at +2500 and defending Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at +2800.

40 cars will make the race since there are 36 guaranteed starting spots along with four open spots, and while open entries don’t usually contend for the win, two-time Daytona 500 Jimmie Johnson and Cup Series veteran David Ragan could be dangerous as underdogs at 70-to-1.

The 2024 Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2:30 p.m. on Fox, with pole qualifying scheduled for tonight at 7:15 p.m. on FS1 followed by the Duel races to set the rest of the starting lineup on Thursday, Feb. 15 beginning at 6 p.m. on FS1.

2024 DAYTONA 500 OPENING ODDS

Odds by DraftKings Sportsbook as of Wednesday, Feb. 14

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