The NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 8 begins with Sunday’s South Point 400 (5:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Updated NASCAR odds from FanDuel show Christopher Bell as the race favorite at +470, followed by Denny Hamlin (+550), Kyle Larson (+600), William Byron (+600) and Chase Elliott (+850).
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From a NASCAR betting standpoint, I’m avoiding the outright market and pivoting to a plus-money prop as my best bet pick for Las Vegas.
Let’s take a look.
NASCAR Odds, Best Bet Pick for Las Vegas
*Odds as of Sunday morning
Toyota drivers Hamlin, Chase Briscoe and Bell posted the three fastest speeds in qualifying, so it’s not surprising to see the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammates with the best odds to win today’s race, and Briscoe not far off at +900.
But it’s not just those three Toyotas that were strong in practice and qualifying on Saturday in Vegas.
The 23XI Racing cars of Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick qualified seventh and eighth, respectively, with JGR’s Ty Gibbs clocking in at 10th fastest, giving Toyota six of the top 10 qualifiers for the South Point 400.
Five of the six fastest cars in practice, in terms of 10-lap average, were posted by Toyota drivers, suggesting that these cars have very solid race pace as well.
Instead of pulling out my hair (what’s left of it, anyway), I’m grabbing Toyota as the winning manufacturer at +120 odds via DraftKings to cover the entire stable of cars that appear to be the cream of the crop heading into Sunday’s race at Las Vegas.
NASCAR Best Bet Pick: Toyota Winning Manufacturer (+120) — DraftKings