The start of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is less than a month away, as the 65th annual Daytona 500 will once again get the season kicked off. The preseason exhibition will take place at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on February 5. Right now, the favorite to win the championship is Chase Elliott, even though he has finished at the bottom of the Championship 4 in each of the last two seasons. Just being in the Championship 4 is quite an accomplishment, of course, and he also won the title in 2020 – and he is the only driver to make the Championship 4 three years running. If NASCAR will be part of your online betting this year, take a look at the NASCAR Odds and our insights on some of the top drivers.
NASCAR News: Updated Odds to Win the Cup Series Drivers’ Championship
| Driver | Odds |
|---|---|
| Chase Elliott | +550 |
| Kyle Larson | +650 |
| Denny Hamlin | +900 |
| Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain | +1000 |
| Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Kyle Busch | +1200 |
| Martin Truex Jr | +1400 |
| Tyler Reddick | +1600 |
| Kevin Harvick | +1900 |
| Alex Bowman | +3000 |
| Bubba Wallace, Chase Briscoe | +4000 |
| Ryan Preece, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric | +5000 |
| Brad Keselowski, Ty Gibbs | +6000 |
| A.J. Allmendinger, Erik Jones, Noah Gragson, Chris Buescher | +9500 |
| Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Corey LaJoie, Justin Haley, Cody Ware, B.J. McLeod, Aric Almirola, Michael McDowell, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland | +20000 |
Joey Logano is the reigning champion, and while he has an inconsistent history, he just found a new gear (no pun intended) down the stretch, willing his way into the Championship 4 and then running away with the season finale in Phoenix.
Alex Bowman has a new crew chief and has recovered from an injury that he suffered late in 2022. He has at least one race win in each of the last four seasons, but his driving has also suffered from inconsistency. He is an interesting dark horse, if he can figure out how to elevate that consistency.
Tyler Reddick joins 23XI Racing, after the team lured him away from Richard Childress Racing. 23XI has cars with more speed, which means we will be hearing more about Reddick. The odds have started to reflect that increase in promise, but he might be worth a flyer before his odds get even shorter.
Kyle Larson may be the driver with the most motivation in 2023. In 2021, he won 10 races and his first title, but in 2021, he was knocked out during the Round of 12. When he is focused, Larson is extremely difficult to beat. The problem is that focus is not always steady for him. Perhaps the motivation will elevate his focus this time around.
A.J. Allmendinger is back with the Cup Series full time, driving for Kaulig Racing, after spending 2021 and 2022 in the Xfinity Series full-time. He has improved his overall racing after a previous reputation as a road course specialist. He won 10 races the last two years in the Xfinity Series, part of 35 top-five and 50 top-ten finishes. In the Cup Series, he won at the Indianapolis Road Course in 2021; in 2022, he was terrific at the playoff race at Homestead, where he and Ross Chastain had a dramatic fight for second place, with both breathing down Kyle Larson’s neck. In the last two seasons, Allmendinger has 23 Cup starts, with five top-five finishes and 11 in the top ten (and that one victory). He is an interesting dark horse pick for this year’s title.
Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher started out 2022 strong, sweeping the two races at Daytona. However, Keselowski took a 100-point penalty, leaving him in a huge hole before the Daytona 500 even happened. Both drivers had ups and downs over the course of the year, and they missed the playoffs, but they both picked up late in the year, as Buescher won the night race at Bristol, his first win in 222 races, and Keselowski was a contender at Martinsville and Bristol.
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