Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois, is the backdrop for this weekend’s NASCAR racing. The 1.25-mile track resembles that of Darlington Raceway, with the first two turns featuring a tighter radius and higher banking than the third and fourth. The Cup Series event is the Enjoy Illinois 300 Presented by TicketSmarter, set for Sunday at 3:30 PM Eastern time. Below you can find the NASCAR betting odds for the entire field as well as some of our picks. Last week, Ryan Blaney broke a 59-race winless streak after the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was pushed to Monday due to rain. Blaney led 163 of 400 laps, the most of any driver in the race and the most he’s led in any race in his career. The last time Blaney won was in the fall Daytona race in 2021. A series of cautions near the end of the race ended with Blaney in front with 20 laps to go. He ended up holding off William Byron, who had earned the pole, by 0.663 seconds. That puts Blaney second in the NASCAR Cup Series standings. What will happen this week? Read on to get our insights.
NASCAR Betting News: Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 Preview
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Kyle Larson | +450 |
| William Byron | +650 |
| Martin Truex Jr, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell | +1000 |
| Kyle Busch | +1100 |
| Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano | +1200 |
| Bubba Wallace | +2800 |
| Chase Briscoe, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, AJ Allmendinger | +3000 |
| Corey LaJoie | +3500 |
| Daniel Suarez, Chris Buescher, Aric Almirola, Ty Gibbs | +4000 |
| Ryan Preece | +5500 |
| Austin Cindric | +6500 |
| Austin Dillon | +8000 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | +15000 |
| Erik Jones | +20000 |
| Todd Gilliland, Justin Haley | +30000 |
| Carson Hocevar | +40000 |
| Noah Gragson, Michael McDowell, Harrison Burton | +50000 |
| Ty Dillon, JJ Yeley, Gray Gaudling, BJ McLeod | +100000 |
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Ryan Blaney
comes with some added value this week, not just because of his 59 races without a win but also because of his win last week. It’s rare to see drivers win back-to-back, because the competition is elite, and the tracks can be quite different from one race to the next. Gateway has some differences from Charlotte, but Blaney has done well in both places. This wekk will once again feature the intermediate track package, and Blaney posted the fastest average lap time at Dover in this package. Charlotte has a similar setup to Dover, and Blaney won there. The package remains the same this week, while the setup is different, which shouldn’t bother this team because of their solid results here a year ago. Blaney’s teammate Joey Logano won the race last year, and Austin Cindric posted the sixth-best overall driver rating.Kyle Larson
runs with a Hendrick team that does not have a lot of experience at Gateway. Larson ran for the first time here in 2022 when the Cup Series came back. It’s likely that he will struggle once again when it comes to picking the track up. Even so, Hendrick cars have shown plenty of speed this season, so by the end of this race, Larson may well have figured things out.Martin Truex Jr
has experience on this track, but it dates back to 2004 and 2005, when he raced here in the Xfinity Series. He won here in 2004 with Chance 2 Motorsports. In 2022 in teh Cup Series, he came in sixth after leading 42 laps, a solid day for him during a season that he probably wishes he could have had back. He won at the L.A. Coliseum in the preseason exhibition and also won at Dover, a track that should set him up nicely this weekend.Kyle Busch
led 66 laps here in the 2022 race, but Joey Logano blew by him after the restart in overtime. Busch likes to drop down and race in the lower series, which gives him more track experience. He won the last Xfinity Series event at Gateway, back in 2009, leading 90 laps. His car has not been great for the last four weeks, but some of that was luck, as a tire issue doomed him in Dover, and the restart at Kansas saw him get wrecked. He’s due another win – and soon.Live NASCAR Betting Odds For Today
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