NASCAR spends another week in the Northeast as the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, will host this weekend’s races. The Xfinity Series event, the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225, is set for Saturday, July 22, at 5:30 pm Eastern time. The race is 90 laps around a 2 ½-mile course. Last week, John Hunter Nemechek won the Ambetter Health 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, giving him the first back-to-back wins of his career after he won the previous week in Atlanta. In New Hampshire, Nemechek was able to withstand a late charge by Chandler Smith on an overtime restart and ended up leading 137 of the 206 laps. He has won four races in the Xfinity Series this season (giving him six total career wins), and he now leads the Xfinity Series drivers’ standings by 33 points over Austin Hill, who has won three races this year and who finished third on Saturday. Don’t miss our NASCAR betting preview for the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225. You can watch the race on the USA Network or listen on the Motor Racing Network or SiriusXM.
NASCAR Betting News: Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 Preview
| Top Driver | Odds |
|---|---|
| Chase Elliott | +225 |
| Justin Allgaier | +450 |
| John Hunter Nemechek | +500 |
| Cole Custer | +800 |
| Josh Berry | +1000 |
| Austin Hill, Chandler Smith, Daniel Suarez | +1400 |
| Sam Mayer, Sammy Smith | +2500 |
| Corey Heim, Riley Herbst, Sheldon Creed | +3000 |
| Daniel Hemric | +3500 |
| Brandon Jones, Tyler Mosack | +4000 |
| Parker Kligerman, Ty Dillon | +6000 |
| Brett Moffitt, Ryan Sieg | +10000 |
| Kaz Grala | +20000 |
| Jeb Burton, Jeremy Clements, Parker Retzlaff | +30000 |
| Anthony Alfredo, Kyle Sieg, Kyle Weatherman, Sage Karam, Stefan Parsons | +100000 |
Bet on the Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 225!
Sheldon Creed
offers plenty of value relative to his speed. He’s almost always right there at the end of races, but the problem has been his inability to stay out of crashes in the last laps. If he can wend his way through the traffic at the end of races without crashing out, he will eventually come away with a win.John Hunter Nemechek
is dominating the Xfinity Series right now, but the fact that Chase Elliott is running in the Xfinity race this week means that you can get a little more value for Nemechek than you should be able to. Elliott isn’t going to be easy to beat, but no driver in the Xfinity Series has been better than Nemechek has.Cole Custer
won here four years ago and had been one of the hottest Xfinity Series drivers this summer before he settled for 22nd place last week in New Hampshire. He had posted 11 straight top-ten finishes, including three top-two finishes in the last five.Austin Hill
has ten top-five finishes and 14 top-ten finishes so far in 2023. He’s not that far off Nemechek for the points lead in the drivers’ standings, and he has plenty of motive to push hard with the playoffs coming up.Justin Allgaier
came in sixth at New Hampshire, giving him 11 top-ten finishes in 2023. He has one victory in 2023 and comes in offering solid value.Driver Standings |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Team |
| 1 | John Nemechek | 730 | Toyota |
| 2 | Austin Hill | 697 | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Justin Allgaier | 670 | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Cole Coster | 656 | Ford |
| 5 | Chandler Smith | 569 | Chevrolet |
Manufacturer Standings |
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| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 671 |
| 2 | Toyota | 626 |
| 3 | Ford | 596 |
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