Daytona 500: Odds, times, lineup and more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s that time of the year again. The 2024 Daytona 500 is February 18 and we have the odds on-favorites.

No surprise, Ryan Blaney was the odds-on favorite for the 2024 Daytona 500 but he has rivals going into the NASCAR Cup Series season opener.

FAVORITES BY SPORTSBOOK GOING INTO THE WEEKEND

BetMGM	bet365	BetRivers	Caesars	DraftKings	FanDuel
Brad Keselowski +1100	Blaney +900	Blaney +1200	Keselowski +850	Hamlin +900	Blaney +900
Chase Elliott +1100	Buescher +1100	Hamlin +1200	Hamlin +900	Kyle Busch +1100	Hamlin +1100
Chris Buescher +1100	Hamlin +1100	Keselowski +1200	Kyle Busch +1000	Blaney +1200	Keselowski +1200
Denny Hamlin +1100	Joey Logano +1100	Logano +1200	Blaney +1200	Keselowski +1200	Elliott +1200
Ryan Blaney +1100	William Byron +1200	Elliott +1300	Logano +1400	Buescher +1400	Buescher +1200

POST-QUALIFYING

BetMGM	bet365	BetRivers	Caesars	DraftKings	FanDuel
Denny Hamlin +1000	Logano +1000	Logano +1100	Hamlin +900	Hamlin +800	Logano +900
Joey Logano +1200	Hamlin +1100	Hamlin +1100	Logano +1000	Logano +900	Hamlin +1000
Ryan Blaney +1200	Keselowski +1200	Blaney +1200	Keselowski +1100	Keselowski +1200	Keselowski +1100
Kyle Busch +1200	Blaney +1200	Keselowski +1300	Busch +1200	Blaney +1100	Blaney +1100
Brad Keselowski +1300	Chase Elliott +1400	Elliott +1400	Blaney +1400	Busch +1200	Elliott +1200

Denny Hamlin, the winningest active driver in the Daytona 500 (3 wins), tops DraftKings, Caesars and BetMGM. This year’s Busch Light at the Coliseum winner is a top-2 favorite at every sportsbook we checked.

Joey Logano stands tall with the most points (116) earned in the last three editions of the 500. Behind Bubba Wallace (who we’ll get to), he has the best average finish in the last six Daytona races (12.5).

Logano tops the other sportsbooks Hamlin doesn’t and is also a top-2 favorite everywhere.

Going into the weekend, five of the six sportsbooks had Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski on top. They still remain among the six prominent favorites.

Blaney, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion, has finished second in the Daytona 500 in 2017 and 2020. Should he finish second again, he would tie Terry Labonte for most second-place finishes in the 500 without a win.

Keselowski is still looking for his first Daytona 500 win. He has earned the second-most points (101) of any driver in the last three 500s and has had the best average running position (8.4), according to statistician Trey Ryan’s figures.

The odds also favor Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch who each showed strength in the Duels.

Elliott also has the most top-10 finishes (4) of any driver in the last six editions of the Daytona 500.

MID-RANGE FAVORITES

Defending Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is not among the odds-on favorites but he’s not far off – and that is good for you if you’re betting.

Stenhouse’s odds at BetMGM are +3500, for example.

Bubba Wallace has finished second twice in the Daytona 500 – 2018 and 2022 – but never won and doesn’t want to tie that aforementioned record, like Blaney.

In the last six Daytona races, Wallace has the best average finish (10.7) of anyone in the field. In the last three 500s, he has earned the third-most points (96) of any driver.

Wallace stood at +2000 before the Duel races. However, like other Toyota drivers, his odds went down afterward, but still he is at +1800. Not a bad value pick.

Jones and Johnson are part of the Toyota brigade that look very strong in race trim. They sit at +2500 and +6000, respectively.

Meanwhile, Corey LaJoie has earned the 10th-most points in the last three editions of the Daytona 500. He sits at around +5000.

THE LONGSHOTS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND

BetMGM	bet365	BetRivers	Caesars	DraftKings	FanDuel
Zane Smith +8000	Corey LaJoie +6600	Hemric, Herbst +8000	Ragan, Smith +7500	Hemric +8000	Burton +8000
Daniel Hemric +8000	Grala, Harrison Burton +8000	Ragan, A.J. Allmendinger +8000	Herbst +8500	Herbst +8000	Jimmie Johnson +8000
Anthony Alfredo +8000	Riley Herbst +8000	Grala +8000	Hemric +9000	Allmendinger +8000	Ragan +10000
Kaz Grala +8000	Ragan +8000	Smith +10000	Alfredo +10000	Grala +8000	Zane Smith +10000
David Ragan +10000	Alfredo +10000	Alfredo +10000	Grala +15000	Alfredo +9000	Alfredo +10000

POST-QUALIFYING

BetMGM	bet365	BetRivers	Caesars	DraftKings	FanDuel
Todd Gilliland, Riley Herbst +10000	Grala, Herbst +6600	David Ragan, Smith +8000	Smith +8500	Smith +8000	Ragan +7500
Zane Smith +10000	Gilliland +8000	Gilliland, Herbst +8000	Justin Haley +9000	Haley, Ragan +8000	Smith, Gilliland +7500
Daniel Hemric +10000	Smith +8000	Hemric +10000	Gilliland, Herbst, Grala +10000	Gilliland, Herbst +9000	Carson Hocevar, Haley +8500
Anthony Alfredo +10000	Alfredo +10000	Grala +10000	Hemric +12500	Hemric +10000	Herbst, Grala +8500
Kaz Grala +10000	Hemric +10000	Alfredo +15000	Alfredo +15000	Grala, Alfredo +10000	Hemric, Alfredo +10000

Riley Herbst had a top-10 finish in the 500 and a top-10 at Talladega in the fall after leading 10 of 188 laps.

With two strong teammates, David Ragan is also someone you never want to count out of a drafting track race, either.

STARTING LINEUP

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Sunday

• 66th annual Daytona 500: 2:30 p.m. ET; FOX, MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio; 200 laps (Stages end on laps 65/130/200)