Here are the opening odds for the 2025 Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four NASCAR Cup Series champions are the early odds-on favorites to win the 2025 Daytona 500, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano are favored at +1200 odds. Logano, the 2015 Daytona 500, is the only former winner among those champions.
Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin is favored at +1400 with Hendrick Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson in tow at +1500. Hendrick teammate and defending Daytona 500 champion William Byron is at +1600 and is the only other driver with odds less than +2000.
Full Odds-On Favorites for the 2025 Daytona 500
- Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano: +1200
- Denny Hamlin: +1400
- Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson: +1500
- William Byron +1600
- Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell +2000
- Bubba Wallace +2200
- Todd Gilliland, Alex Bowman, Ross Chastain +2500
- Martin Truex Jr., Chase Briscoe, Michael McDowell +3000
- Ty Gibbs +3300
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +3500
- Daniel Suarez, Austin Dillon, Erik Jones +4000
- Riley Herbst, Justin Haley, Josh Berry, Ryan Preece, Noah Gragson, Zane Smith +5000
- A.J. Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar +6000
- Cole Custer +6500
- Shane van Gisbergen, John Hunter Nemechek, Austin Hill, Helio Castroneves, Ty Dillon, Corey LaJoie +7500
- Jimmie Johnson, Anthony Alfredo +10000
- Mike Wallace, BJ McLeod, JJ Yeley, Cody Ware +25000
Red denotes driver has not yet formally announced plans to run the Daytona 500
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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