NASCAR Bristol Night Race 2025: Odds and more info

BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR is headed to Bristol Motor Speedway for the Bristol Night Race with all three national series.

The NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series are all in the first round of the playoffs, albeit at different points.

NASCAR Cup Series’ Bass Pro Shops Bristol Night Race

• Saturday, Sept. 13
  • 7:30 p.m. (All times Eastern)
• 500 laps
  • Stages end on laps 125, 250, 500
• USA, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
• Last year’s winner: Kyle Larson

Saturday night marks the final race of the first round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Three open entries will be in the field, including a relatively-late entry for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standout Corey Heim:

• No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet: Austin Hill
• No. 66 Garage 66 Ford: Chad Finchum
• No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota: Corey Heim

Odds for the NASCAR Cup Series Bristol Night Race

Kyle Larson is the opening odds-on favorite to win Sunday. Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Tuesday, Sept. 9, per the Caesar’s Sportsbook.

• Kyle Larson +250
• Denny Hamlin +425
• Ryan Blaney +650
• Christopher Bell +800
• Chase Briscoe +900
• Chase Elliott +1200
• William Byron +1400
• Joey Logano +1600
• Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs +2000
• Bubba Wallace +2500
• Brad Keselowski +2800
• Ross Chastain +3000
• Tyler Reddick +3300
• Josh Berry, Kyle Busch +3500
• Chris Buescher +4000
• Carson Hocevar +4500
• Austin Dillon, Ryan Preece +5000
• Austin Cindric +6500
• Erik Jones +7500
• John Hunter Nemechek +10000
• A.J. Allmendinger +15000
• Justin Haley, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Shane Van Gisbergen +20000
• Corey Heim+25000
• Cole Custer, Zane Smith +35000
• Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill +50000
• Ty Dillon +75000
• Riley Herbst +100000
• Chad Finchum, Cody Ware +250000

NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Food City 300

• Friday, Sept. 12
  • 7:30 p.m.
• 300 laps
  • Stages end on laps 85, 170, 300
• CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
• Last winner: Cole Custer

The NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs start Friday night with Connor Zilisch as the clear No. 1 seed. Zilisch capped off his regular season title run with a win at Gateway.

MORE: NASCAR Xfinity playoff standings and Gateway race recap

God Save the (Butterbean) Queen — and notable Xfinity entries

Brenden “Butterbean” Queen will make his Xfinity Series debut Friday night in Kaulig Racing’s No. 11 Chevrolet. Queen has been a standout in the ARCA Menards Series and is one of the top young prospects in NASCAR today.

Other notable entries include:

• Aric Almirola: No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
• Corey Day: No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports
• Austin Green: No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing
• Jeffrey Earnhardt: No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing
• Josh Williams: No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing
• Carson Ware: No. 07 SS-Green Light Racing
• Logan Bearden: No. 14 SS-Green Light Racing
• Glen Reen: No. 35 Joey Gase Motorsports

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ UNOH 200

• Thursday, Sept. 11
  • 8 p.m.
• 250 laps
  • Stages end on laps 65, 130, 250
• FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
• Last year’s winner: Layne Riggs

The first round of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoffs rolls into the high banks of Bristol. Riggs, who won last year, is second in the standings after a strong run at Darlington.

Here are the notable entries for the Trucks at Bristol. One truck will go home with 37 entries vying for 36 spots in the race:

• Corey Day: No. 7 Hendrick Motorsports
• Parker Kligerman: No. 75 Henderson Motorsports
• Corey LaJoie: No. 77 Spire Motorsports
• Brent Crews: No. 1 TRICON Garage
• Cole Butcher: No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing
• Treyten Lapcevich: No. 02 Young’s Motorsports
• Stefan Parsons: No. 20 Young’s Motorsports
• Norm Benning: No. 6 Norm Benning Racing
• Greg Van Alst: No. 35 Greg Van Alst Motorsports