NASCAR at Darlington August 2025: Odds and more info
This weekend, the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series head to the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Portland International Raceway in Oregon.
NASCAR Cup Series’ Cook Out Southern 500
- Sunday, August 31
- 6 p.m. (All times Eastern)
- 367 laps
- Stages end on laps 115, 230, 367
- USA, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Chase Briscoe
The Cook Out Southern 500 is the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. The winner, if in the playoffs, is guaranteed to advance into the Round of 12.
Two part-time teams are entered for the race: Derek Kraus will race the No. 44 entry for NY Racing Team and Timmy Hill will drive the No. 66 entry for Garage 66.
Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington August 2025
2023 Southern 500 winner Kyle Larson is the opening odds-on favorite to win Sunday night. Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, August 25, per the Caesar’s Sportsbook.
- Kyle Larson +500
- Denny Hamlin +575
- Ryan Blaney, William Byron +600
- Tyler Reddick +700
- Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe +1000
- Joey Logano +1600
- Chase Elliott +1800
- Chris Buescher, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace +2000
- Ross Chastain +2200
- Kyle Busch +3000
- Josh Berry, Alex Bowman +3500
- Carson Hocevar +4000
- Austin Cindric +4500
- Ryan Preece +5000
- Erik Jones +6500
- Austin Dillon +10000
- Daniel Suares +15000
- A.J. Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland, John Hunter Nemechek +25000
- Michael McDowell, Zane Smith +30000
- Justin Haley, Shane Van Gisbergen +35000
- Cole Custer +50000
- Ty Dillon +100000
- Josh Bilicki, Derek Kraus, Cody Ware +250000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Sober or Slammer 200
- Saturday, August 30
- 12 p.m.
- 147 laps
- Stages end on laps 45, 90, 147
- FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Ross Chastain
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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