NASCAR at Daytona and Milwaukee 2024: Odds, TV times, entry lists and more info

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. and MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A big weekend lies ahead as two NASCAR national series head to Daytona while the other is starting the playoffs at The Milwaukee Mile.

The NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will head to the famed 2.5-mile track as the regular season winds down. After Daytona, there is one regular-season race left for the Cup Series and four left for the Xfinity Series.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, on the other hand? The regular season is over and it’s playoffs time. They’ll start the playoffs at The Milwaukee Mile with an ARCA Menards Series/ARCA East combo race supporting them.

NASCAR Cup Series’ Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

• 7:30 p.m. Saturday (all times Eastern)
• NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
• Qualifying: 5:05 p.m. Friday (No practice)
• 160 laps (Stages end on laps 35/95/160)

Shane van Gisbergen is back in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet this weekend. Cody Ware is in the other rotating full-time entry – the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford.

There are four open entries this weekend:

• No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet: Austin Hill
• No. 44 NY Racing Team: Joey Gase
• No. 62 Beard Motorsports: Parker Retzlaff
• No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports: BJ McLeod

This is the fourth race with 40 entries this season. The Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and the Chicago Street Race were the others with a full field.

Retzlaff earned approval from NASCAR with his quiet but clean performance at Richmond earlier this month.

MORE: Retzlaff comes home clean in Cup debut

Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Odds

• Denny Hamlin +1100 to win, +300 for Top-3 finish, +140 for Top-5
• Chris Buescher, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch +1200, +350, +155
• Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano +1400, +400, +180
• Kyle Larson +1600, +450, +210
• Tyler Reddick +1800, +500, +230
• Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr. +2000, +550, +260
• Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain, Michael McDowell +2200, +650, +280
• Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +2800, +800, +360
• Austin Dillon +3000, +850, +380
• Erik Jones, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson +3500, +1000, +450
• Corey LaJoie +4000, +1100, +500
• Todd Gilliland +4500, +1200, +550
• Daniel Suarez, Shane van Gisbergen, Ryan Preece +5000, +1400, +650
• Justin Haley +5500, +2000, +900
• Josh Berry +5500, +1600, +700
• Carson Hocevar +6000, +1800, +750
• Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric, John Hunter Nemechek, Zane Smith +7000, +2000, +900
• Austin Hill +8000, +2200, +1000
• Cody Ware +25000, +7000, +3000
• Parker Retzlaff +30000, +9000, +4000
• BJ McLeod, Joey Gase +40000, +11000, +5000

Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin are the current favorites for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. Larson and Hamlin are each favored at +380.

NASCAR Cup Series Championship Odds

Here are the odds to win the championship for the 12 drivers currently locked into the playoffs (in bold), the drivers currently in (underlined) and drivers below the cutline who are on the bubble (in italics):

• Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin +380
• Christopher Bell +400
• Tyler Reddick +500
• William Byron, Ryan Blaney +800
• Chase Elliott +1100
• Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano +1600
• Brad Keselowski +2200
• Ty Gibbs, Alex Bowman +3500
• Ross Chastain +5000
• Chris Buescher +6000
• Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace +10000
• Austin Cindric +12000

The most points a driver can earn in a single race without winning is 55 points (finishing second and winning both stages). The fewest points a driver can earn is one (for finishing 36th-40th). That means the most points a driver can make up in a single race is 54.

Busch is 93 points below the cutline. If he doesn’t win at Daytona and is still more than 54 points out, he will need to win at Darlington to get into the playoffs.

See the full Cup Series championship odds here.

NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona

• 7:30 p.m. Friday
• USA, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
• Qualifying: 3 p.m. Friday (No practice)
• 100 laps (Stages end on laps 30/60/100)

ARCA Daytona winner Gus Dean will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the No. 15 AM Racing Ford.

Joe Graf Jr. and Ryan Truex are in the rotating Joe Gibbs Racing entries. Jeffrey Earnhardt is back in the cousin No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Jordan Anderson is back in his No. 32 Chevrolet with crew chief Larry McReynolds, hoping to redeem themselves from a near-win in February.

Akinori Ogata is in the No. 35 Joey Gase Motorsports entry. Caesar Bacarella is back after a top-10 performance driving for himself at Michigan.

Patrick Emerling and CJ McLaughlin are in the SS-Green Light Racing entries. Josh Bilicki is in the No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet.

Mike Harmon Racing will finally make a start this weekend. While they listed their driver as “TBA,” their anchor driver has been Jade Buford.

Odds for NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Wawa 250 at Daytona

• Austin Hill +285 to win, -120 for Top-3 finish, -225 for Top-5
• Jesse Love +650, +190, -110
• Sheldon Creed +1100, +320, +140
• Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer +1200, +350, +155
• Riley Herbst, AJ Allmendinger +1400, +400, +180
• Parker Kligerman, Chandler Smith +1600, +450, +200
• Sam Mayer +1700, +500, +220
• Ryan Truex, Ryan Sieg +2000, +550, +260
• Brandon Jones, Sammy Smith +2200, +650, +280
• Joe Graf Jr., Jeb Burton, Anthony Alfredo, Shane van Gisbergen +3500, +1000, +450
• Parker Retzlaff, Matt DiBenedetto +4000, +1100, +500
• Josh Williams, Jordan Anderson, Jeremy Clements +4500, +1200, +550
• Kyle Weatherman, Brennan Poole +10000, +2800, +200
• Kyle Sieg, Caesar Bacarella +13000, +4000, +1600
• CJ McLaughlin, Blaine Perkins, Gus Dean +15000, +4500, +1800
• Ryan Ellis, Patrick Emerling, Leland Honeyman Jr., Josh Bilicki, Joey Gase, Akinori Ogata +20000, +6000, +2500

NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Odds

Here are the odds for the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, going into Daytona. Drivers denoted in bold are locked into the playoffs, italics denotes currently in a spot but not locked in yet:

• Chandler Smith +275
• Cole Custer +300
• Justin Allgaier +400
• Austin Hill +650
• Sam Mayer +700
• Jesse Love +900
• Riley Herbst +1200
• Sheldon Creed +2000
• AJ Allmendinger +2500
• Sammy Smith +3000
• Shane van Gisbergen +3500
• Parker Kligerman +4000
• Ryan Sieg, Brandon Jones +6500
• Anthony Alfredo +20000
• Parker Retzlaff, Josh Williams, Jeb Burton +25000
• Jeremy Clements +30000
• Kyle Weatherman, Kyle Sieg +50000
• Brennan Poole +70000
• Ryan Ellis, Leland Honeyman Jr., Blaine Perkins +100000

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ LiUNA! 175 at The Milwaukee Mile

• 4 p.m. Sunday
• FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
• Practice and qualifying: 3 p.m. Saturday
• 175 laps (Stages end on laps 55/110/175)

One truck will miss the field as there are 37 entries going for 36 spots in the field.

Among the 37 entries is the grand return of 72-year-old Norm Benning. The ageless Benning made two starts last season, finishing 24th on the dirt at Bristol and 28th at Gateway. Benning has one start at The Milwaukee Mile – a 24th-place finish in 2009.

Marco Andretti is back in the No. 04 Roper Racing entry. Sammy Smith is back for Spire Motorsports, as he is set to fly from running Friday night at Daytona to run The Milwaukee Mile two days later.

Dexter Bean is racing for Young’s Motorsports. If Bean can make the field, it will be his first Truck start since 2009. He finished 17th at Milwaukee – his best result in a three-race tenure that season.

William Sawalich is back in the No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota. Matthew Gould, the son of Niece Motorsports crew chief Phil Gould, is one of their entries.

Conner Jones is back with ThorSport Racing, as is Justin Carroll in his family entry. Blake Lothian is in the No. 21 Floridian Motorsports entry. Usual driver Mason Maggio is in the No. 22 Reaume Brothers Racing entry.

Odds for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at The Milwaukee Mile

• Ty Majeski +150 to win
• Corey Heim, Christian Eckes +330
• Grant Enfinger +750
• Sammy Smith +1200
• Nick Sanchez +1400
• Layne Riggs +2200
• Tyler Ankrum, Kaden Honeycutt +2500
• Rajah Caruth +3000
• Taylor Gray +4500
• Ben Rhodes +5000
• Tanner Gray, Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton, Daniel Dye, Chase Purdy +8000
• Jake Garcia, Dean Thompson, Bayley Currey +13000
• Marco Andretti, Jack Wood +15000
• Ty Dillon, Matthew Gould +20000
• Matt Mills, Conner Jones +25000
• Thad Moffitt, Mason Maggio, Lawless Alan, Bret Holmes +50000
• Timmy Hill, Spencer Boyd, Norm Benning, Justin Carroll, Dexter Bean, Blake Lothian +100000

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Odds

• Corey Heim +130 (No. 1 seed, five wins)
• Christian Eckes +185 (No. 2 seed, three wins)
• Ty Majeski +400 (No. 3 seed, two wins)
• Nick Sanchez +600 (No. 4 seed, two wins)
• Rajah Caruth +1200 (No. 5 seed, one win)
• Grant Enfinger +2000 (No. 6)
• Ben Rhodes +2200 (No. 9, defending champion)
• Taylor Gray +2500 (No. 8)
• Tyler Ankrum +2800 (No. 7)
• Daniel Dye +4000 (No. 10)

ARCA Menards Series/ARCA East Sprecher 150 at The Milwaukee Mile

• 1 p.m. Sunday
• FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
• Practice and qualifying: 1 p.m. Saturday
• 150 laps
• More info on the ARCA Racing website