NASCAR Picks & Predictions

Before you make your NASCAR betting picks, you need to know the main types of betting lines available and how to read the odds. 

With most motorsports categories, there are various prop betting lines available that you won’t find in stick and ball sports. To make the most out of our NASCAR predictions today and Insiders Betting Digest’s NASCAR betting expert analysis throughout the season and different NASCAR series, we’ll first explain how to read the odds and the different types of wagers available for NASCAR. 

American Odds

Before you read our NASCAR expert analysis, you must know how to read the odds in our previews and analysis. Insidersb Betting Digest’s experts and most online sportsbooks list betting lines in American odds as a default. American odds are created using win probabilities around a $100 figure.

Every betting line will have a favorite. The favorite is indicated by a minus symbol (-), and the underdog is indicated by a plus symbol (+). American odds for the favorite will tell the player how much money they need to wager to win $100.

If Joey Logano is listed at -249 odds (71.3% win probability) to win the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix, then a player has to wager $249 to win $100. 

On the other hand, if Chase Elliott is listed at +145 (40.8% win probability) to win the Texas Grand Prix, these American odds tell the bettor if they wager $100, they’ll win $145, and their initial $100 wager, for a total payout of $245.

Moneyline

In all likelihood, you are familiar with moneyline bets, and they are the most straightforward betting picks you can make. When making monyeline bets, you are placing a wager on which driver you think will win the race. If the driver you pick wins, you win. 

In motorsports, the moneyline often selects a driver to win either the pole position or the race. You can place moneyline wagers on which driver will take the pole position and who will be the winner of races in the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, or Truck Series; each of these NASCAR series is covered by Insidersbettingdigest’s NASCAR experts.

Parlays, Props, and Futures

There are three other betting types to know before starting your NASCAR betting: parlays, props, and future bets.

Parlay

A parlay combines multiple picks into one larger wager with a larger payout. It doesn’t matter how many selections you combine in a parlay; every selection you make has to be correct for your bet to win.

A parlay can be made with any combination of picks across various sports. What picks you combine in a parlay is entirely your decision.

Props

Prop bets are bets on in-race action. Motorsports betting, be it NASCAR, Formula 1, or MotoGP, often has many different types of prop wagers to make. These betting lines include head-to-head driver matchups, top-five finishers, or a single driver versus the entire field. Insidersbetting digest’s NASCAR experts find the drivers and cars with the edge in a head-to-head driver matchup.

Other popular prop bets are for drivers to finish on the podium, the number of caution flags or most laps lead. In Insidersbettingdigest’s NASCAR predictions, our experts identify the trends in car performance to track specific history to find the prevailing trends that will help your wager on something like the number of caution flags in the Daytona 500 to win.

Futures  

Futures bets are simply betting on something to happen in the future. Future bets vary and can range from a driver winning the Nascar Cup Series Championship or which manufacturer will win the Cup Series manufacturer championship. With future bets, your NASCAR picks today could pay off at the end of the NASCAR season.