The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season continues this Sunday, with the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway in South Carolina as the next stop in the race for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. Fifty points currently separate the top six drivers in the rankings in 2023. Ross Chastain is still winless this season, but his five top-five finishes have put him at the top of the NASCAR Cup standings by 31 points over Christopher Bell.
The NASCAR Cup Series has a long history of stock car racing at The Lady In Black, one of the oldest circuits featured in NASCAR racing. This weekend will also feature the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Dead on Tools 200 pm Friday, May 12, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series Mahindra Roxor 200, which takes place on Saturday, May 13.
The 40-car field takes the track on Sunday for the 293-lap race, covering 400.238 miles on the 1.366-mile oval circuit. The Goodyear 400 is the 13th event on the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series 2023 schedule, as a couple of older drivers, 42-year-old Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr., have recently dominated by picking up victories in the last two races after long winless streaks and are a couple of the Goodyear 400 betting predictions to take this year’s event.
NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400 Odds
Before continuing with our Cup Series Goodyear 400 betting preview, we need to review the current NASCAR Cup Series odds.
Here are our favored drivers to win or score a top-five finish at Darlington this weekend:
Driver | Odds to win |
---|---|
Kyle Larson | +400 |
Denny Hamlin | +450 |
Tyler Reddick | +700 |
Martin Truex Jr. | +700 |
Joey Logano | +800 |
William Byron | +800 |
Christopher Bell | +800 |
Kyle Busch | +900 |
Ross Chastain | +1000 |
Kevin Harvick | +1100 |
Everything You Need to Know About the Goodyear 400 Race
NASCAR Cup Series: Goodyear 400 | 293 laps
Location of the race: Darlington Raceway. Darlington, SC.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 14, 2023, 3:00 PM
How to watch: NASCAR Live
Ready, Set, Go! Goodyear 400 Betting Preview
Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson is the favorite in the Goodyear 400 race odds for the second straight season but came in 36th place in 2022 after finishing on the podium in his previous three starts at Darlington. He has two wins and two second-place finishes in twelve events and finished second last week in Kansas after two straight finishes of 32nd or lower.
Larson has yet to win at Darlington but has finished third or higher in four of his last six starts on the circuit and is one of the top Goodyear 400 picks.
Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin has been on a hot streak lately, as he recently predicted on his podcast. He won last weekend at Kansas and has finished in the top five in three of the previous four races to improve from 12th to fourth in the NASCAR Cup 2023 standings.
Hamlin also has four wins at Darlington, with the last coming in 2021. His career average finish at this track is one of the best among active drivers at 7.5, putting him at the top of the Goodyear 400 betting prediction for Sunday’s race.
Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr. picked up his first victory in 54 starts on May 1 when he won at Dover Motor Speedway. The 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion also led for 79 laps last week at Kansas before finishing eighth. He’s also led for double-digit laps in five of the previous six races.
NASCAR odds have him as one of the favorite Goodyear 400 picks after top-ten finishes in his last five starts, and his team looks like it’s finally coming into form.
Who Will Win the Goodyear 400?
Truex won the 2021 Goodyear 400 and was one of the NASCAR picks last season before a crash, and water pump failure ended his chances and dropped him to 24th place. However, Larson is at the top of the Cup Series odds for this race, although he’s never won here in 16 starts.
This year’s Goodyear 400 betting prediction suggests that we should overlook last season’s mishaps that led to Truex’s early retirement from the race. Since his rain-delayed victory at Dover two weeks ago, the veteran is in a position to win his third race at Darlington and his second at the Goodyear 400 in the last three seasons.
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