Joe Gibbs Racing’s John H. Nemechek took both stage points, led the most laps, and landed on Victory Lane in Kansas, earning the number one seed for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, Parker Kilgerman, and 2023 Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion Austin Hill completed the top five in Kansas.
The Round of 12 and the Xfinity Series playoffs start at one of NASCAR’s favorite short tracks: Bristol. Insidersbettingdigest has you covered with our Food City 300 prediction to win at Bristol and our favored drivers to challenge for the top five.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 Betting Odds
Here are the current NASCAR Xfinity Series odds for this weekend at Bristol. We’re using three sets of NASCAR odds to highlight the playoff favorites battling for top-five finishes to start the playoffs.
Driver (Team) | Odds to Win | Top Three Finish | Top Five Finish |
Austin Hill (Richard Childress Racing-Chevrolet) | +1050 | +300 | -162 |
John Hunter Nemechek (Joe Gibbs Racing-Toyota) | +310 | -161 | -300 |
Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports-Chevrolet) | +295 | -141 | -280 |
Sammy Smith (Kaulig Racing-Chevrolet) | +1675 | +400 | +180 |
Josh Berry (JR Motorsports-Chevrolet) | +1600 | +125 | -161 |
Sam Mayer (Kaulig Racing-Chevrolet) | +940 | +300 | +140 |
Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing-Ford) | +900 | +250 | +125 |
Brandon Jones (JR Motorsports-Chevrolet)* | +2300 | +500 | +224 |
*JR Motorsports’ Brandon Jones is not in the Xfinity Series Playoffs. However, he is coming off a second-place finish at Kansas and is a contender for a top-five finish at Bristol, having three top-five and four top-ten finishes in the last four races at Bristol.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 Information
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 – 300 Laps (159.9 mi)
Stage 1/2: 85 Laps | Stage 3: 130 Laps.
Location of the race: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennesse.
Date & Time: Friday, September 15th, 2023, 4:30 PM ET
Where to Watch: USA, Peacock, NASCAR Live
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 Recent Results
While the Xfinity Series has been racing at Bristol since 1982 with Champions and legends among the winners, there is only one previous winner in the 2023 field.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to race at Bristol in 2023, having won this race back in 2004.
Ready, Set, Go! Food City 300 Betting Preview
Austin Hill
Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill has been a fixture of our NASCAR Xfinity Series picks throughout his Regular Season Championship campaign. Entering the playoffs as the number two seed, ten points behind Nemechek, Hill has six top-five finishes in the last nine races, including the previous two races.
Hill has challenged at the front throughout the season, having four race wins, seven top-three, and 14 top-five finishes, making him one of the favorites for top-five finishes and Xfinity Series Championship.
John H. Nemechek
Nemechek enters the playoffs as the top seed and is a Food City 300 prediction to finish in the top five. John Nemechek has back-to-back top-three finishes and took both stage wins in those NASCAR races. Kansas was Nemechek’s sixth win of the season, giving him a ten-point lead over Hill and a 23-point lead over Justin Allgaier.
Along with Nemechek’s six wins, he’s scored 11 top-three and 13 top-five finishes this season and should be in the mix to win his seventh race of the season but is highly likely to finish in the top five even if he doesn’t land on Victory Lane at Bristol.
Justin Allgaier
JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier has two top-five and three top-ten finishes in his last four Xfinity Series at Bristol. Allgaier enters the playoffs as the third seed, only having two top-five finishes in the last five races, including winning the late-summer race at Daytona.
Allgaier has two wins, nine top-three, and 11 top-five finishes this season and should be a contender to win at Bristol.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Food City 300 Betting Picks
Xfinity race predictions add an element of excitement and anticipation to every race, as fans and experts alike try to forecast the outcome of this thrilling motorsport event.
Insidersbettingdiget’s Food City 300 prediction to win is Justin Allgaier, with Jones, Hill, Custer, and Nemechek to finish in the top five at Bristol.
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