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Round 25 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series comes from Daytona Beach in Florida. Joey Logano is the +900 betting favorite, while Chris Buescher is the defending champion. In our NASCAR betting picks we tell you the best bets to place in what is always one of the most open and unpredictable races on the NASCAR roster.
- What: Coke Zero Sugar 400
- Where: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
- When: Saturday, August 24th, 2024
- Time: 7.30 pm ET
- Laps: 160
- Distance: 400 Miles
The Green Flag is due to drop at 7.30 on Saturday night for the penultimate race of the 2024 regular season. The legendary Daytona International Speedway circuit is hosting the Coke Zero 400, where we can expect plenty of excitement in a race that literally anybody can win.
A total of 40 drivers will take part under the night lights at Daytona. The 400-mile race sees the drivers race for 160 laps of the 2.5-mile circuit with 31 degrees of banking in the turns and 18 in the tri-oval.
In the 2023 race, Chris Buescher won in overtime.
That's three for the No. 17! 🏁🏁🏁@Chris_Buescher wins the #CokeZeroSugar400 at @DAYTONA! pic.twitter.com/NEdgLFsO0S
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) August 27, 2023
But the truth is that anybody can win this race. The open nature of the crazy race means that any driver on the circuit looking to punch his ticket for a place in the playoffs will believe he still has a chance.
NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 Winner Betting
There is no short-priced betting favorite to win the Coke Zero Sugar 400. The favorite is Joey Logano, and at +900 on the money line, the Team Penske and two-time Cup Series winner is the only driver under +1000 ahead of the weekend.
Denny Hamlin is second in the betting at +1000. Then at +1200 are Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, and 2023 winner Chris Buescher. Brad Keselowski is on his own at +1400, with Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, and William Byron all sitting at +1600.
Ross Chastain, Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell, Martin Truex Jr., and the winner of last weekend’s FireKeepers Casino 400 race, Tyler Reddick, all sit on +1800.
More Coke Zero Sugar 400 betting is on our NASCAR odds table. All our odds are from the best NASCAR betting sites. For more information about the Cup Series, check out our guide on how to bet on NASCAR.
| Driver |  |  |  |
| Joey Logano | +900 | +900 | +900 |
| Denny Hamlin | +1000 | +1000 | +1000 |
| Ryan Blaney | +1200 | +1200 | +1200 |
| Kyle Larson | +1200 | +1200 | +1200 |
| Chris Buescher | +1200 | +1200 | +1200 |
| Brad Keselowski | +1400 | +1400 | +1400 |
| Chase Elliott | +1600 | +1600 | +1600 |
| Bubba Wallace | +1600 | +1600 | +1600 |
| William Byron | +1600 | +1600 | +1600 |
| Ross Chastain | +1800 | +1800 | +1800 |
| Kyle Busch | +1800 | +1800 | +1800 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | +1800 | +1800 | +1800 |
| Christopher Bell | +1800 | +1800 | +1800 |
| Tyler Reddick | +1800 | +1800 | +1800 |
| Alex Bowman | +2200 | +2200 | +2200 |
| Ty Gibbs | +2200 | +2200 | +2200 |
| Michael McDowell | +2800 | +2800 | +2800 |
| Austin Cindric | +3300 | +3300 | +3300 |
| Austin Dillon | +3500 | +3500 | +3500 |
| Noah Gragson | +3500 | +3500 | +3500 |
| Chase Briscoe | +3500 | +3500 | +3500 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | +5000 | +5000 | +5000 |
Betting to win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
There has been a seismic change at the top of the NASCAR Cup Series points table.
Kyle Larson is no longer in the top spot. His DNF at Michigan in last Monday’s weather-delayed race has seen him bumped off the top and down into fourth place.
The new leader is Tyler Reddick. The No.45 Toyota driver has 814 points. In second place is Chase Elliott on 804, with Denny Hamlin third on 786 points and Kyle Larson fourth on 782.
After being in the top two for the majority of the season, Larson is now in danger of missing out on the regular-season title and the 15-point bonus to take into the playoffs.
From a betting perspective, it hasn’t made too much difference. Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin are still the joint favorites at +400, with Christopher Bell just behind on +425.
Where there has been a difference is in the odds for Tyler Reddick to win the championship. Ahead of his win at the FireKeepers last weekend, he was +1200. Since taking the checkered flag to win his second race of the season Reddick has been made fourth-favorite at odds of +550.
Elsewhere, William Byron is +700, Ryan Blaney is +800, Chase Elliott is +1000, Martin Truex Jr. is +1400, and Joey Logano is +1600.
2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Winner Betting Betting Picks and Predictions
Hedging our bets looks to be the way to go for our Coke Zero Sugar betting picks.
Looking at previous winners on this circuit, Denny Hamlin has taken the checkered flag three times. It’s worth noting that his wins have come from 37 starts.
Other multiple winners are Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and William Byron who all have won here twice. Of those four drivers, only Hamlin and Byron are among the betting favorites.
Elsewhere, Kyle Larson is the only driver with four wins on the Cup Series roster this season. Denny Hamlin, William Byron, and Christopher Bell all have three. Is the winner likely to come from one of this season’s in-form drivers or a previous race winner?
Combining both, the above criteria would lead us to Denny Hamlin and William Byron. Both are multiple winners this season, and both have won more than once on this circuit.
For a top-three finish, Hamlin is +325 and Byron is +500. For a top-five finish, Hamlin is +175, and Byron is +270.
So for our opening picks, we are going for Denny Hamlin to finish in the top three and William Byron to finish in the top five.
Race winner pick
For the race winner, we’re looking at Austin Dillon.
He hasn’t made the top ten in his last five starts, but he did win here in 2022, and he is in good form having won the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond on August 11th.
Austin Dillon is +3500 to win the race. He is +1200 for the top three and +500 for the top five. Any bet is worth taking. We are going for Austin Dillon to win at +3500 for our betting pick.
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