Enjoy Illinois 300 Betting Odds, Prediction, Best Picks

There are a lot of races crammed into the average NASCAR season, so it’s always fun when we get something a little different.

This weekend, the Cup Series drivers head to Illinois and the unique challenge provided by the Gateway track, which is an egg-shaped oval as opposed to what we are normally used to.

Betting NASCAR Favorites at Enjoy Illinois 300
1. Denny Hamlin	492 points
2. Kyle Larson	486 points
4. William Byron	461 points
3. Martin Truex Jr.	487 points

My Cup Series Analysis

This is a track that is still relatively new to the Cup Series calendar, with the inaugural race at Gateway coming in 2022. This makes the Enjoy Illinois 300 a little more difficult to predict given that we haven’t really seen enough races at Gateway to get a handle on which drivers might be best equipped to handle what the track has to offer. The bookies have their ideas, though, so let’s take a look at the current odds for the 2024 Enjoy Illinois 300.

Denny Hamlin NASCAR Betting Odds +500

Hamlin is in fantastic form at the moment, finishing in the top 5 in each of his last 4 races, which included a win in Dover a few weeks back. Overall, he already has 3 wins this season, which is good enough to have him sitting atop the driver standings heading into this weekend’s race. His first appearance on the Gateway track was instantly forgettable, as he failed to even crack the top 30, but he more than made up for that last season by finishing 2nd in this race. Given that performance and his current form, it’s easy to see why he is the favorite on Sunday.

Kyle Larson NASCAR Betting Odds +650

Larson headed into last weekend on top of the driver standings, but he lost that spot, partially because he did not take part in Charlotte. Larson was scheduled to race in the Cup Series and in the Indianapolis 500, but when the weather intervened, he chose to run in the latter race and skip NASCAR. He is back this weekend and looking to get back on top after a week away. His form has been solid this season, and he did perform well in this race last year finishing 4th overall, making a top 5 finish seem like a good bet.

William Byron NASCAR Betting Odds +800

Byron is doing a solid job of hanging around the top of the driver standings, where he is currently sitting in 5th. He was on fire in the early part of the season, winning 3 races, and while he is now on a 6-race winless streak, which included a couple of disappointing runs, he is coming off a podium finish in Charlotte last weekend. In terms of this race, Byron had a top 10 finish at Gateway last season, while failing to crack the top 10 a year prior. I think a top 10 finish seems the best way to go this weekend.

Martin Truex Jr. NASCAR Betting Odds +800

Truex Jr. comes into this weekend still looking for his first win of the season, and you have to say that he is a little off his game right now, with just 5 top 10 finishes to this point in the season. That said, he has amassed enough points to be sitting 2nd overall, thanks in large part to the number of laps that he has led this season. While I’m not sure about playing him to win this weekend, it is worth noting that he has finished no worse than 6th in each of his 2 runs on the Gateway track.

MyBookie NASCAR Betting Lines to Win

Las Vegas Odds for NASCAR Race Sunday
MyBookie NASCAR Lines for the Race

A tight race at the top of the standings for the regular-season championship.

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