NASCAR Odds this Weekend: Toyota Owners 400

The NASCAR season is moving along as fast as the cars on the track, with this weekend’s race in Richmond representing race number 7 of the 2024 season.

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If we have learned anything through those races, it’s that we don’t yet have a clear favorite to win it all emerging from the pack. The wins have been spread out across several drivers, and there are currently just 15 points separating first from fifth in the driver standings. Given how close it is, the winner of the race this weekend could potentially make a move to the top of the standings, assuming they are not there already.

Christopher Bell +400
Denny Hamlin +425
Martin Truex Jr. +600
Ty Gibbs +800
Kyle Larson +850
William Byron +950

Denny Hamlin

He is very much in that conversation in the early going, sitting in 4th in the driver standings through the first 6 races of the year. He picked up a win in Bristol and will be looking for a repeat of his 2022 performance in this race, where he took the checkered flag.

Denny Hamlin Lines to Win NASCAR

Martin Truex Jr.

After a 2nd place finish in the 2021 championship race, Truex Jr. has had a relatively disappointing time of things over the last couple of seasons. Given his age, you do have to wonder how much longer he will continue to compete at this level, but through the first 6 races, he has accumulated the most points, although he is still looking for his first win of the season. He has been in the top 10 in each of the last 4 races, which included a 2nd place run in Bristol. He finished outside the top 10 in this race last season, but he was 4th the year prior. A top 10 might be the way to go here.

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Ty Gibbs

When drivers make the move from one series to another, there is very often a period of adjustment. Gibbs moved to the Cup Series on a full-time basis in 2023, and while he had some good moments over the course of the season, he ultimately fell just short of a play off spot. He started this season with a 17th place run in Daytona, but he has been money since then, landing in the top 10 in 5 straight races. There have been a couple of podium finishes during that stretch, all of which has Gibbs sitting 2nd in the driver standings. Gibbs finished 9th in this race last season, but I think we can expect even better on Sunday.

Ty Gibbs Lines to Win NASCAR

Kyle Larson

Given that Larson has a championship and a 2nd place overall finish in the last 3 seasons, the expectations for him tend to be very high. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Larson to this point in the season, although he does have a win and a top 5 finish to his name. Outside of those 2 races, he has failed to make much of an impact, landing outside the top 10 in the other 4 races. While he has been somewhat unpredictable through the first 6 races, there is certainly reason to believe that he could be in the hunt this weekend, as he took the checkered flag in this corresponding race last season.

Kyle Larson Lines to Win NASCAR

William Byron

Since coming into the Cup Series in 2018, Byron has made steady progress. He took a massive step forward last year, making it all the way to the Championship Round before coming up just short in the final race of the year. All signs seem to point to this being another big year for Byron, as he got things started in the best way possible, taking the checkered flag at the Daytona 500. He only had one top 10 run in the next 4 races, but he picked up his second win of the year at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend. He did not have a good showing in this race last year, but he was 3rd in Richmond in 2022, so do not count him out.

William Byron Lines to Win NASCAR

Brad Keselowski

There have been some signs of improvement, though, with a pair of top 5 finishes in the last 3 races, but can he keep that going and maybe do something this weekend? He was a top 10 finisher in Richmond last season, and betting on a similar finish might not be a bad idea.

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NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 Info

When: Sunday, March 31 at 7:00pm ET
Where: Richmond Raceway, Virginia
TV / Streaming: FOX
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM
Practice: Saturday, March 30, 10:30 am ET
Qualifying: Saturday, March 30, 11:15 am ET