Blaney Slight Favorite Over Byron In NASCAR Championship Race

What: NASCAR Championship Race
When: Sunday, November 10, 3:00 p.m. ET
Where: Phoenix Raceway
Watch: NBC

Ryan Blaney is the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion. He's coming into the NASCAR Championship Race off a win last week in the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville and oddsmakers are going to ride with the hot hand.

It's Blaney who is set as the +350 favorite to win the season-ending race in the NASCAR Cup Series. William Byron is the second betting choice at +400

Let's take a look at the latest NASCAR Xfinity 500 odds from the leading online sportsbooks.

NASCAR Championship Race Odds
Ryan Blaney	+350	+350	+350
Christopher Bell	+450	+500	+500
Joey Logano	+500	+700	+650
Tyler Reddick	+550	+800	+700
William Byron	+550	+400	+350
Kyle Larson	+850	+900	+1000
Denny Hamlin	+1600	+1200	+1200
Martin Truex Jr	+2000	+2200	+1600
Ross Chastain	+2000	+1600	+1400
Chase Elliott	+2500	+1400	+1600
Brad Keselowski	+3300	+4000	+3000
Chris Buescher	+3300	+4000	+3000
Ty Gibbs	+3300	+2800	+2500
Chase Briscoe	+5000	+3300	+4000
Kyle Busch	+5000	+4000	+5000
Alex Bowman	+6600	+5000	+8000
Bubba Wallace	+6600	+5000	+6000

Christopher Bell is the third betting choice in this betting market at +500. You can get Joey Logano at odds of +700. Tyler Reddick (+800) and Kyle Larson (+900) are other drivers that have shorter betting lines than +1000.

The drivers will cover 312 laps around the one mile Phoenix Raceway oval, for a total race distance of 312 miles. Stages of the race are divided up into 75, 115 and 122-lap segments.

The field for the NASCAR Cup Series title is down to the final four. Each of Blaney, Byron, Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick are beginning the season-ending race day with identical totals of 5000 points. Whoever runs the best at Phoenix in the NASCAR Championship Race will be the NASCAR Cup Series holder for 2024.

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NASCAR Championship Race Betting Picks

Before we take a look at the top contenders and get into the analysis and predictions for this race, check out our how-to bet on NASCAR page.

Ryan Blaney (+350)

Blaney is consistently in the hunt during the fall race at Phoenix. He finished second there last year and in 2022.

Over the past five fall races at Phoenix Raceway, he's never finished worse than sixth.

William Byron (+400)

Byron won three of the first eight races of the NASCAR Cup Series season. He won the season opener, the Daytona 500. Can he close out the year by winning the season ender and taking the title?

He's run in the top 10 in six consecutive races. Four of those six runs saw him wind up among top five. He’s also come home among the top 10 of this race in each of the last two years.

Christopher Bell (+500)

Bell was set to be in the final four until he was penalized for a safety violation on the final lap of the Martinsville race. That put Byron in ahead of the ever-consistent Bell.

Will he funnel his disappointment into a victory at Phoenix? Last season's finale was won by Ross Chastain. He also wasn't part of the NASCAR final four that year.

Joey Logano (+700)

Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series title in 2018 and 2022. Yes, this is an even-numbered year, if you're someone who likes to bet trends.

Logano's victory in the NASCAR Championship Race at Phoenix in 2022 helped him capture his most recent title.

Tyler Reddick (+800)

Reddick was the NASCAR regular season champion. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver ran in the top 10 in seven straight races just prior to the start of the playoffs.

However, he's showing just one top-10 finish over the past eight races. That was his win at Homstead which put Reddick in the final four.

Best NASCAR Championship Race Prop Bets

The NASCAR final four features two Ford Drivers (Blaney, Logano), and one each from Chevrolet (Byron) and Toyota (Reddick). In a NASCAR prop bet, oddsmakers are playing the percentages and favoring Ford to be the manufacturer of the car that wins the NASCAR Cup Series title. You'll get -125 odds on one of the Ford drivers being series champion.

Ryan Blaney said earlier today that he hopes there are no shenanigans during the championship race and the four drivers eligible for the title can race it out. pic.twitter.com/zrWOTuTkR1

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) November 5, 2024

Naturally, since both Logano and Blaney are Team Penske drivers, Team Penske is given favorite's odds of -125 to be the championship-winning race team.

However, when it comes to the winner of the NASCAR Championship Race, the odds are favoring Toyota to take the checkered flag. Make a play on Toyota to be the winning manufacturer in the race at a betting line of +150.

Blaney Top Pick In NASCAR Cup Series Futures

For much of the season, Larson and Bell were the best bets to win the NASCAR Cup Series title. Yet here we are at the last race of the season and neither is among the final four contenders.

Coming off his win at Martinsville and as defending Cup Series champion, it's Blaney also getting a slight nod as the betting chalk to retain his title. The Team Penske Ford driver is the +225 favorite to be NASCAR Cup Series champion. No driver has repeated as series champ since Jimmie Johnson won five titles in a row from 2006-10.

Ryan Blaney To win NASCAR Cup Series title

+225

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Byron, who is the other returnee from last year's final four, is set as the +250 second betting choice in this market. He's never worn the NASCAR Cup Series crown.

Two-time champion Logano is next with a betting line of +275. His win in Las Vegas set the Team Penske Ford driver among the final four.

Likewise, Reddick's win at Homestead locked him into the final. The NASCAR regular season champion and the lone Toyota driver in the final four, Reddick is the longshot on the board at +300.

NASCAR Championship Race Betting Pick

Last year, Blaney would follow his win at Martinsville with a second-place run in Phoenix to capture the title. Can he go one better in 2024 and win the title by posting back-to-back wins?

Ryan Blaney To win NASCAR Championship Race

+350

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We think he can. Keeping the title is suddenly well within his grasp and Blaney won't be letting it slip through his hands.