Denny Hamlin is on a roll and is looking for his third consecutive win when he takes part in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. Hamlin dominated the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville and followed that up by speeding to victory at last week's Goodyear 400 at Darlington. It was also Hamlin's fifth top-10 finish of the year.
Kyle Larson is the +270 favorite, followed by Hamlin (+460), William Byron (+950) and Chase Elliott (+950) in the latest 2025 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway odds. Sunday's race is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET.
Before making any NASCAR at Darlington Raceway picks, you NEED to see what CBS Sports NASCAR writer Steven Taranto has to say.
Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com, and he chronicles stock car racing with the same thoroughness and passion that he's had since becoming a full-time race fan in 2001. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez's breakthrough wins in 2022. Taranto was red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he nailed 17 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. Anybody following his NASCAR picks has seen HUGE returns!
For the 2025 Food City 500, Taranto is high on Kyle Larson. He also has a top-10 finish prop bet, with Zane Smith (+10000) earning his second top-10 finish of the year. "Smith's lone top 10 of the season is currently a ninth at Phoenix, and his 16th-place run at Bristol last fall suggests that this weekend could mark an improvement on that," Taranto said. "Smith has some feel for Bristol based on his Truck Series results, as he ran second during his championship season of 2022 and third a year ago driving for Bill McAnally."
Taranto has also identified three other drivers in his 2025 NASCAR Food City 500 best bets. He's also high on a huge NASCAR longshot who's going off at over 100-1, potentially netting any backer a HUGE payday! You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his picks before locking in any NASCAR picks of your own.
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