NASCAR returns to Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 as Ryan Blaney looks to repeat as the race champion as well as earning back-to-back wins after winning last week's Dollar Tree 301. Blaney dominated at New Hampshire last Sunday, leading for 115 laps and beating Bubba Wallace by 0.586 seconds. Blaney, 32, has 20 career wins and 185 Top-10 finishes in 403 races run over 13 years. Blaney and Joey Logano are the co-favorites at +1000 (risk $100 to win $1000) at FanDuel Sportsbook.
Among the other favorites are William Byron (+1200), Austin Cindric (+1500), Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick and Carson Hocevar (+1600) and Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell (+1800). Saturday's race is set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET. Hendrick Motorsports is the +320 favorite to be the winning team for Saturday's race, followed by Team Penske (+350) and Joe Gibbs Racing (+450).
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