NASCAR's The Chase begins as Chase Briscoe looks to win his third consecutive Cook Out Southern 500 on Sunday. Briscoe enters The Chase fifth in the standings, 45 points behind Denny Hamlin, who holds down the top spot. Briscoe, 31, has six career wins and 62 Top-10 finishes over 206 races run over six years. Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin are the co-favorites at +500 (risk $100 to win $500) at FanDuel Sportsbook.
Among the other favorites are Briscoe (+600), Kyle Larson (+850), Ryan Blaney (+900), Christopher Bell (+1000) and Ty Gibbs (+1300). Sunday's race is set to start at 5 p.m. ET. Joe Gibbs Racing is the +160 favorite to be the winning team, followed by Hendrick Motorsports (+300), 23XI Racing (+425) and Team Penske (+500).
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