The NASCAR Cup Series will race under the lights once more when the drivers invade Lebanon, TN for the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway tonight.
The odds are a bit more inflated when compared to other frequent stops on the circuit, as this will be only the fifth-ever Cup Series event held at this unique 1 1/3-mile oval.
Our free betting picks guide you through what could be a chaotic Cracker Barrel 400.
Odds to win 2025 Cracker Barrel 400
| Driver |  |
|---|---|
| Denny Hamlin | +400 |
| Ross Chastain | +600 |
| Christopher Bell | +750 |
| Kyle Larson | +750 |
| Tyler Reddick | +800 |
| Ryan Blaney | +800 |
| William Byron | +850 |
| Chase Briscoe | +1500 |
| Joey Logano | +1700 |
| Chase Elliott | +1700 |
| Brad Keselowski | +1800 |
| Carson Hocevar | +2200 |
| Chris Buescher | +3000 |
| Alex Bowman | +3500 |
| Ryan Preece | +3500 |
| Bubba Wallace | +4500 |
| AJ Allmendinger | +4500 |
| Josh Berry | +4500 |
Cracker Barrel 400 field
A field of 39 will contest the Cracker Barrel 400, with JJ Yeley (No. 44), Chad Finchum (No. 66), and Corey Heim (No. 67) joining the 36 chartered members of the NASCAR Cup Series.
Kyle Larson finds himself among the favorites despite a disastrous attempt at the Indy 500-Coke 600 "double." Ross Chastain has seen a bump following his Coke 600 win, opening at +1200. Defending race winner Joey Logano is +2200 as his down year continues.
Cracker Barrel 400 expert picks and predictions
Odds listed below courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook as of 5-31.
Cracker Barrel 400 pre-qualifying favorites
Denny Hamlin (+550)
Denny Hamlin keeps improving at Nashville; 21st, to sixth, to third.
While he was 12th last year, Hamlin started on pole, finished second and fourth in the pair of stages, and led 70 laps. I say that’s an improvement despite the finish going backward.
Hamlin has led 265 laps in his last three Nashville starts, including leading 114 laps and finishing second in both stages three years ago. In 2023, he led 81 laps with stage finishes of fifth and first, respectively.
At Bristol, another concrete track, Hamlin was second. For Darlington and Homestead, a pair of aged surfaces, Hamlin finished fifth and first, respectively.
William Byron (+650)
William Byron finished third in 2021 and sixth in 2023. The every-other-year good finishes allow me to overlook the 19th-place finish last year.
He finished sixth in Bristol, 12th in Homestead, and runner-up at Darlington.
Cracker Barrel 400 sleepers
Ross Chastain (+1100)
Ross Chastain finished runner-up in 2021, fifth in 2022, and won in 2023 from the pole. While he finished 33rd last year, he led 45 laps prior. He was seventh at Bristol and Darlington earlier this year. Chastain enters off a Coca-Cola 600 victory.
Joey Logano (+2200)
Can he go back-to-back? Joey Logano has led just 13 laps but has three Top-10 finishes in four starts. He was 14th and 13th at Homestead and Darlington, respectively.
Ty Gibbs (+2800)
He finished 14th as a rookie in 2023 and 23rd last year. Ty Gibbs was ninth and third at Darlington and Bristol, respectively.
Cracker Barrel 400 fades
Christopher Bell (+600)
Christopher Bell has three Top-10 finishes in four Nashville tries, and the one he didn’t, he led six-times for 131 laps last year after sweeping both stages. A crash left him 36th. So why the fade?
Despite all that, he has no Top-5 finishes.
Ryan Blaney (+850)
Two of his four Nashville finishes are 36th or worse. Ryan Blaney finished sixth last year. He was fifth at both Bristol and Darlington but 36th at Homestead, and he finished 38th last week in Charlotte.
Tyler Reddick (+1000)
He’s finished 18th, 18th, 30th prior to his third-place finish last year. Tyler Reddick started sixth and finished third and second in the pair of stages for his best Nashville outing. He was 18th at Bristol, eighth at Homestead, and fourth in Darlington.
The other problem is Reddick has no Top-10 finishes in the last five weeks.
Chase Elliott (+1400)
He led 13 laps and finished 39th in 2021. Chase Elliott then led 42 laps and won a year later. In 2023, he led one lap and finished fourth, while last year he didn’t lead any laps and finished 18th.
He finished 15th in Bristol and 18th and eighth, respectively, at Homestead and Darlington. He hasn’t finished better than fourth all season, too.
Cracker Barrel 400 prop pick: Kyle Larson Top-3 finish
Kyle Larson led all but 36 laps in his 2021 win and backed that up with being fourth in 2022, fifth in 2023, and eighth last year.
He hasn’t led a single lap here since that 2021 dominance, but his 4.5 average finish is best among drivers to race all four years. He also won at both Homestead and Bristol this season and has six Top-5 finishes in his last eight starts this season.
Pick: Kyle Larson Top-3 finish (+130 at bet365)
Popular motor sports futures odds
Nashville Superspeedway track analysis
Nashville Superspeedway is the largest concrete-only track in NASCAR, and the 1.33-mile speedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway in Delaware. That’s why Dover and Darlington are solid comparison tracks; the last two years have proven that results translate well between them.
Hendrick Motorsports won the first two races here, while Trackhouse Racing and Team Penske have won the last two races.
Cracker Barrel 400 trends
- Expect the winner to dominate. Outside of Joey Logano’s massive fuel saving measures to where he led only the final nine laps in overtime last year, Ross Chastain led 99 laps in 2023 and was second and third in both stages, Kyle Larson led 264 laps and was second and first in both stages in 2021, Chase Elliott in 2022 led 42 laps and was eighth and fourth in the pair of stages.
- The eventual race winner ran in the Top 4 in five of the last eight stages here.
Cracker Barrel 400 info
| Location: | Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN |
| Date: | Sunday, 6-1-2025 |
| Start time: | 6:00 p.m. ET |
| TV: | Amazon |
Previous Cracker Barrel 400 winners
Chevrolet won the first three NASCAR Cup Series races at Nashville before Joey Logano got Ford on the board last year. Toyota has run second twice in this race (Kurt Busch in 2022 and Martin Truex Jr. in 2023).
| Year | Winner |
| 2024 | Joey Logano |
| 2023 | Ross Chastain |
| 2022 | Chase Elliott |
| 2021 | Kyle Larson |
How to make Cracker Barrel 400 picks
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