2025 NASCAR Cup Series Odds: Larson, Byron Battle For Lead

Kyle Larson tops the board in the latest NASCAR Cup Series odds, but the Championship Race is still many weeks away, and William Byron is breathing down his neck. Let's take a look at the latest line movement.

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Robert Criscola • Betting Analyst
Jun 11, 2025 • 10:16 ET • 4 min read
William Byron NASCAR Cup Series odds
Photo By - Imagn Images. William Byron at Daytona.

Hendrick Motorsports holds the Top 2 spots in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series odds as Kyle Larson and William Byron battle for supremacy. 

A trio of Toyotas follows them with Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, and Tyler Reddick all in close pursuit.

Here are the latest NASCAR Cup Series odds.

NASCAR Cup Series odds

Driver DraftKings
Kyle Larson +450
William Byron +500
Christopher Bell +700
Denny Hamlin +700
Tyler Reddick +700
Ryan Blaney +1400
Chase Elliott +1600
Joey Logano +1800
Chris Buescher +1800
Ross Chastain +1800

Odds as of 6-11.

NASCAR Cup Series betting favorites

Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson is tied for the series lead in wins (three) while boasting the most Top 5s (nine) and laps led (851). 

Larson had a series-high six wins in 2024 but his "checkers or wreckers" results doomed him to a premature exit in the Round of 8. However, he's cleaned up that part of his game for the most part, with only two DNFs through 15 races.

William Byron

William Byron is winless since a wild victory in the Daytona 500, but he's been a threat to visit Victory Lane practically every week.

Byron paces the Cup Series in average finish (10.5) as well as average rating (108.1), the latter by a healthy margin over Larson (98.5). He's led over 200 laps in a race twice this season but finished second both times (Darlington, Charlotte).

Denny Hamlin

Denny Hamlin has been boom or bust in 2025.

Hamlin sits sixth in average finish (13.5) despite his co-best three wins on the year, as he's recorded six finishes of 21st or worse (two DNFs). It could be argued that two of his wins were "opportunistic" as he led only 10 laps at Darlington and just five at Michigan.

However, he was second to his teammate Christopher Bell at Phoenix, the site of this year's Championship Race.

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NASCAR Cup Series recent winners

Season Driver Race wins
2024 Joey Logano (3) 4
2023 Ryan Blaney 3
2022 Joey Logano (2) 4
2021 Kyle Larson 10
2020 Chase Elliott 5
2019 Kyle Busch (2) 5
2018 Joey Logano 3
2017 Martin Truex Jr.  8
2016 Jimmie Johnson (7) 5
2015 Kyle Busch 5

NASCAR Cup Series betting trends

  • Team Penske has taken three straight championships.
  • Hendrick Motorsports has the most overall titles (14), with their last one coming in 2021.
  • The last driver to go back-to-back was Jimmie Johnson in 2010, when he completed an unprecedented five-peat.

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Robert M. Criscola’s road to becoming a Covers publishing editor began with an internship at Metro New York, which eventually turned into a freelance job at MetroBet covering many sports from a wagering angle, including horse racing. He continued to focus on “The Sport of Kings” by writing for shapperdacapper.com, danonymousracing.com, and informer.fanxt.com before joining the team at the TwinSpires Edge in 2019 as a regular contributor and weekend editor. “Crisco” began writing game previews for Covers in 2022 and joined the editing team in 2023.

His best advice for sports bettors? Bet with your head, not over it.

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