This weekend, the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series head to the .75-mile Richmond Raceway in Virginia.
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series is off and will resume at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, August 22.
NASCAR Cup Series’ Cook Out 400
Saturday, August 16
2 p.m. (All times Eastern)
400 laps
Stages end on laps 70, 230, 400
USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
Last year’s winner: Austin Dillon
Photo: Ryan Bille/TRE
The Cup Series will feature a field of 39 drivers.
Notable entries include:
Jesse Love: No. 33 for Richard Childress Racing
TBA: No. 44 for NY Racing Team
Corey Heim: No. 67 for 23XI Racing
Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond 2025
Denny Hamlin is the early odds-on favorite to win the Cook Out 400, per Caesar’s Sportsbook. Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, August 11.
Denny Hamlin +350
Christopher Bell +400
Kyle Larson +850
William Byron +950
Joey Logano +1000
Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott +1200
Ryan Blaney +1500
Brad Keselowski +1600
Tyler Reddick +2200
Josh Berry, Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain +2500
Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Ryan Preece, Bubba Wallace +3000
Alex Bowman +3300
Carson Hocevar +3800
Ty Gibbs +5000
Corey Heim +7500
Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez +10000
Erik Jones +15000
John Hunter Nemechek +20000
Noah Gragson, Michael McDowell +25000
A.J. Allmendinger, Todd Gilliland, Jesse Love, Zane Smith +35000
Cole Custer, Justin Haley, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +50000
Shane Van Gisbergen +75000
Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst +150000
Cody Ware +250000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ eero 250
Friday, August 15
250 laps
Stages end on laps 70, 140, 250
FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
Last year’s winner: Ty Majeski
Photo by Erick Messer/TRE
With 37 drivers entered for the race Friday night, one driver will miss the field.
Notable entries include:
Brent Crews: No. 1 for TRICON Garage
TBD: No. 02 for Youngs Motorsports
Clayton Green: No. 2 for Reaume Brothers Racing
Norm Benning: No. 6 for Norm Benning Racing
Sammy Smith: No. 7 for Spire Motorsports
Stephen Mallozzi: No. 22 for Reaume Brothers Racing
Matthew Gould: No. 41 for Neice Motorsports
Andres Perez Da Lara: No. 44 for Niece Motorsports
Bayley Currey: No. 45 for Niece Motorsports
Kaden Honeycutt: No. 52 for Halmar Friesen Racing
Wsley Slimp: No. 62 for Halmar Friesen Racing
Luke Fenhaus: No. 66 for ThorSport Racing
Ryan Roulette: No. 67 for Freedom Racing Enterprises
Caleb Costner: No. 74 for Mike Harmon Racing
Parker Kligerman: No. 75 for Henderson Motorsports
Carson Kvapil: No. 97 for CR7 Motorsports
Corey LaJoie: No. 177 for Spire Motorsports
Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.