Kyle Larson will look to go back-to-back at the Brickyard 400 when he takes part in the championship round of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge at the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Ty Dillon, meanwhile, will face off against Ty Gibbs for the head-to-head In-Season Challenge title. Larson will look to win his fourth race of the season, but first since May 11. Larson, the 2021 Cup Series champion, has 13 top-10 finishes this season, including a fourth-place finish at last week’s EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin is the +440 favorite in the 2025 Brickyard 400 odds via FanDuel Sportsbook, with Larson at +500. Other favorites include Ryan Blaney at +700 and William Byron and Chase Elliott at +1000 in the latest 2025 NASCAR at Indianapolis odds, from DraftKings Sportsbook. Sunday’s race is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET. Before making any 2025 Brickyard 400 picks or NASCAR predictions, you need to see what NASCAR insider Steven Taranto has to say, and get $150 in bonus bets instantly at Fanduel if your $5 bet wins. 

Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez’s breakthrough wins in 2022.

Taranto was red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he nailed 17 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. He correctly picked the Straight Talk Wireless 400 winner in Larson on March 23. Anyone following his NASCAR picks at their favorite sportsbooks could have seen huge returns.

Now, Taranto has analyzed the starting lineup and odds for Sunday’s 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He’s only sharing his best bets at SportsLine. You can also use them to take advantage of the latest FanDuel promo code, DraftKings promo code or BetMGM promo code.

2025 NASCAR Brickyard 400 expert picks

For the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Taranto is high on Indiana native Chase Briscoe at +1100. The 30-year-old has second-place finishes in each of the past two weeks. He was runner-up at the Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on July 13 and at the EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway this past Sunday. He has one win on the year, taking first at the Great American Getaway at Pocono Raceway on June 22.

He has 10 top-10 finishes this season. In 161 career races over five years at the Cup Series level, Briscoe has registered three wins with 39 top-10 finishes and six pole positions. His best season finish was ninth in 2022. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year. See which other drivers he’s backing at SportsLine.

Top NASCAR props for Brickyard 400

Head-to-head: Taranto sees Ty Dillon (+195) finishing ahead of Ty Gibbs (-280). Dillon, a 12-year NASCAR Cup Series veteran, is still seeking his first win on the circuit, although he has eight top-10 finishes in 249 races. He placed eighth at the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta. Dillon, 33, was the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year.

Gibbs, meanwhile, is the grandson of NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs and is seeking his first Cup Series win. He does have 27 top-10 finishes over his four-year Cup Series career in 103 races run. He has six top-10 finishes this season, including each of the past three weeks. Gibbs was second at the Grant Park 165 in Chicago three weeks ago. See all of Taranto’s picks at SportsLine. 

How to make 2025 Brickyard 400 predictions

Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2025 NASCAR Brickyard 400 best bets. He’s also high on a huge NASCAR longshot who’s going off at 100-1, potentially netting any backer a huge payday. You can only see who they are here.

So who wins the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2025 NASCAR Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who nailed a colossal 17 winners last year, and find out.

2025 NASCAR Brickyard 400 odds, lineup

See full 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway picks at SportsLine

(odds subject to change)

Denny Hamlin +440
Kyle Larson +500
Ryan Blaney +700
Tyler Reddick +1000
Chase Elliott +1000
William Byron +1000
Christopher Bell +1200
Chase Briscoe +1200
Chris Buescher +1200
Ty Gibbs +1900
Brad Keselowski +2100
Joey Logano +2200
Carson Hocevar +2900
Bubba Wallace +3100
Alex Bowman +3200
Ross Chastain +3200
Kyle Busch +4000
Austin Cindric +5000
Josh Berry +5000
John Hunter Nemechek +7500
Ryan Preece +7500
Erik Jones +7500
Daniel Suarez +10000
AJ Allmendinger +18000
Michael McDowell +19000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +24000
Austin Dillon +24000
Jesse Love +28000
Cole Custer +28000
Noah Gragson +28000
Zane Smith +28000
Shane Van Gisbergen +34000
Justin Haley +36000
Todd Gilliland +38000
Ty Dillon +50000
Cody Ware +50000
Josh Bilicki +50000
Riley Herbst +50000
Katherine Legge +50000Â