{"id":46863,"date":"2025-08-05T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46863\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:00:15","slug":"nascar-at-watkins-glen-2025-odds-and-more-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46863\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Watkins Glen 2025: Odds and more info"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR returns to Watkins Glen International for Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck Series action this weekend.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Kelsey Pearson\/TRE<\/p>\n

NASCAR Cup Series\u2019 Go Bowling at the Glen<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 10<\/p>\n

2 p.m. (All times Eastern)<\/p>\n

90 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 20, 40, 90<\/p>\n

USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner: Chris Buescher<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Kelsey Pearson\/TRE<\/p>\n

The Cup Series will feature a full field with 40 drivers.<\/p>\n

Notable entries include:<\/p>\n

J.J. Yeley: No. 44 for NY Racing Team<\/p>\n

Josh Bilicki: No. 66 for Garage 66<\/p>\n

Katherine Legge: No. 78 for Live Fast Motorsports<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch: No. 87 Trackhouse Racing<\/p>\n

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen 2025<\/p>\n

Shane Van Gisbergen, the three-time road course winner in 2025, is the odds-on favorite, per Caesar\u2019s Sportsbook. Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, August 4.<\/p>\n

Shane Van Gisbergen +140<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch +550<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson +1100<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell +1200<\/p>\n

Christopher Bell, William Byron, Chase Elliott +1400<\/p>\n

Tyler Reddick +1600<\/p>\n

A.J. Allmendinger +1800<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher +2000<\/p>\n

Ty Gibbs +2200<\/p>\n

Ross Chastain +2500<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch +2800<\/p>\n

Carson Hocevar +3500<\/p>\n

Alex Bowman +4500<\/p>\n

Austin Cindric +5000<\/p>\n

Joey Logano +5500<\/p>\n

Daniel Suarez +6000<\/p>\n

Ryan Blaney +6500<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin, Ryan Preece +7500<\/p>\n

Brad Keselowski +10000<\/p>\n

Todd Gilliland, Bubba Wallace +20000<\/p>\n

Noah Gragson, Erik Jones, Zane Smith +25000<\/p>\n

Josh Berry, Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek+35000<\/p>\n

Cole Custer +40000<\/p>\n

Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +50000<\/p>\n

Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst +75000<\/p>\n

Cody Ware +100000<\/p>\n

Josh Bilicki +150000<\/p>\n

Katherine Legge, J.J. Yeley +250000<\/p>\n

NASCAR Xfinity Series\u2019 Mission 200 at the Glen<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 9<\/p>\n

82 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 20, 40, 82<\/p>\n

CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner: Connor Zilisch<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Getty Images courtesy of NASCAR Media<\/p>\n

The Xfinity Series field will feature all drivers from the entry list, with 38 entries for 38 spots.<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell will fill in for the Kaulig Racing No. 11 Chevrolet after the team announced its split from Josh Williams.<\/p>\n

Notable on the entry list includes:<\/p>\n

Preston Pardus: No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing<\/p>\n

Shane Van Gisbergen: No. 9 for JR Motorsports<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell: No. 11 for Kaulig Racing<\/p>\n

Garrett Smithley: No. 14 for SS-Green Light Racing<\/p>\n

Corey Day: No. 17 for Hendrick Motorsports<\/p>\n

Kas Grala: No. 24 for Sam Hunt Racing<\/p>\n

Dean Thompson: No. 26 for Sam Hunt Racing<\/p>\n

TBD: No. 35 for Joey Gase Motorsports<\/p>\n

Stefan Parsons: No. 45 for Alpha Prime Racing<\/p>\n

Austin J Hill: No. 53 for Joey Gase Motorsports<\/p>\n

Thomas Annunziata: No. 70 for Cope Family Racing<\/p>\n

Josh Bilicki: No. 91 for DGM Racing x JIM<\/p>\n

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series\u2019 Mission 176 at the Glen<\/p>\n

Friday, August 8<\/p>\n

72 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 20, 40, 72<\/p>\n

FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last Watkins Glen winner (2021): Austin Hill<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Dominic Aragon\/TRE<\/p>\n

The Truck Series will feature a full field with 36 total entries.<\/p>\n

The Friday race will be the first race Stewart Friesen misses after his modified crash last month<\/a>. Christopher Bell will race the No. 52 at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch takes the wheel of the No. 45 after Niece Motorsports was let go from the team<\/a> Monday, Aug. 4.<\/p>\n

Notable entries include:<\/p>\n

William Sawalich: No. 1 for TRICON Garage<\/p>\n

TBD: No. 02 for Youngs Motorsports<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch: No. 07 for Spire Motorsports<\/p>\n

Sammy Smith: No. 7 for Spire Motorsports<\/p>\n

TBD: No. 22 for Reaume Brothers Racing<\/p>\n

Ross Chastain: No. 44 for Niece Motorsports<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch: No. 45 for Niece Motorsports<\/p>\n

Christopher Bell: No. 52 for Halmar Friesen Racing<\/p>\n

Timmy Hill: No. 56 for Hill Motorsports<\/p>\n

Wsley Slimp: No. 62 for Halmar Friesen Racing<\/p>\n

Chris Buescher: No. 66 for ThorSport Racing<\/p>\n

Derek White: No. 69 for MBM Motorsports<\/p>\n

Brent Crews: No. 70 for Brent Crew Motorsports<\/p>\n

Parker Kligerman: No. 75 for Henderson Motorsports<\/p>\n

\t\t\"\"\t\t<\/p>\n

Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.<\/p>\n

You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR returns to Watkins Glen International for Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck Series action this weekend. Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-46863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}