{"id":476116,"date":"2026-02-15T08:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476116\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:12:10","slug":"2026-daytona-500-odds-pole-sitter-kyle-busch-denny-hamlin-tied-as-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476116\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Daytona 500 Odds: Pole-sitter Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin Tied as Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last two years, William Byron has owned the Daytona 500<\/a>, emerging as the victor in both the 2024 and 2025 seasons.<\/p>\n

Will he make it three in a row and get into victory lane when the NASCAR Cup Series gets the green flag on FOX<\/a> on Feb. 15?<\/p>\n

Here are the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook for The Great American Race as of Feb. 14, with insights from FOX Sports motorsports insider Bob Pockrass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DAYTONA 500 2026<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch<\/a>: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
Denny Hamlin<\/a>: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
Ryan Blaney<\/a>: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Joey Logano<\/a>: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Kyle Larson<\/a>: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Chase Elliott<\/a>: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
William Byron<\/a>: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Austin Cindric<\/a>: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)
Brad Keselowski<\/a>: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Christopher Bell<\/a>: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Chase Briscoe<\/a>: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Bubba Wallace<\/a>: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Austin Dillon<\/a>: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Carson Hocevar<\/a>: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Ryan Preece<\/a>: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Alex Bowman<\/a>: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)
Chris Buescher<\/a>: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)
Tyler Reddick<\/a>: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Ross Chastain<\/a>: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/a>: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
John Hunter Nemechek<\/a>: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Ty Gibbs<\/a>: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Erik Jones<\/a>: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Connor Zilisch<\/a>: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Justin Allgaier<\/a>: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Corey Heim: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Josh Berry<\/a>: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Michael McDowell<\/a>: +5500 (bet $10 to win $560 total)
Todd Gilliland<\/a>: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)
AJ Allmendinger<\/a>: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Zane Smith<\/a>: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Daniel Suarez<\/a>: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Cole Custer<\/a>: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Jimmie Johnson: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Ty Dillon<\/a>: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Shane Van Gisbergen<\/a>: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Noah Gragson<\/a>: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Riley Herbst<\/a>: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Cody Ware<\/a>: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Casey Mears: +13000 (bet $10 to win $1,310 total)
BJ McLeod<\/a>: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)<\/p>\n

Which drivers have a real chance to take the checkered flag in Daytona? Here are Bob Pockrass’ insights: Below odds from Jan. 15<\/p>\n

Joey Logano
+1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
There\u2019s a reason Logano has some of the shortest odds on this list. He won the 2015 Daytona 500 and has three career wins at Talladega. The Team Penske driver is considered one of the best supserspeedway racers around. But beware: He has crashed out in eight of his last 17 starts.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Joey Logano \u2014 2015 Daytona 500 winner \u2014 has some of the shortest odds to win the race in 2026. <\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe
+2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Briscoe won the most recent race at a supserspeedway, capturing the victory at Talladega in October. He’s oozing confidence after his initial year at Joe Gibbs Racing. Briscoe doesn\u2019t have any enemies and he has the trust of the field to not do anything too out-of-line, which means he could get the right push at the right time.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Can Chase Briscoe’s magic at Talladega translate into a win at the Daytona 500? <\/p>\n

Austin Dillon
+5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
You want one of the long shots? Well, here you go. Chevrolet has a newly designed body, and that could mean that there’s a little bit of learning process or it could mean the Chevrolets will work better together. A two-time Daytona winner (including the 2018 Daytona 500), Dillon knows how to get to the front at the track. And the Richard Childress Racing driver knows this is a pivotal season for this organization as it continues to try to improve.<\/p>\n

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With two Daytona 500 wins under his belt, Austin Dillon could be a long shot worth considering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the last two years, William Byron has owned the Daytona 500, emerging as the victor in both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[44987,10226,6359,16600,49,48,26749,10662,4387,24888,10328,187630,3932,54582,189831,19215,5793,58721,49432,8661,4386,22870,634,8354,8994,15224,9706,82,47148,4382],"class_list":["post-476116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-aj-allmendinger","tag-austin-dillon","tag-betting","tag-brad-keselowski","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carson-hocevar","tag-chase-briscoe","tag-chase-elliott","tag-chris-buescher","tag-christopher-bell","tag-cup-daytona-500-02-15-2026","tag-denny-hamlin","tag-erik-jones","tag-event_preview","tag-gambling","tag-joey-logano","tag-josh-berry","tag-justin-allgaier","tag-kyle-busch","tag-kyle-larson","tag-michael-mcdowell","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-ross-chastain","tag-ryan-blaney","tag-shane-van-gisbergen","tag-sports","tag-ty-gibbs","tag-william-byron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476116","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=476116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}