{"id":934543,"date":"2026-10-16T00:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934543\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T00:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:12:18","slug":"nascar-phoenix-odds-favorites-sleepers-and-longshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934543\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Phoenix Odds: Favorites, Sleepers and Longshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2244687930.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"NASCAR\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series betting odds for Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nascar\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series circuit heads to the Phoenix Raceway this Sunday for the Freeway Insurance 500, the seventh race of the Chase. Atop the betting odds for Sunday\u2019s race is an obvious odds-on favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Winner of the last two Phoenix Cup races, Ryan Blaney is the favorite to win his third straight at +370 odds. The driver of the No. 12 enters Phoenix ranked fifth in the points standings, 80 points behind championship leader Kyle Larson.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Bell enters with the second-best odds to win +450. The driver of the No. 20 ranks third in the standings, trailing Larson by 51 points.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series Odds for Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full betting odds for the Freeway Insurance 500:<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Blaney +370<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Bell +450<\/p>\n<p>Joey Logano +600\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Denny Hamlin +600<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Larson +750<\/p>\n<p>Chase Briscoe +800<\/p>\n<p>William Byron +1300<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick +1300<\/p>\n<p>Austin Cindric +1600<\/p>\n<p>Ty Gibbs +1800<\/p>\n<p>Chase Elliott +2000<\/p>\n<p>Bubba Wallace +2800\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carson Hocevar +3000<\/p>\n<p>Josh Berry +3500<\/p>\n<p>Ross Chastain +4000<\/p>\n<p>Chris Buescher +4000<\/p>\n<p>Alex Bowman +4500\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brad Keselowski +5000<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Preece +7000<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Suarez +7000<\/p>\n<p>Shane Van Gisbergen +15000<\/p>\n<p>Michael McDowell +20000<\/p>\n<p>Erik Jones +20000<\/p>\n<p>Connor Zilisch +25000<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/austin-hill\/\" title=\"Austin Hill\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"531246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Hill<\/a> +25000\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +35000<\/p>\n<p>Austin Dillon +35000<\/p>\n<p>AJ Allmendinger +35000<\/p>\n<p>Noah Gragson +40000<\/p>\n<p>Zane Smith +50000<\/p>\n<p>Todd Gilliland +50000\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Riley Herbst +50000<\/p>\n<p>John Hunter Nemechek +50000\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cole Custer +80000<\/p>\n<p>Ty Dillon +100000<\/p>\n<p>Cody Ware +100000<\/p>\n<p>Why Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell Are Favored at Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Blaney\u2019s record at Phoenix Raceway speaks volumes to why the Team Penske star is favored to win on Sunday. Along with his 2-race win streak at the 1.0-mile track, Blaney has finished no worse than fifth in nine of his last 10 Phoenix starts.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Raceway has proven to be one of Bell\u2019s strongest tracks, too. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver not only has two wins at Phoenix but has posted four top-five finishes in his last five starts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin Both Strong Phoenix Contenders<\/p>\n<p>While they might be as favored by the oddsmakers as Blaney and Bell, three other championship contenders have proven speed at Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Two of them include Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin, who are at +600 odds each to win. Logano is a four-time Phoenix winner, two of them being the 2022 and 2024 championship races.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the driver of the No. 22 does have four finishes outside the top 10, two of them 30th or worse, in between those two wins, Logano notched a fourth-place finish in last year\u2019s fall Phoenix race.<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin is a two-time Phoenix winner, with his latest victory in November 2019. The driver of the No. 11 has finished sixth or better in the last three races at the track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, Hamlin dominated the championship race at Phoenix but fell short after getting behind on a pit strategy call.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Cindric Enters Phoenix as Ideal Sleeper<\/p>\n<p>In nine Phoenix starts, Austin Cindric has posted a best finish of 11th with four finishes below 30th. However, with his recent strong streak in the Cup Series, this Sunday could be the day Cindric adds his name to Penske\u2019s success at Phoenix Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the No. 2 earned a second-place finish at Kansas three races ago and backed it up with a fourth-place result at Las Vegas the following week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite ultimately finishing 17th last Sunday at Charlotte, the Team Penske driver showed speed by running inside the top five for a portion of the 400-mile race.<\/p>\n<p>At +1600 to win, Cindric could turn his Phoenix fortunes around this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Bubba Wallace Makes For Interesting Longshot<\/p>\n<p>After getting caught up in a Lap 71 crash last week at Charlotte that ended his race prematurely, Bubba Wallace is looking for a bounce back on Sunday at Phoenix. At +2800 to win, the driver of the No. 23 enters Phoenix as a long shot.<\/p>\n<p>The 23XI Racing driver has three top 10s in the last six Phoenix races, including a sixth-place result in the 2026 spring race. Aside from last week\u2019s 37th-place result, Wallace has finished 14th or better in the other Chase races.<\/p>\n<p>The Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern time. It can be watched on the USA Network or listened to on the Motor Racing Network. <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/writerjohnbreeden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Breeden<\/a> John Breeden is a NASCAR contributor at Heavy Sports. He has five years of sports journalism experience. He graduated from James Madison University in May of 2022 with a degree in media arts and design. John is also a sports reporter for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Previously, John was a sports writer for JMU&#8217;s The Breeze and a NASCAR content writer for Sportskeeda. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/writerjohnbreeden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about John Breeden<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NASCAR Cup Series betting odds for Phoenix. 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