NASCAR 2023: Preview and odds for GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

The GEICO 500 marks the 10th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. The green flag is set to drop on Sunday, April 23, at 3:00 pm ET at the Talladega Superspeedway.

A total of 38 drivers will be competing for over 188 laps in this week’s Cup Series race. This will be the 54th annual GEICO 500 hosted by the Talladega Superspeedway in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series.

NASCAR’s longest track on the schedule features 33 degrees of banking at the turn, 16.5 degrees of banking on the tri-oval, and three degrees on the backstretch. Drivers have to work together in the draft to succeed.

The Talladega Superspeedway is located in Lincoln, Alabama, and is known as the largest oval on the NASCAR schedule with a length of 2.66 miles like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5 miles.

Heading to Alabama, Team Penske drivers are favorites to win this weekend’s Cup race according to DraftKings Nation. Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano stand at the top of the odds at +1100 to win Sunday’s Cup race. Logano and Blaney won this event in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

Ross Chastain, the defending champion of the event and Chase Elliott hold the second-highest odds at +1200. William Byron (+1400), Denny Hamlin (1400), Brad Keselowski (+1500), Kyle Busch (+1600) and Christopher Bell (+1600) complete the top-five highest odds.

Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has the sixth-highest odds at +1800 to win in Alabama.

Opening odds for 2023 NASCAR GEICO 500

Here are the odds for all 38 NASCAR Cup drivers competing at the Talladega Superspeedway:

Ryan Blaney, +1100
Joey Logano, +1100
Ross Chastain, +1200
Chase Elliott, +1200
William Byron, +1400
Denny Hamlin, +1400
Brad Keselowski, +1500
Kyle Busch, +1600
Christopher Bell, +1600
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., +1800
Kyle Larson, +1800
Bubba Wallace, +1800
Tyler Reddick, +2200
Chris Buescher, +2200
Austin Cindric, +2200
Austin Dillon, +2500
Aric Almirola, +2500
Alex Bowman, +2500
Daniel Suarez, +2800
Martin Truex Jr., +3000
Kevin Harvick, +3000
Chase Briscoe, +3000
Erik Jones, +3500
Austin Hill, +4500
A.J. Allmendinger, +5000
Ty Gibbs, +5500
Michael McDowell, +5500
Justin Haley, +5500
Ryan Preece, +6000
Corey Lajoie, +6000
Zane Smith, +8000
Noah Gragson, +8000
Todd Gilliland, +10000
Riley Herbst, +10000
Harrison Burton, +10000
Ty Dillon, +20000
J.J. Yeley, +50000
B.J. McLeod, +50000

The live telecast of Sunday’s GEICO 500 can be viewed on FOX and MRN.

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