Bass Pro Shops Night Race odds, favorites for Bristol Motor Speedway

The odds for Bristol are here and we are going to see four drivers eliminated from the NASCAR Playoffs by the end of the night on Saturday. With playoff implications, there will be a lot of agendas going on throughout the field.

We should see some drivers trying to just get through the race and rely on their points cushion to get them to the next round. Others are going for broke and setting up a strategy that will hopefully put them in contention with 10 laps to go. Others will try to pick up points in both stages and somehow hold on for a strong finish as well.

Before qualifying or anything goes down on the track, the favorite for this race isn’t a surprise. On top of the list of drivers in the Bristol odds is Kyle Larson at 11-2. He is the outright favorite to win his second race of the first round.

Larson is followed by Denny Hamlin and Wiliam Byron, both listed at 15-2 odds for Bristol. Christopher Bell, pole winner each of the last two weeks, is an 8-1 favorite to catch a good wind and finally close out a race for the win.

Meanwhile, the 2012 champion, Brad Keselowski, rounds out the top-5 at 17-2 odds. He is hoping to break his winless streak that has gone on for more than two years at this point. Chris Beuscher won this race a year ago, so why can’t the RFK boss get it done?

Chris Buescher’s Bristol odds

For newcomers to the sport, it can be hard to wrap your head around the fact that Bristol is just a half-mile long, but is raced like an intermediate track. Hopefully, that means this Next Gen car races well on the track and puts on a good show. It also means that Chris Buescher has a decent chance to win again.

At 12-1 odds for Bristol, Buescher might be on his way to his fourth win on the season. He won back-to-back at Richmond and Michigan. Followed that up with a massive win at Daytona. Why not conquer Bristol one more time on his way to the Round of 12?

Things have cooled off for Buescher since he won three races in five weeks. However, he shouldn’t be counted out. He was P3 at Darlington but he faltered at Kansas. That was mostly due to that tire going down in the final stage of the race. Still, he fell back in the standings.

A few other notable names and their Bristol odds from Bet MGM: Chase Elliott (10-1), Kyle Busch (11-1), Kevin Harvick (13-1), Martin Truex Jr. (14-1), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (100-1).