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7 Unit Play. Take Chase Elliott -115No bet against Kyle Larson at Daytona is a bad bet. This is not his type of track, as super speedways are not his specialty. Larson has not finished better than 10th place in this race since 2020 and has not had much success here in the summer race as well. Chase Elliott has had better success at super speedways and quailed well for this race today. He will start on row 2 and is surrounded by a bunch of Chevy’s. I see them working together and Chase should be at the top of their priorities at Hendrick for a strong finish. Most of the experts I follow see a strong finish from Elliott and getting him at this price against Larson is too good to pass up. Larson is the defending champion and still takes money despite his lack of success at this race.
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Tony George
NASCARDaytona 500 / 2:30 EST
2/15/26
NOTE: I use Draft Kings and Fan duel for Race Matchups and odds. I use these since most people in legal wagering State's have access. Unfortunately these 2 books limit options and are chalky on big names. There are other outlets that offer more but I have to stick with the most widely available. Odds and even Matchups will vary from Book to Book as we all as Top 5 Odds. I would have BOTH these books and compare odds, you should too when betting NASCAR. The Nature of the Beast in NASCAR.
Race Notes: I usually go low volume in races. Super Speedways like Daytona and Talladega and a few others we try and spread it around because the nature of these races, with drafting at high speeds, they ALWAYS have wrecks and take Drivers out, and a lot of good ones who run up front. Daytona is notorious for late lap wrecks, so it is more risky than many other races. We can be on the best car and driver and pit crews who lead 100+ laps and finish last because of this. It is always Buyer Beware on thesae types of tracks.
Head to Heads
3 Units (Fan Duel odds)
#77 Carson Hocevar (-120) over #88 Connor Zilisch
I like Hocevar as a dark horse today. He starts 6th and ran the Duel well. He is notorious for Super Speedway drafting skills, has a fast car, and takes big chances and is aggressive. This is a blessing in some cases and curse in others. He has finished Top 10 on Drafting tracks in 4 out of his last 5 races on them. Zilisch starts 32nd and I do not trust his "in traffic skills" as much as Hocevar.
2 Units (Draft Kings Odds)
#9 Chase Elliott (-115) over #8 Kyle Larson
Despite Larson being on the pole - give me Elliott over him. Until Kyle can close out a race anymore, and all his pit crew struggles as of late, I like Elliott who was 4th on the pole and has the skill set to compete late as well as a good crew. Larson is not a good bet on Super Speedways.
Top 10 Finish (Draft Kings odds)
1 Unit
#24 William Byron (-140)
Top 5 Finish
1 Unit
#11 Denny Hamlin (+120)
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Scott Spreitzer
4-Unit Play: Take 6001 Ryan Blaney -125 over William Byron (2:13 p.m., Sunday, February 15)A fair price for backing Ryan Blaney on Sunday. Blaney has figured out Daytona with four top-4 finishes in a row including a 1st and 2nd place. Team Penske has been excellent drafting at SuperSpeedways the last couple of seasons and all three drivers, including Blaney, Joey Logano, and Austin Cindric should all run well. One driver I do believe is going to struggle today despite past success is William Byron. I have him finishing outside the top-10 and Blaney finishing in the top-5. I’m backing Blaney over Byron. Thanks & GL! Scott Spreitzer.
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