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NASCAR odds for the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to compete in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 24th race weekend of the 2025 season. It is NASCAR's first Crown Jewel event since the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25, and the first oval that is 1.5 miles or bigger since EchoPark Speedway in late June. Kyle Larson entered victory lane in last year's race at Indianapolis, with Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top three spots. Larson's win marked his fourth of six victories during the 2024 season. However, who are the favorites to win this weekend? Below, you can check out the NASCAR odds via BetMGM for the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis as of Wednesday, July 23! NASCAR odds for the 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis More: How to watch NASCAR live at Indianapolis in July 2025, schedule
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NASCAR reveals new street course race in San Diego for 2026
Two years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series made history with the sport's inaugural street course race through Chicago. Since the first race in 2023, the course's been a unique challenge for drivers on the grid. Next year, they'll have a new street course to prepare for. NASCAR officials announced that a new street course in San Diego will debut in the 2026 Cup Series season. The race will be held on Naval Base Coronado and replace the Chicago Street Course on the calendar. There will be three days of action from San Diego next year with the Craftsman Truck Series, Xfinity Series and Cup Series all competing in NASCAR's second-ever street course. It'll be a historic venue in its own right; this will be NASCAR's first race on a naval base. The race weekend will mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy. 'What a special way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Navy, 250th anniversary of our country and put on what is going to be undoubtedly the most anticipated event of 2026,' NASCAR executive vice president Ben Kennedy said in a statement. 'And I'm bullish on it being the best sporting event of the year.' Lawsuit latest: Updates on 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports vs. NASCAR lawsuit Here's what we know about the event. When will NASCAR race in San Diego? NASCAR's race weekend in San Diego will be June 19-21, 2026, during Father's Day weekend. That weekend also coincides with the anniversary of the U.S. Navy and will take that weekend from the Pocono race from the 2025 calendar. NASCAR San Diego course The official course layout has yet to be released. NASCAR officials state that they're driving around the base in person and using the popular racing simulation video game iRacing to help iron out the layout. They used iRacing for both the Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum and Chicago street race events. The course will likely use Naval Air Station North Island's streets as well as the runway tarmac. Officials expect the circuit will be roughly three miles in length. By comparison, the Chicago Street Course is 2.14 miles. 'It'll be a blend of traditional street racing in a way where we'll be winding our ways through some of the streets on the base,' Kennedy said in a statement. 'They'll be going past (aircraft) carriers. They'll eventually go out onto the tarmac, probably by some military aircraft, maybe a couple of F-18s out there, and then back towards the entrance to the base.' Why is NASCAR racing in San Diego? From 1997 through 2024, the Cup Series had a race in Southern California every year with one exception - 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The 2025 season is the first without a race in the area for no restricted reason since 1996. NASCAR's military ties, options for tarmac and street sections and the backdrop of downtown San Diego made the naval base a worthwhile venue. 'We contemplated a number of places, not just in San Diego, but the greater Southern California region,' Kennedy said. 'Naturally, I think we all started to gravitate towards the military base, seeing that we knew that the 250th anniversary was upcoming, our natural ties that we have to the military and then the location of it. I mean, you couldn't ask for a better location than Coronado, sitting between downtown San Diego, the Pacific Ocean and not far from Tijuana, either.' No specific number of events has been confirmed, but it's very likely San Diego will have at least three years, much like Chicago and Los Angeles Coliseum events. NASCAR's future in Chicago NASCAR confirmed it will not return to Chicago in 2026 but did not rule out a return in the future.
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NASCAR at Dover: Why this 3-time winner has most to prove. Is Katherine Legge racing?
It's almost hard to fathom that in the 56 years of auto racing at Dover Motor Speedway, there has been only one other race weekend held in July − the first one, on July 6, 1969. Yet that will happen again the weekend of July 18-20 when Dover hosts its annual race weekend, beginning July 18 with the General Tire 150 in the ARCA Series, followed July 19 with the BetRivers 200 as part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and culminating July 20 with the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, a key race in the NASCAR Cup Series. Dover Motor Speedway officials are not treating this opportunity as an, ahem, day at the beach. For the fans who attend, that's a different story, literally. DOVER'S FUTURE: From glorious highs to an uncertain future, can NASCAR recapture glory at Dover? SIRIANNI AND SUPER BOWL: The 'r' word Eagles, Nick Sirianni won't use about the Super Bowl. They use this instead That's because "Miles Beach" will make its debut near the iconic "Miles the Monster" monument. Miles Beach will have more than 600 tons of sand and all the accoutrements to go along with a day at the beach. That includes a stage with reggae music, a tiki hut, mini-boardwalk, a 25-foot lighthouse, the world's largest Rubber Duck (60 feet tall and weighing 15.5 tons), sand sculptures, dunk tanks, and more. "We couldn't take the race to the beach, so let's see if we can bring the beach to our track," Dover Motor Speedway president and general manager Mike Tatoian said. "Now that we're in the summer, and the kids are out of school, obviously we're accentuating the beach, which is one of Delaware's most beautiful natural assets. "We're trying to create a beach atmosphere without actually going to Rehoboth or Lewes. We're having a lot of fun with that." It's quite a contrast to what Dover has been able to offer in the past. From 2022-24, the race was held the last weekend of April. In 2022 and 2023, the Sunday races were postponed because of rain. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dover hosted two races each year − one in the spring, usually in May or early June; the other in September. NASCAR race weekend in Dover: What to know, where to go, what you can bring Road closures for Delaware State Fair: When will traffic be the worst? It was hard for the speedway to appeal to the beach crowd, or to hold activities around the track that lasted much into the evening because the weather either hadn't warmed up yet, or had already started to cool off. But that's just one component of the race weekend. Here are the others: What's the schedule for racing at Dover Motor Speedway? July 18 at 5 p.m.: General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series race (on FS1). July 19 at 4:30 p.m.: BetRivers 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race (on The CW, Performance Racing Network). July 20 at 2 p.m.: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race (on TNT, Performance Racing Network). How to watch racing from Dover Motor Speedway on TV TNT will broadcast the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 beginning at 2 p.m., with radio coverage from PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. For TNT, Adam Alexander is the play-by-play announcer, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte serving as analysts. The pit reporters are Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta and Alan Cavanna. What's the weather forecast for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400? The outlook for July 20 isn't great, with scattered thunderstorms expected in the morning, followed by mostly cloudy skies and potentially more thunderstorms in the afternoon. The National Weather Service is predicting a 70% chance of rain. The high temperature is expected to be 86 degrees and humid. Either way, the hot and humid summer weather will have an impact on the racing conditions on the concrete oval. "Being in July, the track is going to be hotter, slicker and theoretically should take more rubber," driver Ricky Stenhouse said. "If that happens, then I think the top side of the racetrack comes into play more. You should be able to pass a little better. But it'll also make the bottom of the racetrack very difficult because the rubber will build up, and then you start kind of sliding around on top of that rubber. "So it'll be tricky for sure." Who's winning the NASCAR In-Season Tournament Challenge? Dover's Cup Series event will be the fourth of five in NASCAR's first-ever In-Season Tournament Challenge, an in-season, bracket-style tournament in which the winning driver pockets $1 million. The tournament began June 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with 32 drivers seeded from No. 1 through No. 32, paired off against each other − No. 1 Denny Hamlin vs. No. 32 Ty Dillon, No. 2 Chase Briscoe vs. No. 31 Noah Gragson, and so on. The driver who performed better at a particular race advanced while the loser was eliminated. Dillon has advanced to the semifinals, held at Dover, where he'll take on No. 12 seed John Hunter Nemecheck. The other semifinal pits No. 23 seed Tyler Reddick against No. 6 Ty Gibbs. The winners advance to the finals July 27 in Indianapolis at the Brickyard 400. Who are the top drivers to watch? The In-Season Tournament Challenge between Gibbs and Reddick has perhaps the most on the line. Beyond the chance for the $1 million prize, Gibbs has to perform well in order to keep his playoff hopes alive. Sixteen drivers make the playoff field that is held over the final 10 races. There are five races left after Dover in the regular season. Individual race winners are granted a spot in the playoff field. Reddick is currently fourth in the standings, so he should be pretty safe for the playoffs. Gibbs, meanwhile, is 17th, just 10 points out of 16th. But he has not won a race this season. As for other drivers, Kyle Busch has the most victories at Dover. He's 15th in the standings and has not won a race. Other drivers to watch include Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott, who have each won twice at Dover. Elliott is currently second in the standings, while Hamlin is in fifth place. That leaves Shane van Gisbergen, who won on the road course at Sonoma, California, on July 13. It was his third victory of the season, all on road courses. He has not been nearly as successful on traditional tracks. That's why van Gisbergen is in 26th place in the standings. While van Gisbergen is in the playoffs based on his three victories, he needs a strong showing at Dover to prove that he will be a legitimate threat in the postseason races. Is Katherine Legge racing at Dover? Legge became the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series event since Danica Patrick in 2018 when she debuted at Phoenix back in March. Legge, who's 44 years old, has raced in four Indy 500s during a racing career that has spanned more than 20 years. In the Cup Series, Legge has only entered four races so far. She finished 19th on the road course in Chicago on July 6, the highest finish for a woman since Patrick in 2017. Legge is also racing in several Xfinity Series races this season. She will race in both the Xfinity and Cup series races July 26-27 at the Brickyard 400, but she will not be racing at Dover. Legge also competes in the ARCA series, but she will not be at Dover for the General Tire 150. Celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl win with our new book Why is ESPN SportsCenter at Dover? ESPN will host its "SportsCenter: 50 States in 50 Days" at Dover Motor Speedway on July 20. It's the show's first time at the Monster Mile. ESPN's Marty Smith will begin coverage from the track at 10 a.m. that day with updates, features and so on throughout the day. Where and how to meet drivers Drivers Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson are scheduled to participate in interviews at the Monster Monument on July 20 beginning at 11 a.m. for Elliott and Larson, and 11:15 a.m. for Blaney and Josh Berry. In addition, other drivers are scheduled to appear around the racetrack on July 18 and July 19. Check for the full schedule. (A previous version of this story had an inaccuracy about where a race winner needed to finish to qualify for the playoffs. A race winner is automatically in the playoffs, regardless of finish in the standings.) Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@ Follow on X @Mfranknfl. Read his coverage of the Eagles' championship season in 'Flying High,' a new hardcover coffee-table book from Delaware Online/The News Journal. Details at This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: NASCAR at Dover: How to watch Cup Series race, In-Season Challenge semis
