2025 YellaWood 500 Betting Preview
19 October 2025
NASCAR heads to Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday for the YellaWood 500. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. returns to defend his title at the 188 laps / 500.08 miles oval in Lincoln, Alabama, as the Round of 8 in the 2025 Cup Series continues.
YELLAWOOD 500 RACE START TIME & RACE INFO
- Event: YellaWood 500
- Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
- When: Sunday, October 19 at 2:00 PM ET
- TV: NBC
YELLAWOOD 500 RACE FAVORITES
- Ryan Blaney (Odds to Win: +750)
- Joey Logano (Odds to Win: +800)
- William Byron (Odds to Win: +1100)
- Chase Elliott (Odds to Win: +1100)
- Brad Keselowski (Odds to Win: +1200)
DUNKEL INDEX TOP 10
Here are the Top 10 drivers for this event, according to the Dunkel Index:
| K. Larson | 47.011 |
| C. Bell | 42.702 |
| D. Hamlin | 38.756 |
| C. Elliott | 32.812 |
| R. Blaney | 31.227 |
| J. Logano | 30.269 |
| W. Byron | 26.558 |
| M. McDowell | 25.662 |
| B. Wallace | 22.890 |
| B. Keselowski | 21.020 |
WINNER: KYLE LARSON (+1600)
Still winless on a superspeedway track, Larson has tallied the most points in the series’ first five superspeedway races of the season at 177. That included 54 of those points came in the spring race at Talladega. Rated No. 1 in the Dunkel Index, Larson (+1600) is our pick to take the checkered flag at Talladega on Sunday.
BEST ODDS TOP 5 FINISH: RYAN BLANEY (+100)
Rated No. 5 in the Dunkel Index
BEST ODDS TOP 10 FINISH: MICHAEL MCDOWELL (-125)
Rated No. 8 in the Dunkel Index
