2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Betting Preview
08 November 2026
NASCAR heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday for the Cup Series Championship Race. This venue will be hosting the season finale for the first time since 2019 after a six-year run at Phoenix. Kyle Larson enters the finale with a 67-point lead over Christopher Bell and a 70-point cushion over Denny Hamlin. To clinch his third career Cup Series title, Larson only needs to secure 8 stage points during the race, or simply finish 28th or better even if he scores zero stage points.
CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP RACE START TIME & RACE INFO
- Event: NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
- Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
- When: Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 PM ET
- TV: NBC
CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP RACE FAVORITES
- Kyle Larson (Odds to Win: +425)
- Ryan Blaney (Odds to Win: +450)
- Chase Briscoe (Odds to Win: +550)
- Denny Hamlin (Odds to Win: +600)
- Tyler Reddick (Odds to Win: +600)
DUNKEL INDEX TOP 10
Here are the Top 10 drivers for this event, according to the Dunkel Index:
| T. Gibbs | 32.771 |
| C. Briscoe | 31.305 |
| C. Bell | 30.903 |
| D. Hamlin | 30.198 |
| C. Elliott | 29.925 |
| W. Byron | 28.982 |
| K. Larson | 28.359 |
| J. Logano | 28.315 |
| T. Reddick | 28.209 |
| B. Wallace | 25.428 |
WINNER: TY GIBBS (+1600)
Gibbs is capping off a career-best breakout season that included his first two career Cup victories (Bristol and Iowa) and 12 top-five finishes. He enters the finale with great momentum after a strong 3rd-place finish last week at Martinsville. Rated No. 1 in the Dunkel Index, Gibbs (+1600) is our pick to take the checkered flag at Homestead on Sunday.
TOP 10 FINISH: WILLIAM BYRON (-125)
Rated No. 6 in the Dunkel Index
