Sunday's Cup Series race at Las Vegas may be the second-most important race of the playoffs.
CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 07: Kyle Larson watches the action on pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Bank of America ROVAL 400 on October 07, 2023 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. Sunday’s Cup Series race at Las Vegas may be the second-most important race of the playoffs.
Vegas marks the first race of the third round as eight drivers are racing for four spots in the winner-take-all championship race at Phoenix. And just like in the first two rounds of the playoffs, if a win by a playoff driver equals automatic advancement to the next round. That’s why Las Vegas is so key. If a playoff driver wins on Sunday, his team has two weeks to focus on getting ready for the championship race while everyone else still has to worry about simply getting there.
The favorite to get that victory is Kyle Larson. The 2021 Cup Series champion is +500 to win Sunday’s race and get his fourth win of the season. Larson easily advanced to the third round of the playoffs but didn’t have a top-10 finish in the second round. Both he and Martin Truex Jr. relied heavily on the playoff points they accumulated during the regular season to get into the third round.
Truex, the regular-season champion, is 8-to-1 to win the race. Truex hasn’t finished better than 17th in the playoffs and needs to start racking up the top 10s in the third round if he wants to have a shot at racing for the title.Larson has one win and 10 top-10 finishes in 14 Las Vegas starts. Hamlin also has one win, but he’s made 23 starts. Byron won the spring race at Vegas for just his second top-five finish in 11 starts.
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