South Point 400 Odds & Playoff hunt for Top 4 contenders in the Cup Series 2024

We are at the part of the NASCAR Cup Series season where the stakes just keep getting higher and higher.

After last week’s race, which was won by Kyle Larson, the playoff field has now been reduced to 8.

My Cup Series Analysis of South Point 400

There are 3 more races to come before we get to the final race of the year, which is the Championship Round, where a champ will be crowned.

It’s pretty simple at this point in that a win in the next 3 races guarantees a spot in the final round.

While it certainly seems simple enough, it is the drivers who can best handle the pressure who will find their way into the final four.

This weekend, the drivers are in Las Vegas for the South Point 400, and the bookies have their idea as to who will be in the hunt, so let’s take a look.

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Kyle Larson +340

Larson nabbed his first championship in 2021 and looks to be very much on pace to win another one. He appears to be getting hot at the right time and has picked up 2 wins in the last 4 races.

He already has 6 wins this season, which is 2 more than he has all of last season, so he has very much upped the ante in his quest to win his 2nd championship.

While he has had a couple of wins recently, he had had a tendency to be a little unpredictable this season.

That said, he won this race in 2023, so he looks like a good bet to be in the top 3, as well as a potential winner in Sin City.

William Byron +810

Byron’s trajectory has been on an upward trend for the last 5 years, with his 3rd place overall finish last season being the highlight of his career to this point.

He is currently sitting 4th overall and is very much on pace to make it to his 2nd straight Championship Round, but he will be well aware that there are zero guarantees, especially with 4 very good drivers on his heels heading into this weekend.

While he hasn’t won recently, he is still in very good form, landing on the podium in each of his last 3 races.

That form alone makes him a very good top 3 pick.

Denny Hamlin +910

Speaking of drivers on the bubble, we need to talk about Denny Hamlin, who is currently sitting down in 6th at the moment.

You have to go a long way back on the schedule to find the last time that Hamlin picked up a checkered flag this season, but that does not mean that he is not a threat to win.

He won this race back in the 2021 season, as well as landing in the top 10 in each of his last 2 runs in Vegas.

I don’t like his chances of winning this weekend and a top 5 might be the high bar.

Tyler Reddick +930

It was at this stage of the proceedings last season that Reddick bowed out of the playoffs, settling for 6th overall in 2023.

He is better positioned to go at least one step better this year, sitting in 3rd overall, bur he still needs to buckle down for the next 3 races and pick up the points required to move on.

As mentioned earlier, a win will put him in the final four, but he has been well off the pace of late, failing to crack the top 20 in 4 straight races.

He finished 2nd in Las Vegas earlier this season, so perhaps this can be a bounce back weekend.

South Point 400 Info

When: Sunday, October 20 at 2:30pm ET
Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
NASCAR this weekend TV Schedule: NBC Streaming, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM
Practice: Saturday, October 19, 4:35 pm ET
Qualifying: Saturday, October 19, 5:20 pm ET

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