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    Odds, Predictions, Best Bets for NASCAR race at Richmond Raceway

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    The Cook Out 400 marks the 24th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season after an Iowa Corn 350. The event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 15, at Richmond Raceway, and the green flag will drop at 7 pm ET.

    Richmond Raceway is a 0.75-mile-long track that features 14 degrees of banking in turns, eight degrees of banking in the frontstretch, and two degrees of banking in the backstretch. Thirty-seven drivers have entered for the 2026 Cook Out 400 on the Richmond track.

    Heading to Richmond Raceway, Joe Gibbs Racing driver and points leader Denny Hamlin is the favorite, per the odds table, at +400 odds to win this year’s Cook Out 400, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Hamlin has five wins at this racetrack.

    Hamlin’s teammate Christopher Bell stands in second place in the odds table at +550 to win this weekend’s race. Bell is coming off a back-to-back runner-up finish.

    They are followed by Ryan Blaney at +600, Joey Logano at +650, and the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson at +750 in the top five highest odds to win the Cook Out 400. Larson won this event in 2017.

    The defending winner of the event, Auston Dillon, and last week’s Iowa race winner, Ty Gibbs tied for the sixth-highest odds at +1000 to win on Sunday. Dillon has back-to-back wins here.

    Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott holds seventh position in the odds table at +1500.

    Opening odds for the 2026 Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway

    Here’s a look at the odds for all 37 drivers competing next weekend at Richmond Raceway:

    1. Denny Hamlin +400
    2. Christopher Bell +550
    3. Ryan Blaney +600
    4. Joey Logano +650
    5. Kyle Larson: +750
    6. Austin Dillon: +1000
    7. Ty Gibbs: +1000
    8. Chase Elliott +1500
    9. William Byron: +1600
    10. Chase Briscoe +1800.
    11. Tyler Reddick: +1800
    12. Bubba Wallace: +1800
    13. Chris Buescher +2500.
    14. Carson Hocevar +2500
    15. Brad Keselowski +3000
    16. Josh Berry +4500
    17. Ross Chastain +4500
    18. Alex Bowman +5000
    19. Ryan Preece +5000
    20. Austin Cindric +7500
    21. Daniel Suarez +7500
    22. Michael McDowell +10000
    23. Shane Van Gisbergen +10000
    24. Connor Zilisch +10000
    25. Erik Jones +15000
    26. John Hunter Nemechek +15000
    27. Zane Smith+20000
    28. A.J. Allmendinger +25000
    29. Todd Gilliland +25000
    30. Cole Custer +30000
    31. Austin Hill +30000
    32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +30000
    33. Noah Gragson +35000
    34. Riley Herbst +35000
    35. Ty Dillon +50000
    36. Josh Bilicki +250000
    37. Cody Ware +250000

    The live telecast of the 2026 Richmond Raceway race can be viewed on USA Network, and radio coverage will air on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.