Toyota 500 odds: Who can catch Kevin Harvick?
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NASCAR is back in action Wednesday, concluding a two-race event at Darlington Raceway on the course billed as "The Track Too Tough to Tame." Kevin Harvick certainly wasn't intimated when he pulled off a first-place finish Sunday.
Can he repeat just three days later? Let's dive into the odds and notes for Wednesday's Toyota 500.
Odds to win the Toyota 500
| Driver | Odds |
|---|---|
| Kevin Harvick | +400 |
| Denny Hamlin | +500 |
| Kyle Busch | +500 |
| Alex Bowman | +700 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | +800 |
| Brad Keselowski | +1000 |
| Chase Elliott | +1000 |
| Joey Logano | +1000 |
| Jimmie Johnson | +1500 |
| Kurt Busch | +1500 |
| Ryan Blaney | +1500 |
| Erik Jones | +1800 |
| Matt Kenseth | +1800 |
| William Byron | +1800 |
| Austin Dillon | +2000 |
| Clint Bowyer | +2000 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | +2000 |
| Ryan Newman | +2000 |
| Field | +2500 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | +3000 |
| Ryan Preece | +3000 |
| Aric Almirola | +4000 |
| Chris Buescher | +4000 |
| Cole Custer | +4000 |
| Ross Chastain | +4000 |
| Bubba Wallace | +4500 |
| John Hunter Nemecheck | +4500 |
| Christopher Bell | +5000 |
The favorites
Harvick (4-1) emphatically posted career win No. 50 on Sunday, surpassing Alex Bowman in Stage 3 and coasting from there. The first-place finish gave Harvick his seventh top-five result in his last 11 races at Darlington.
Not to be outdone, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch are both in the mix at 5-1, and deservedly so. Finishing fifth on Sunday, Hamlin has been in the top five in eight of his last 15 appearances on this course. Busch, meanwhile, has a first-place finish at Darlington to his credit.
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Bowman (7-1) put on a brilliant performance Sunday. The 27-year-old placed second and led 41 of the laps.
Brad Keselowski (10-1) has fared well here. Despite placing 13th this past weekend, Keselowski has led 373 laps on the course, the third-most among active drivers.
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Clint Bowyer (20-1) has led just one lap over his last 10 races at Darlington. In fact, Bowyer doesn't own a single top-five finish in 18 tries on the track.
Ryan Newman (20-1) recorded three straight top-10 finishes on this course from 2009-11. Since then, however, he's placed outside the top 10 in seven of the last nine.
Alex Kolodziej is a betting writer for theScore. He's a graduate of Eastern Illinois who has been involved in the sports betting industry for 12 years. He can quote every line from "Rounders" and appreciates franchises that regularly wear alternate jerseys. Find him on Twitter @AJKolodziej.