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Sep 14, 2026 10:52 PM
Updated Sep 17, 2026 1:10 AM

Here are the odds, TV times and more info for the NASCAR Chase races at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The NASCAR Chase is in full swing this weekend with the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series all racing this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The Trucks race Thursday night, then the O'Reilly cars race Friday night and the Cup cars race Saturday night.

The Truck drivers are in the first race of the postseason while the O'Reilly and Cup drivers are each in their second race of their postseasons.

NASCAR Cup Series' Bass Pro Shops Bristol Night Race Info

  • 500 laps (Stages end on laps 125/250/500)
  • Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET
  • USA Sports, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90, PRN affiliates
  • Practice and qualifying: Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET on truTV, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
  • Last year's winner: Christopher Bell (Ty Gibbs won in the spring)

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Just one open entry is entered for Saturday night: Josh Bilicki in the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford. 

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series' Bass Pro Shops Bristol Night Race

Gateway winner Kyle Larson is the odds-on favorite for Bristol. He led the most laps in the spring Bristol Cup race and won two of the three races before that.

Spring winner Ty Gibbs and multi-time Bristol winner Denny Hamlin are second, just ahead of 2025 night race winner Christopher Bell:

  • Kyle Larson +400
  • Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin +500
  • Christopher Bell +550
  • Ryan Blaney +650
  • Chase Briscoe +1000
  • Chase Elliott, Joey Logano +1600
  • William Byron +1800
  • Brad Keselowski +2000
  • Tyler Reddick +2200
  • Alex Bowman +2500
  • Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher +3000
  • Austin Cindric +3500
  • Josh Berry +3800
  • Ryan Preece +4500
  • Ross Chastain +5000
  • Daniel Suarez, AJ Allmendinger, Michael McDowell, Noah Gragson, Shane van Gisbergen +10000
  • Erik Jones +12500
  • Connor Zilisch, Austin Dillon +15000
  • Austin Hill +20000
  • John Hunter Nemechek, Zane Smith +25000
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +35000
  • Todd Gilliland, Riley Herbst +50000
  • Ty Dillon, Cole Custer +75000
  • Josh Bilicki +100000
  • Cody Ware +250000

*Odds according to Caesars Sportsbook.
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Here are the points standings after Gateway:

  1. Denny Hamlin 2168 points
  2. Kyle Larson -9
  3. Christopher Bell -18
  4. Ryan Blaney -33
  5. Tyler Reddick -42
  6. Ty Gibbs -51
  7. Joey Logano -51
  8. Chase Briscoe -59
  9. Carson Hocevar -88
  10. Bubba Wallace -90
  11. Chase Elliott -93
  12. Austin Cindric -108
  13. Chris Buescher -111
  14. Ryan Preece -113
  15. William Byron -114
  16. Daniel Suarez -119

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' Food City 300

  • 300 laps (Stages end on laps 85/170/300)
  • Friday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET
  • The CW, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90, PRN affiliates
  • Practice and qualifying: Friday at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN app/CW
  • Last year's winner: Aric Almirola/No. 19 JGR Toyota (Spring: Connor Zilisch/No. 1 JRM team)

With 39 cars entered for the race, one driver will fail to qualify. Here are the unique entries for this weekend, compared to Gateway:

  • Ryan Ellis: No. 02 Young's Motorsports
  • Josh Bilicki: No. 07 SS-Green Light
  • Jake Finch: No. 9 JR Motorsports
  • Andrew Patterson: No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing
  • J.J. Yeley: No. 38 RSS Racing (Yeley made his 400th start at Nashville SS)
  • Logan Bearden: No. 42 Young's Motorsports
  • Landon Huffman: No. 43 Alpha Prime Racing
  • Carson Ware: No. 53 Joey Gase Motorsports
  • David Starr: No. 55 for BJ McLeod
  • Nick Sanchez: No. 87 Peterson Racing Group
  • Stefan Parsons: No. 92 DGM Racing

Despite falling to second in the points standings, Justin Allgaier remains the odds-on favorite for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series championship, at +120.

Here are the Chase points standings with the odds to win the championship:

  1. Sheldon Creed 2175 points (+550)
  2. Justin Allgaier -3 (+120)
  3. Carson Kvapil -9 (+550)
  4. Jesse Love -16 (+800)
  5. Sam Mayer -61 (+2200)
  6. Austin Hill -61 (+900)
  7. Sammy Smith -64 (+3000)
  8. Corey Day -69 (+800)
  9. Brandon Jones -76 (+2000)
  10. Parker Retzlaff -83 (+5500)
  11. Taylor Gray -86 (+3000)
  12. Rajah Caruth -118 (+5500)

Odds for NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' Food City 300

No surprise, Justin Allgaier is the odds-on favorite, as he has been in most races this season. He was the last series regular entered in this weekend's race to win at Bristol (September 2023). He also has a career-high six wins this season. 

  • Justin Allgaier +300
  • Carson Kvapil +550
  • Brent Crews +750
  • Jesse Love, Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill +1000
  • Brandon Jones +1200
  • Sam Mayer +1400
  • Corey Day +1800
  • Taylor Gray +2000
  • Sammy Smith +2200
  • Rajah Caruth +2800
  • William Sawalich +3000
  • Jake Finch +3300
  • Nick Sanchez, Ryan Sieg +4000
  • Parker Retzlaff +5000
  • Harrison Burton +6000
  • Anthony Alfredo +10000
  • Jeremy Clements +15000
  • Andrew Patterson +20000
  • Jeb Burton +25000
  • Dean Thompson, Patrick Staropoli +35000
  • Stefan Parsons +50000
  • Brennan Poole, Josh Williams +75000
  • Kyle Sieg, Logan Bearden, Ryan Ellis, Landon S. Huffman +125000
  • Blaine Perkins, Dawson Cram +200000
  • Garrett Smithley, JJ Yeley, Lavar Scott, Josh Bilicki, David Starr, Carson Ware +250000

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' UNOH 250

  • 250 laps (Stages end on laps 125/250/500)
  • Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. ET
  • FS1, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90, NASCAR Racing Network
  • Practice and qualifying: Thursday at 3 p.m. ET
  • Last year's winner: Layne Riggs (Spring: Christopher Bell/No. 62 Halmar-Friesen)

With 37 entries, one driver will go home. Here are the unique entries for this weekend:

  • Jackson MacEnko: No. 22 
  • Regan Smith: No. 25 Kaulig Racing
  • William Sawalich: No. 62 Halmar-Friesen Racing
  • Parker Kligerman: No. 75 Henderson Motorsports
  • Tristan McKee: No. 77 Spire Motorsports

Here are the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase points standings with the odds to win the championship:

  1. Layne Riggs 2100 points (+130)
  2. Kaden Honeycutt -25 (+300)
  3. Chandler Smith -35 (+550)
  4. Christian Eckes -40 (+800)
  5. Gio Ruggiero -45(+1200)
  6. Ty Majeski -50 (+1200
  7. Grant Enfinger -55 (+1600)
  8. Daniel Hemric -60 (+2200)
  9. Ben Rhodes -65 (+2200)
  10. Tyler Ankrum -70 (+2800)

Odds for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' UNOH 250

The odds-on favorite is Layne Riggs. He has six wins this season, including five in the last nine races. He has won the last two September Bristol races.

  • Layne Riggs +250
  • Chandler Smith +375
  • Christian Eckes +600
  • Kaden Honeycutt +750
  • Ty Majeski +800
  • William Sawalich +1500
  • Gio Ruggiero +1800
  • Connor Mosack +2000
  • Tristan McKee +2800
  • Tyler Ankrum, Grant Enfinger +3300
  • Landen Lewis, Daniel Hemric +3500
  • Parker Kligerman +4500
  • Ben Rhodes +5000
  • Jake Garcia, Stewart Friesen, Nick Leitz +6000
  • Bayley Currey +6500
  • Caden Kvapil, Parker Eatmon +7500
  • Corey LaJoie, Tanner Gray +10000
  • Justin Haley, Regan Smith +12500
  • Andres Perez, Cole Butcher +15000
  • Brenden Queen +20000
  • Connor Hall +25000
  • Dawson Sutton +40000
  • Luke Baldwin, Kris Wright +75000
  • Jackson Macenko, Timmy Hill +150000
  • Justin Carroll, Frankie Muniz, Mini Tyrrell +250000
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