Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its legendary brick start/finish line welcome NASCAR this weekend for the 2026 Brickyard 400. Kissing the bricks is the ultimate reward for the drivers, and finding the edge on contenders at the betting window is the priority for bettors. Here is a quick breakdown of the current Brickyard 400 odds, market favorites, and best sleeper values heading into Sunday’s race.
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2026 Brickyard 400 Storylines
*Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWith just five races remaining in the regular season, this trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway presents exciting opportunities for struggling stars and underdogs to improve their Chase positioning. Recent Brickyard winners Bubba Wallace (2025) and Kyle Larson (2024 winner, 2025 runner-up) head into the weekend just 15 and 18 points behind 12th and 5th in the standings. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell, who holds an impressive 8.0 average finish at the Brickyard, enters riding top-5 results in three of his last four races.
Conversely, usual contenders like Chase Elliott, entering on a seven-race top-10 drought in 2026, with just two career top-10s at Indy, and William Byron, just one result better than 16th on the Bricks in five tries, are battling cold stretches at an inopportune time. Underdogs Austin Cindric (who led a race-high 40 laps in 2025) and In-Season Challenge finalist Todd Gilliland (back-to-back 6th-place Indy finishes) offer real sleeper upside in a field where only three active drivers have ever won on the historic oval.
Brickyard 400 Trends and Track Info
Translating track history to this weekend’s 160-lap event, it’s clear that this year’s Brickyard 400 will be a battle of attrition that likely experiences some late-race chaos. Dominating early isn’t an indicator of winning, as the driver leading the most laps has won only three of the last ten Brickyard 400s. Contributing to this is that five of the last eight saw the final lead change occur over the final eight laps, with six going into overtime (including both Next Gen races).
Indy also features NASCAR’s narrowest pit road travel lane, which invites plenty of mistakes, and the track’s elevated tire failure risks, possibly made worse this season with another new tire combination, have helped lead to an average of 11 DNFs across the last six races on the oval. We’re in for an exciting show if nothing less at Indy.
2026 Brickyard 400 Odds: Favorites
*Paul Barnick-Imagn ImagesThe very top of the Brickyard 400 outright market is the same across the board, with Denny Hamlin (+350), priced as an overwhelming favorite, and for good reason. Through 7 races in this package, Hamlin has 3 wins, an average finish of 2.14, and no finishes worse than 4th. Based on his and Toyota’s apparent speed advantage so far this season, Denny is certainly the driver to beat this weekend.
The next tier of contenders is less straightforward, with shops having differing opinions on who should be behind Hamlin. At DK, it’s Tyler Reddick (+550) who has hit an extreme rough patch and seen the aforementioned Hamlin, his car owner, for what it’s worth, leapfrog him atop the regular season standings. Reddick is followed closely by the 2024 Brickyard winner Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney, both at +700.
Christopher Bell comes to Indianapolis riding a wave of momentum and a two-straight Top 10s at IMS, and sits beyond the top tier at +1000. Books also continue to show respect to struggling HMS drivers on cold stretches. William Byron (+900 win, -225 Top 10) and Chase Elliott (+1200 win, -175 Top 10) remain priced near the top of the market, with books expecting both to rebound.
Brickyard 400 Values & Sleeper Odds
With high attrition and late-race restart chaos defining recent Indy oval races, the board opens up compelling value beyond the frontrunners. Defending champion Bubba Wallace presents attractive odds at +1200 to win and -120 for a Top 10 finish, while 2018 winner Brad Keselowski, a driver that can be counted on to get weird with strategy, sits at a longshot +4500 (+190 Top 10). For bettors eyeing more sleeper upside, Austin Cindric (+4000 win, +175 Top 10), who led a race-high 40 laps in 2025, and Todd Gilliland (+20000 win, +600 Top 10), boasting back-to-back 6th-place Brickyard finishes, offer huge potential in a 160-lap race prone to late strategy twists and overtime restarts.
Brickyard 400 Odds Outright Top 3 Top 5 Top 10 Driver Odds Denny Hamlin+350 Tyler Reddick+550 Kyle Larson+700 Ryan Blaney+700 William Byron+900 Chase Briscoe+1000 Christopher Bell+1000 Bubba Wallace+1200 Chase Elliott+1200 Joey Logano+1600 Ty Gibbs+1700 Chris Buescher+2000 Carson Hocevar+2200 Erik Jones+3500 Austin Cindric+4000 Driver Odds Denny Hamlin+135 Tyler Reddick+165 Kyle Larson+210 Ryan Blaney+210 William Byron+265 Chase Briscoe+300 Christopher Bell+300 Chase Elliott+350 Bubba Wallace+425 Joey Logano+450 Chris Buescher+550 Ty Gibbs+550 Carson Hocevar+600 Erik Jones+1000 Austin Cindric+1100 Driver Odds Denny Hamlin-165 Tyler Reddick-125 Kyle Larson-105 Ryan Blaney-105 William Byron+120 Chase Briscoe+135 Christopher Bell+135 Chase Elliott+160 Bubba Wallace+200 Joey Logano+210 Chris Buescher+260 Ty Gibbs+260 Carson Hocevar+285 Erik Jones+425 Austin Cindric+500 Driver Odds Denny Hamlin-450 Tyler Reddick-330 Kyle Larson-300 Ryan Blaney-300 William Byron-225 Chase Briscoe-200 Christopher Bell-200 Chase Elliott-175 Joey Logano-125 Bubba Wallace-120 Chris Buescher-110 Ty Gibbs-110 Carson Hocevar+100 Erik Jones+155 Austin Cindric+175 Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook & current at publicationPick MORE or LESS on player stats & win big with Bleacher Nation Fantasy. For a limited time, get a 50% deposit match up to $250.
Brickyard 400 Pick(s): Tyler Reddick Win +800 (Bet365)
*Matthew O'Haren-Imagn ImagesTyler may be riding one of the most shocking stretches for a title contender, at least in the Next Gen era, but no matter the results, he's been showing up fast at these track types. In fact, Reddick is just behind his boss, Denny Hamlin, in pretty much every speed-oriented category while in this engine package. He was one of the only cars capable of making Hamlin sweat at Pocono and ran up front at Michigan until a "hurricane" hit the field halfway through stage 2.
Here at IMS, Reddick has been sensational, finishing 8th for RCR in 2020, runner-up in 2024, and, before deciding to pit after the red flag period, which resulted in him wrecking, was a top 3-5 car all race last season. If there was ever a track to get this early-season freight train back on track, it is the Brickyard.
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