NASCAR insider picks former Cup champion as favourite to win 2025 Xfinity race at Darlington

The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence season heads to the Darlington Raceway for the season’s eighth race, the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Assist A Hero 200. Forward of the race, NASCAR insider Bob Pockrass shared his prediction, choosing his favourite to win and top-five finishes on the 2025 Xfinity Sequence Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Assist A Hero 200.
Pockrass picked 2020 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Chase Elliott to take the checkered flag at Darlington on Saturday, April 5. Elliott, who drives the #9 Chevrolet full-time for Hendrick Motorsports within the Cup Sequence, is making his first begin of the season within the Xfinity Sequence.
Pockrass’ remaining high 5 predictions are the defending sequence champion, Justin Allgaier; Cup Sequence common Ross Chastain; Taylor Grey; and Cup common Christopher Bell.
Pockrass wrote on X:
“My decide for the Xfinity race at present at Darlington: Chase Elliott … top-5: Elliott Allgaier Chastain Grey Bell ET 10:05-CW App-Xfinity p&q 12:35-Prime-Cup p&q 3-CW-NASCAR Countdown 3:30-CW-Xfinity race 45-45-57, 5 units, gasoline 66-71 NWS: Temps 80s, 5% rain”
Chase Elliott has an excellent monitor report within the sequence at Darlington. He has scored a win, two top-five finishes, and one top-10 end in 4 begins.
NASCAR Xfinity Sequence drivers and groups shall be in motion at Darlington Raceway on Saturday at 3:30 pm ET. Followers can witness the 200-mile Xfinity Sequence race on CW and MRN.
Who has larger odds of profitable the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race at Darlington?
Joe Gibbs’s ace driver, Christopher Bell, is the highest favourite to win the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Assist A Hero 200 once more with +150 odds. The subsequent closest within the odds desk to win are Ross Chastain and the defending winner of the sequence, Justin Allgaier, at +475 odds, respectively, on Saturday.
- Christopher Bell: +150
- Ross Chastain: +475
- Justin Allgaier: +475
- Chase Elliott: +700
- Sheldon Creed: +1000
- Austin Hill: +1100
- Sam Mayer: +1100
- Connor Zilisch: +1600
- Sammy Smith: +3000
- Jesse Love: +3000
- Brandon Jones: +3500
- Ryan Sieg: +5000
- Taylor Grey: +5000
- Carson Kvapil: +6000
- Christian Eckes: +8000
- William Sawalich: +8000
- Nick Sanchez: +8000
- Harrison Burton: +10000
- Anthony Alfredo: +35000
- Jeb Burton: +35000
- Daniel Dye: +35000
- Dean Thompson: +35000
- Josh Williams: +35000
- Brennan Poole: +35000
- Parker Retzlaff: +50000
- Matt DiBenedetto: +50000
- Jeremy Clements: +50000
- Kyle Sieg: +50000
- Kris Wright: +100000
- Josh Bilicki: +100000
- Garrett Smithley: +200000
- Nick Leitz: +200000
- Blaine Perkins: +200000
- Austin Inexperienced: +200000
- Ryan Ellis: +200000
- Leland Honeyman: +200000
- Dawson Cram: +200000
- Mason Massey: +200000
- Greg Van Alst: +200000
Edited by Yash Soni