2025 Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR at Charlotte Odds, Picks & Predictions
This year’s Coca-Cola 600 will look a little different for me. On a trip to celebrate my older brother’s wedding, I’ll trade my living room couch in for a Punta Cana beach bar.
Either way, I’ll be tuned in and have no intention of taking a week off from betting the world’s premier stock car racing series. However, with me exiting the country before any prop bet offerings are released, we’re sticking strictly to the outright market and have an extremely limited card compared to most weeks, when I’m betting all active series and crossing disciplines.
That said, here are my best bets for the 2025 Coca-Cola 600.
2025 Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR at Charlotte Odds, Picks & Predictions
Outright: Alex Bowman (+2800 via DraftKings) | .6u
We caught opening-line value a few weeks back on Alex Bowman at a similar price, and it was very much live to cash until he took some unnecessary damage on a restart. He still had the fifth-best average running position (6.6) on the day, finished fifth and cashed an even-money T10 ticket I hammered down on.
“The Showman” showed similar race-winning speed the week before, but eventually was upended in the calamity that usually comes at Texas Motor Speedway. When you also consider his runner-up finish at Homestead in March - a race where he led the field in average running position (3.7) - perhaps nobody but his Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) teammate Kyle Larson has had more consistent speed at 1.5-mile intermediate tracks this season.
The Arizona native also has a knack for running well in the Coca-Cola 600, ranking third in Charlotte Next-Gen average finish (10.3). Bowman had the fifth-best average running position in last year’s race (7.5) and comes into the week ranked third in the IBT Betting Model. That’s why it’s so perplexing to see him at 28-1.
I’m not complaining, though. Once available, I would also look to back Bowman in the T10 or H2H matchup market.
Outright: Josh Berry (+2800 via DraftKings) | .6u
Seeing Josh Berry at identical 28-1 outright odds is equally as shocking. The Wood Brothers Racing driver is coming off a Kansas race, where he had a top 10 average running position (11.6) and finished sixth. Berry and his Team Penske affiliate teammate Ryan Blaney were two of the only drivers putting down better lap times in the closing laps than race winner Kyle Larson.
That followed a run at Texas, where the former CARS Tour regular started P7 and looked like a true competitor before finding trouble. This recent speed at 1.5-mile tracks shouldn’t catch anyone off guard anymore, though, considering that Berry did win Las Vegas early this season, which is another one of the closest comps to these tracks and Charlotte.
Not only was Berry a T10 finisher in last year’s Coca-Cola 600, but he also won the 2022 Xfinity Series race here after leading 89 laps. In addition to the outright, I’d be looking to get invested in the No. 21 car anyway I could this weekend.
Seth Woolcock is a five-time FSWA-nominated writer and host at BettingPros/FantasyPros. He is also the founder and content director for In-Between Media. For more sports betting and fantasy sports analysis from Seth, follow him on X/Twitter @Between_SethFF and check out his award-nominated NASCAR betting show, “The Backroad.”