The NASCAR Cup Series will hold its first Saturday race of the year as the 2026 Cook Out 400 takes place from Richmond Raceway. The green flag drops at 7 p.m. ET as the NASCAR Richmond 2026 winner will be declared under the lights.
Austin Dillon has been the victor each of the last two years as he looks to join Richard Petty, who won five in a row, as the only drivers with at least three straight checkered flags. However, Denny Hamlin is the +460 favorite, per the Cook Out 400 odds as he has five total wins at this track. Visit our DraftKings promo code review and get $150 in bonus bets instantly as a new user after $5+ in wagers here: Christopher Bell (+500), who is still searching for his first triumph of the year, and Joey Logano (+750) round out the top three per FanDuel Sportsbook.
Dillon is at +1500 to target with 2026 NASCAR at Richmond bets, as is Tyler Reddick, who has stumbled down the Cup Series standings after a sizzling start to the season. Before locking in any NASCAR at Richmond predictions or NASCAR DFS lineups, you need to see the projected leaderboard from Mike McClure's proven model. McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with more than $2 million in career winnings.
He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every lap of NASCAR action 10,000 times. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 30 winners since 2021 and nailed Denny Hamlin's back-to-back wins at Michigan and Pocono in June. Anyone following his NASCAR betting picks at their favorite betting apps could have seen huge returns.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the NASCAR Cook Out 400. He's only sharing his best bets at SportsLine. For NASCAR at Richmond 2026, McClure is fading Joey Logano, one of the favorites at +750.
The model projects that he doesn't even finish in the top 5. Logano has a relatively strong overall track history at Richmond, but hasn't taken first place since 2017. He's finished three straight races this year in the top 10, but didn't finish better than 12th in his previous four events.
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