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Veteran driver William Byron started the season off with a bang, winning the Daytona 500, but he has been trying to get back into the winner's circle ever since. He will get another chance on Sunday when he competes in the 2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. He will also look to carry last week's momentum into the 2025 NASCAR at Nashville race. At the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, he led for the most laps before settling for second. Kyle Larson is the favorite at +450, followed by Denny Hamlin at +600, Christopher Bell at +650, Byron at +700, and Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain at +850 in the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway odds, from DraftKings Sportsbook.

Sunday's event is slated to begin at 7 p.m. ET. Before making any 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway picks or NASCAR predictions, you need to see what NASCAR insider Steven Taranto has to say.

Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez's breakthrough wins in 2022.

Taranto was red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he nailed 17 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. He correctly picked the Straight Talk Wireless 400 winner in Larson on March 23. Anyone following his NASCAR picks at their favorite sportsbooks could have seen huge returns.

Now, Taranto has analyzed the starting lineup and odds for Sunday's 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. He's sharing his best bets at SportsLine. You can also use them to take advantage of the latest FanDuel promo code, DraftKings promo code or BetMGM promo code.

2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 expert picks

For the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, Taranto is high on Denny Hamlin at +600. The 44-year-old veteran driver has two wins, two second-place finishes and six top-10 finishes on the season. Last week at Charlotte, he took 16th at the 2025 Coca-Cola 600.

His two wins came at the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville and the Goodyear 400 at Darlington. He placed second at the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix and the Food City 500 at Bristol. Hamlin is still seeking his first Cup Series season championship, finishing as high as second in 2010. In 21 seasons at the Cup Series level, Hamlin has 56 wins and 364 top-10 finishes with 43 poles. See which other drivers he's backing at SportsLine.

Top NASCAR props for Nashville Superspeedway

Head-to-head: Taranto sees Joey Logano (-115) finishing ahead of Chase Briscoe (-115). Both drivers have been off to good starts to the year, but he gives Logano the slight edge. Logano has had much more success at Nashville than Briscoe, having won the 2024 Ally 400 there a year ago. Logano also has three top-10 finishes at the Nashville Superspeedway over the past four years. Briscoe's best finish at Nashville was last year, when he placed 21st.

For the season, Logano has one win and three top-10 finishes. His win came at the Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Briscoe, meanwhile, does not have a win this season, but has six top-10 finishes, including last week. At the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Briscoe finished third. The 30-year-old earned one win last year and placed 14th overall in the Cup Series standings. See all of Taranto's picks at SportsLine. 

How to make 2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 predictions

Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2025 NASCAR at Nashville best bets. He's also high on a huge NASCAR longshot who's going off at over 40-1, potentially netting any backer a huge payday. You can only see who they are here.

So who wins the 2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who nailed a colossal 17 winners last year, and find out.

2025 NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway odds, lineup

See full NASCAR Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway picks at SportsLine

(odds subject to change)
Kyle Larson +450
Denny Hamlin +600
Christopher Bell +650
William Byron +700
Ryan Blaney +900
Ross Chastain +900
Tyler Reddick +1000
Chase Elliott +1400
Joey Logano +1800
Chase Briscoe +2500
Carson Hocevar +2500
Brad Keselowski +2500
Ryan Preece +2500
Chris Buescher +2800
Kyle Busch +2800
Ty Gibbs +3000
Josh Berry +3000
Alex Bowman +3500
A.J. Allmendinger +4500
Bubba Wallace +5000
Austin Cindric +5000
Daniel Suarez +10000
Corey Heim +10000
Noah Gragson +10000
Michael McDowell +10000
Zane Smith +11000
Austin Dillon +13000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +13000
Erik Jones +15000
John Hunter Nemechek +20000
Shane Van Gisbergen +25000
Todd Gilliland +30000
Justin Haley +30000
Ty Dillon +40000
Riley Herbst +50000
Cole Custer +60000
J.J. Yeley +100000
Cody Ware +100000
Chad Finchum +100000