How to bet racing: Everything you need to bet Monaco, Indy 500, NASCAR

No matter which style of racing you preferred, there’s a liter of something for you sunday. Formula 1’s prestigious Grand Prix of Monaco Starts us off at 9 AM et, with Indycar’s Historic Indianapolis 500 At 12:45 pm, and nascar’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600from charlotte motor speedway at 6 pm to finish the day.

For racing enthusiasts, it’s the most compiling day of the year for on-track racing, but for casual sports fans, it would be your first time in this season. If you looked to get in the action, there’s no shortage of ways to be the races, from the pits to the checked flag. Let’s get you CAUGHT up on your options.

All odds accurate as of public time. For more, go to ESPN BET.

Outright Winner Bet

As Former Raiders Owner Al Davis Said, “Just win, Baby!”

Or maybe more fitting, “if you ain is first, you last,” by ricky bobby from “talladega nights.”

This bet is as straightforward as it sounds: pick the winner. Any Other Result is a Loss, But You ‘

With how commentary in the three series have been so far, all three race favorites are still at Plus-Money odds in Oscar Plastri (F1, +190), Pato O’Ward (Indy, +450) and Kyle Larson (Nascar, +550). However, long shots have had their day in victory lane, as it was tooo long ago when Takuma sato Won the 2017 indy 500 as a 30-1 long shot or when Ryan Blaney Won the 2023 Coca-Cola 600 at 22-1.

Top 3/5/10 finish

Maybe you feel like a driver will do well, butt want to fully commit to bet the outright winner. If so, formula 1 offers odds to finish in the top three (a podium), in the top six or 10 (Drivers who finish in the top 10 Receive Points). With a 20-car field, you looked for drivers you feel confident will ether has a strong day or except experience.

For example, the mclaren duo of piatri and Lando Norris Have finished in the top three in six of the seven races this season, with piatri winning for times and norris once. However, with how consistently succul the Pair has been, their odds to finish in the top three are short than a win.

Top and top 10 bets are available in nascar and indycar as well.

Race props

• Winning Manufacturer: Instead of betting on the winning driver, we’re betting on the winning car. In indycar, your choices are either chevrolet or honda, while nascar features chevrolet, front and toyota.

• Double Top 3/6/10: The aforementioned mclaren duo individualally don is great odds to finish on the podium, but if you want to take both Of them to finish on the podium in Monaco, that’s much close to even money.

• Race Winning Margin: Expecting a blow out? Or a late caution/seety car to bunch the field back up? Monaco is famous for its teght quarters not giving drivers many passing operunities, and thus, a wide margin can be built up. On the other side, nascar can feature last yellow flags to tighten the pack and spur close finishes.

• Race Winner Number: This is much more random, Essentially the equivalent of bringing a roulette wheel to the racetrack. The Nascar Number is set with an over/under/under/under 17.5, and there is a no. 1 (Ross Chastain) All the way to no. 99 (Daniel Suarez) in the field. The indy 500 number is set at 9.5, with the under listed AT -140 odds. O’WARD (No. 3) and Third-Favorite Scott dixon (No. 9) Both Sport Car Numbers Under That Line, WHILE SECOND-FAVORITE Álex Palou (No. 10) and Pole-Sitter Robert shwartzman (No. 83) have high numbers.

• Top Driver for Manufacturer: This is special to nascar, and you looked for the best finisher a driver to be in a chevrolet, ford or toyota. Each Manufacturer is expected to have between 10-17 cars in a race.

• Number of Leaders: For nascar, it set at 12.5 Drivers, out of a 40-car field, to lead at left one lap. Last year, there were 10 leaders compared to 13 in each of the three prior years, but those of the Instance Since 2012 in which we’ve see a high number.

• Fastest LAP: This is for which driver ran the single fastest lap of the entrance race. F1 used to offer a bonus point for fastest lap from 2019-24, but has scrapped that as of this year, so there’s a lot less maneuvering to steel the point in the race.

• First Driver/Car Retirement: In F1, this refers to a car parked out of the race either for a mechanical issue or damage from a wreck, so you go to get long to do the unpredictability of it. Currently the Favorite is “No Retirements’ at 7-1, with each 20 starters between 10-1 to 25-1.

• Safety car: A Safety Car is deployed in F1 when a wreck or adverse track conditions slowing the field. At Monaco, The Safety Car Came Out in 2022 and 2024, but not in 2021 or 2023. Currently it’s -650 to have one, +400 for none.

• Fastest Pit Stop: This is F1-Specific Wager in which you have their driver in and out of the pits with Four Fresh Tires the Fastest. Each Team Fields Two Drivers, and Ferrari is the odds -on Favorite AT -160 with Lewis hamilton or Charles Leclerc.

• Race Matchups/Group Winners: These will be matches for one driver to finish bet Than another, or a driver to win Against a group of three other drivers. For head-to-head matches, you’ll get close to even money return on your bet with a win. For the groups, you’ll get bet odds there a head-to-head, due to the nature of needing to bit three other drugs.

Betting tips

Formula 1: I alluded to it earlier when discussing piastri and norris, but give me the Double Top Three: Mclaren (-110) In Monaco.

Monaco is also famous for a lack of overtaking, making it hard for drivers to Advance their position. I mean, you’ve seen that famous hairpin corner, right? So, if you get a surprise in Saturday’s qualifying, I’d sprinkle in a top-size finish for that driver. Especially if you get getting somebody Like Alexander Albon (+325) or Yuki tsunoda (+400) At a good price.

INDY 500: Out in Indianapolis, i’m going to take the three-time series champion Álex Palou (+550)as my Outright Winner.

Coca-Cola 600: Turning Our Attention to Nascar, Where I’d Pick Kyle Larson (+500) As my winner. That’s a good price for the favorite who Led more than 80% of the laps in a win at a similar track in kansas, an intermediate 1.5-mile track similar to charlotte. Larson Plans to run Both the indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in one day, a feat he attempted last year before… taking the wheels in charlotte. A Bet on Larson to finish first with still be valid, even if he to miss the start of the race.

If you looked for drivers with slightly longer odds that I think could be master the 600 on Sunday Night, Check Out Josh berry (25-1), Chris buescher (25-1) And Carson hocevar (40-1).