NASCAR insider selections Hendrick Motorsports superstar as favourite to win 2025 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 13th race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600. Ahead of the development, NASCAR insider Bob Pockrass gave his prediction, choosing the winner, top-five finishers, and a long-shot winner for the 2025 Coca-Cola 600.

Pockrass picked Hendrick Motorsports’ superstar Kyle Larson to achieve the victory lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25. Larson has a just right document on the 1.5-mile Kansas, as he has recorded 3 wins, 4 peak fives, and 8 peak 10 finishes to his title in 16 races. The #24 Chevrolet motive force will get started from the 3rd place within the 40-driver box on Sunday.

Rounding out Pockrass’ peak 5 predictions are the protecting winner of the development, Christopher Bell; Austin Cindric; Alex Bowman; and Chase Briscoe. He additionally selected Ty Gibbs as a long-shot prospect. Gibbs will get started from the 7th place.

Pockrass wrote on X:

“My Cup pick for the Coke 600: Kyle Larson … top-5: Larson Bell Cindric Bowman Briscoe … longshot: Gibbs ET 5-Prime-Prerace 6:27-Prime-Cup race, stages 100-100-100-100, 13 sets tires, fuel 62-70 laps”

Kyle Larson has scored 3 wins, 8 top-five finishes, and 9 top-10 finishes in 12 races thus far within the 2025 season and can glance to clinch his fourth win of the season. He has a mean end of 9.8 in 12 races and is recently main the Cup Series issues desk. He may be making an attempt double responsibility on Sunday, racing within the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600.

Meanwhile, Pockrass’ selections, Bell and Cindric, are the highest favorites to win the Coca-Cola 600 within the odds desk. NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson is essentially the most a hit energetic motive force with 4 Coca-Cola 600 wins.

Kevin Harvick selections William Byron to win the 2025 NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

The 2014 Cup Series champion-turned-commentator, Kevin Harvick, picked Larson’s teammate William Byron as a favourite to win his 2d race of the season on the 1.5-mile-long Charlotte observe.

On the most recent episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour podcast, when his co-host Kaitlyn Vincie requested him to present his prediction for this weekend’s Charlotte spring race, Harvick picked Byron and mentioned [43:30]:

“600 miles. That’s a long ways but a long time. I’m going to go with William Byron,”

Catch NASCAR Cup Series drivers and groups in motion at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Fans can witness the 600-mile Cup Series race on Prime Video.