The NASCAR Cup Series has the weekend off. So it’s time for the Craftsman Truck and Xfinity Series drivers to get the spotlight! They’ll head to the revived Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina, on Friday and Saturday for their respective races. Let’s take a look at this week’s NASCAR picks, odds, and best bets for Trucks and Xfinity at Rockingham Speedway.
It’s Easter weekend, and NASCAR returns to their tradition of having the Sunday holiday off. It’ll be the last break for the Cup Series teams before 28 straight weeks of finishing out the regular season and going straight into the playoffs. For everyone else, it’s back to Rockingham for the first NASCAR-sanctioned race since 2013.
The 1.017-mile D-shaped oval underwent an asphalt repave in 2022 as the track made preparations to hold a future event. In January, NASCAR held a test session for Truck and Xfinity teams with some laps run by Cup Series regulars. “Really fast. Crazy. Wild,” said Cup regular Ross Chastain. “It felt like the speeds at Dover or Atlanta.
This weekend also marks the return of 15-time most popular driver and 18-time Cup Series winner Kasey Kahne. Kahne, who hasn’t competed in NASCAR since 2018, will wheel the #33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet sponsored by Hendrickcars.com.
NASCAR Picks: Trucks & Xfinity at Rockingham Speedway Odds and Best Bets
Truck Series: Friday, 5:00 p.m. ET FS1
Corey Heim +200
Ty Majeski +550
Chandler Smith +600
Layne Riggs +650
Sammy Smith +1100
Grant Enfinger +1400
Kayden Honeycutt +1500
Tyler Ankrum +1800
Rajah Caruth +1800
Brandon Jones +2200
Ben Rhodes +5000
Stewart Friesen +5000
Parker Kligerman +5000
Corey Day +5000
Giovanni Ruggiero +6000
Jake Garcia +7500
Connor Mosack +7500
Tanner Gray +7500
Matt Crafton +10000
Bayley Currey +10000
Matt Mills +20000
Jack Wood +25000
Andres Perez De Lara +35000
Luke Fenfaus +35000
Dawson Sutton +35000
Toni Breidinger +150000
Nathan Byrd +250000
Timmy Hill +250000
Frankie Muniz +250000
Justin Carroll +250000
Norm Benning +250000
Stephen Mallozzi +250000
Cody Dennison +250000
Spencer Boyd +250000
Layne Riggs Over Sammy Smith (-135)
This one is a bit juiced up, but as I always say on the NASCAR Gambling Podcast, “you only pay the juice if you lose.” The only way I see this one losing is if Riggs has an issue. Just head-to-head, Riggs should easily be the better truck on the day. In their four matchups last year, head to head in the Truck Series, Smith Sanhedrin the first one when Riggs was struggling. Once Riggs figured things out, it wasn’t even close as he beat Smith in the next three matchups. Riggs won multiple races down the stretch last year and has started this season off with a bang, finishing sixth last week, second at Homestead, and fifth at Las Vegas.
Corey Heim to Win (+200)
It’s a lot easier to bet on the chalk driver in the Truck Series than it is in the Cup Series, especially on a week with no Kyle Larson or Kyle Busch-type drivers coming down. Sammy Smith and Brandon Jones are racing down from Xfinity, but they’ve been disappointing in their previous starts, jumping down a class. We have no track history to look at, and no true comparison tracks from this season.
What we do know is that this track should race really fast, and Heim is the king of that. Heim has won two of the six races this season and finished in the top three in four of them. He’s led almost 300 laps, and barring races he has trouble (like his truck shutting off when he was going to beat Kyle Larson at Homestead), he’s the fastest truck and best driver in the series week in and week out.
NASCAR Picks: Trucks & Xfinity at Rockingham Speedway Odds and Best Bets
Xfinity Series: Saturday 4:00 p.m. ET CW
Justin Allgaier +240
Sheldon Creed +700
Jesse Love +750
Austin Hill +750
Sam Mayer +750
Kasey Kahne +800
Brandon Jones +900
Connor Zilisch +1200
Carson Kvapil +1500
Sammy Smith +1800
Ryan Sieg +2000
Taylor Gray +2500
Nicholas Sanchez +3500
Harrison Burton +6500
Christian Eckes +7500
Justin Bonsingnore +15000
Dean Thompson +15000
William Sawalich +15000
Daniel Dye +20000
Jeb Burton +25000
Parker Reltzlaff +35000
Matt DiBenedetto +50000
Josh Williams +50000
Anthony Alfredo +50000
Jeremy Clements +50000
Brennan Poole +75000
Kyle Sieg +125000
Josh Bilicki +150000
Ryan Ellis +200000
Blaine Perkins +200000
Austin Green +250000
Greg Van Alst +250000
Thomas Annunziata +250000
Patrick Emerling +250000
Vincente Salas +250000
Dawson Cram +250000
Kris Wright +250000
Katherine Legge +250000
Garrett Smithley +250000
Carson Kvapil Top 5 (+200)
Carson Kvapil has shown his talent this season. Early in the year, he ran fast but wasn’t getting the finishes to back it up. Now he is. Last week, he finished second to Kyle Larson at Bristol, following up on a fifth-place finish from Darlington. Kvapil scored four top 10 finishes in his limited starts in the series last year, including a second-place finish at Dover, which many point to as the closest comparison this week. I’m all in on the talent of this young driver who is in a fast car.
Brandon Jones to Win (+900)
I was very high on Jones this season, returning home to Joe Gibbs Racing, where he belongs after a subpar stint with Junior Motorsports. Jones hasn’t disappointed in 2025. He picked up the win at Darlington two weeks ago in a field that had Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, and Ross Chastain all in elite equipment. In five of the last six races after the superspeedways and COTA, Jones has recorded a top-seven finish. He’s in fast, Elite equipment at Joe Gibbs Racing and will be a true threat on Saturday.
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