The NASCAR All-Star Race goes green on Sunday, May 17, at 1:00 p.m. ET at Dover Motor Speedway on FS1, in what is anything but a typical NASCAR Cup Series race.
Sunday’s race in Dover, Delaware is 350 laps, totaling 350 miles — a 100-lap increase from last season’s All-Star event in North Carolina.
Below, we'll break down our NASCAR All-Star predictions and outright pick to win for Sunday’s race, including top driver picks for PrizePicks.
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2026 NASCAR All-Star Race Format and Rules
Before we get to the predictions, it's important we lay out how this All-Star Race is far different — and more difficult to predict — than an average Sunday Cup Series race.
There is $1 million on the line for the winner in this race that showcases three segments. Thirty-six drivers will take the track in each of the first two 75-lap segments, then it drops to 26 drivers for the final 200 laps.
So if you're outside the top 26 after lap 150, your All-Star Raceis over.
In the final All-Star segment, 19 drivers are locked in, 17 winners since the start of 2025 and two former Cup champs (Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski). The list of winners since last season includes Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, and Christopher Bell.
Seven spots remain with 17 drivers looking to lock those up, including Daniel Suarez, Chris Buescher, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Qualifying is only three laps on Saturday, with the total time of that run setting the order for the first segment.
NASCAR All-Star Race Winner, Top 10 Predictions for Dover – Sunday, May 17
Christopher Bell won last year’s All-Star event, finishing ahead of Joey Logano and Ross Chastain.
Although the rules are different from a typical race, it is notable that Denny Hamlin has won at Dover each of the last two years.
Larson owns six Top 10 finishes in the last seven Dover events, but he closed 21st in last season’s All-Star race.
Reddick, who has been the top driver this season, finished seventh in last season’s All-Star event. In seven career Dover races, Reddick placed in the Top 10 only twice.
The favorite to win the 2026 NASCAR All-Star Race is Denny Hamlin, entering Saturday's qualifying, according to PrizePicks Team Picks. Hamlin pays 2.77x — or $270 on a $100 entry — if he wins the race, and 1.4x on No to win the race.
Hamlin currently has a 4.34x payout ($100 pays out $434) if he wins, while several other drivers, including Larson, are right behind him at a 5x payout to win at Dover, according to PrizePicks.
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Payout multipliers listed below (like 2x) indicate real-money earnings if your NASCAR predictions are correct; for example, 2x on a $100 entry pays $200 if correct on PrizePicks Team Picks — available in 35 states, including Delaware. “Yes” payouts represent a specific outcome occurring, whereas "No" payouts indicate the opposite.
2026 NASCAR All-Star Race Winner Picks on PrizePicks
Here are the payouts for drivers to win the 2026 NASCAR All-Star Race from Dover Motor Speedway on PrizePicks for Sunday, May 17. Lower numbers represent the top picks in popularity on PrizePicks.
- Denny Hamlin – Yes 2.77x | No 1.4x
- Kyle Larson – Yes 4.54x | No 1.14x
- Kyle Busch – Yes 5.55x | No 1.02x
- Ryan Blaney – Yes 6.25x | No 1.09x
- Tyler Reddick – Yes 6.25x | No 1.03x
- William Byron – Yes 6.25x | No 1.07x
- Christopher Bell – Yes 7.14x | No 1.07x
- Ty Gibbs – Yes 7.14x | No 1.07x
- Joey Logano – Yes 7.69x
- Brad Keselowski – Yes 8.33x
- Carson Hocevar – Yes 8.33x | No 1.03x
- Ty Gibbs – Yes 9.09x | No 1.04x
- Chase Elliott – Yes 11.11x | No 1.01x
- Alex Bowman – 16.66x
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2026 NASCAR All-Star Race Predictions, Picks to Win for Dover Motor Speedway
Here are three of the top All-Star Race picks to target in the NASCAR race from Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 17.
Top PrizePicks NASCAR picks are headlined by three drivers: Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Chase Elliott.
Alex Bowman to Finish Top 5 in All-Star Race?
Alex Bowman to Finish Top 5 in All-Star Race via PrizePicks Team Picks: Yes 2.32x
- Bowman needs to break through for one of the final seven spots, as he is not guaranteed in the Top 19.
- He has done well at Dover, finishing in the Top 8 in five consecutive races at this track.
- Bowman captured the checkered flag at the 2021 Dover event, while finishing third last year.
- Prior to a 25th place finish at Watkins Glen, Bowman put together a pair of third-place finishes at Talladega and Texas.
- In last year’s All-Star race, Bowman placed fourth, his best finish in an All-Star competition.
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Chase Briscoe to Finish Top 10 in All-Star Race?
Chase Briscoe to Finish Top 10 in All-Star Race via PrizePicks Team Picks: Yes 1.47x | No 1.42x
- Chase Briscoe is guaranteed a spot in the final segment thanks to winning a race (actually three) last season.
- He struggled at Dover in his first four races, finishing 13th or lower. However, he placed second behind Hamlin at this track last July.
- Briscoe has been a mixed bag this season, placing Top 10 five times, but also closing 23rd or lower five times.
- The driver of the No. 19 Toyota finished ninth at the 2025 All-Star race.
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Chase Elliott to Finish Top 5 in All-Star Race?
Chase Elliott to Finish Top 5 in All-Star Race via PrizePicks Team Picks: Yes 1.49x | No 1.36x
- Elliott captured the crown at Dover in 2022, his second career victory at this track.
- In 15 career Dover events, Elliott placed in the Top 10 on eleven occasions. In the four outliers, he crashed once, suffered an engine issue, and finished 11th and 12th.
- Elliott closed in the Top 8 in each of the past three All-Star events.
- This season, Elliott owns 7 Top 10 finishes, which puts him on pace for 21, which would be his most since 2021.
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NASCAR heads to Dover on Sunday for the annual All-Star race. With $1 million on the line for the winner, these drivers will be pushing hard to grab the checkered flag in a unique race format
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