EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Predictions: Two Straight for Toyota?

• Kiwi superstar looks to rebound from a rough start to the 2025 season.

• Connor Zilisch is already an oddssmaker’s darling—with no experience.

• Tyler Reddick is the leading road course racer in the Next Gen era.

EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Betting Odds

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Our Picks for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix

• Tyler Reddick to win the race at +750 via bet365

• Kyle Busch to finish in the top three at +900 via bet365

• Alex Bowman to beat Ty Gibbs head-to-head at +100 via bet365

EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Predictions

Shane van Gisbergen Goes for Second NASCAR Cup Win on Sunday

After two races he’d rather forget, New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen is headed for a welcome milieu—the road course at the Circuit of the Americas.

A crash victim in the season-opening Daytona 500, van Gisbergen finished 33rd. A week later he ran 23rd at Atlanta after spending time at the front of the field and leading two laps.

That left SVG 34th in the NASCAR Cup standings, needing a solid run at COTA to undo some of the damage.

No doubt SVG should be considered a contender. He’s a three-time champion in Australian Supercars, a series that runs exclusively on road courses. He won his 2023 Cup debut in a one-off appearance on the Chicago Street Course.

However, van Gisbergen has lost the element of surprise, and he’ll have to deal with Cup drivers who are far more experienced in stock cars.

SVG is favored to win the race at +500 via bet365 Sportsbook. We note that he finished 20th last year in his first appearance at the track, and we’ll look elsewhere for our winner.

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Oddsmakers Underestimate Difficulty of Connor Zilisch’s Challenge

Sure, Conor Zilisch may have won his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut last year at Watkins Glen International.

But on Sunday, he’ll be taking the next—and by far the biggest—step in his stock car racing career.

As reigning champion Joey Logano has often said, the gap between the Xfinity Series and NASCAR Cup Series is the widest in stock car racing. Xfinity drivers are accomplished. Cup drivers are the best of the best.

Zilisch will be making his Cup Series debut on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, and oddsmakers have installed him as second favorite at +700 via bet365.

We have a hard time believing the 18-year-old phenom will duplicate Shane van Gisbergen’s feat of scoring a victory in his first Cup race.

Hence, we’re still looking elsewhere for our winner.

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Tyler Reddick Is a Known Quantity with a Record of Success at COTA

No driver in the NASCAR Cup Series has scored more road course victories than Tyler Reddick since the introduction of the Next Gen race car in 2022.

The driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota has scored road course wins at Road America, the Indianapolis Grand Prix Course and Circuit of the Americas, the last coming in this race in 2023.

In four starts at COTA, Reddick has three top fives, four top 10s and an average finish of 5.0, best among all Cup drivers.

After finishing second in the Daytona 500 and 19th at Atlanta, Reddick comes to COTA third in the Cup standings.

We think he’s due for another road course win and expect that to happen on Sunday. Reddick is offered at +750 via bet365, and we think he’ll follow Christopher Bell’s victory at Atlanta with a second straight win for Toyota.

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How to Watch the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix

• What: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix

• Where: Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas)

• When: Sunday, March 2, 3:30 p.m. ET

• How to Watch: FOX