The Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs begins Sunday with the 2024 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ryan Blaney's hopes of winning back-to-back titles remain intact, Joey Logano is vying to become the 10th driver in Cup Series history with at least three championships, and Kyle Larson (2021) and Chase Elliott (2020) still are in contention for a second crown. Christopher Bell, 2024 regular-season champion Tyler Reddick, William Byron and Denny Hamlin all are seeking their first title. Larson, who captured the checkered flag at Charlotte last weekend, also won this race in 2023. 

Larson is the 3-1 favorite in the latest 2024 South Point 400 odds, while Byron is 15-2 and Bell is 8-1. Sunday's race is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Before making any NASCAR at Las Vegas picks, be sure to see what CBS Sports NASCAR writer Steven Taranto has to say.

Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com, and he chronicles stock car racing with the same thoroughness and passion that he's had since becoming a full-time race fan in 2001. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez's breakthrough wins in 2022. Taranto has been red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he has nailed 14 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. Anybody following his NASCAR picks has seen HUGE returns!

For the 2024 South Point 400, we can tell you Taranto is high on Joey Logano (10-1), who has posted three wins - including this race in 2022 - and 13 top-10 finishes in 22 career Cup Series starts at Las Vegas. Another curveball: He's fading Tyler Reddick (9-1), even though he's the regular-season champion and was runner-up at Las Vegas in March. "It still feels like he's making a playoff run off his back foot," Taranto told SportsLine. "Until he gets back on the offensive and back to his regular-season championship-winning form, I'll continue to approach betting on Reddick with a healthy dose of reluctance."

Taranto also locked in four more South Point 400 best bets and is high on a MAJOR dark horse who is going off at more than 25-1! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any NASCAR picks of your own.

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