- Bovada has Honda manufacturer odds at -240 and Chevrolet at +180 for Sunday’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington.
- Honda engines won all five 2026 street races and took every podium spot at Arlington, Long Beach, Detroit and Markham.
- Chevrolet’s best street result this year is Scott McLaughlin’s second place at St. Petersburg in March.
- Honda’s top three drivers on Bovada’s outright board, added together, cost more than the single -240 manufacturer ticket.
WASHINGTON – Bovada lists Honda at -240 to supply the winning engine in Sunday’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., after Honda-powered cars won all five IndyCar street races this season and swept the podium in four of them. Chevrolet is +180.
Five Street Races, Five Honda Wins
The 2026 IndyCar schedule has run five street circuits so far, and a Honda won each one. Alex Palou took St. Petersburg, Long Beach and Detroit, Kyle Kirkwood won Arlington and Marcus Ericsson won Markham on Aug. 16. Nashville, which some previews lump in with the street swing, ran as an oval this year and does not belong in the sample.
Honda’s own release after Markham counts five podium sweeps this season, four of them on street circuits at Arlington, Long Beach, Detroit and Markham, with the fifth on the Portland road course, plus a manufacturers’ points lead of 1,225 to 1,056. The lone street podium with a Chevrolet on it came in the season opener, where McLaughlin and Christian Lundgaard finished second and third behind Palou. That is the whole Chevrolet case, one top-two finish in five tries on the track type Washington uses.
What -240 Buys, and What It Skips
The manufacturer ticket pays $41.67 per $100 if any Honda wins, and Honda fields roughly half the grid. The outright board shows why that number is short rather than steep. Palou is +140, Kirkwood +300 and Ericsson +850, all Honda, and backing those three individually already costs more than the single manufacturer ticket while covering fewer cars.
Honda -240 is the cheaper way to hold the same three drivers plus Will Power, Felix Rosenqvist, Graham Rahal and the rest of the Honda pool. The drivers’ board supports a shorter manufacturer number than -240, which makes the manufacturer line the sharper of the two Honda plays on the card.
| Market | Honda | Chevrolet |
|---|---|---|
| Winning manufacturer odds (Bovada) | -240 | +180 |
| Shortest driver on the outright board | Palou +140 | Lundgaard +750 |
| 2026 street-race wins | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 street podium sweeps | 4 | 0 |
Chevrolet’s Case Rests on an Unrun Track
Chevrolet’s side rests on Lundgaard at +750 as the shortest Chevrolet driver, with Pato O’Ward and McLaughlin at +1400 and +1600. At +180 the manufacturer price asks Chevrolet to win better than one race in three, on a circuit type where it has won zero of five. The argument for it is the track itself, a new 1.7-mile, seven-turn layout on the National Mall that no team has run, which erases some of the setup data Honda’s street teams have banked.
The two manufacturer prices add to roughly six points of hold, a thin margin that leaves Honda’s 5-0 street record most of its edge intact. Offshore books such as Bovada carry the market for bettors in states without a regulated option, a map laid out on the states with online sports betting page at gambling sites USA.
The race goes green at 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday on FOX. The manufacturers meet again a week later on the Milwaukee Mile oval, where Chevrolet has taken two of the season’s four oval wins.