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Daytona 500 Betting Odds
February 24, 2012
By Bookmaker
It's not often that you see the Super Bowl of your sport being played at the beginning of the season, but that's exactly what happens for the good ol' boys on the NASCAR circuit. Right off the bat, 43 of the best drivers in the world duke it out on the hallowed Daytona International Speedway, running 500 miles in the spectacle known as the Daytona 500. This NASCAR betting affair is the biggest of the season by far, and is one that you aren't going to want to miss.
Some of the best drivers in the history of this sport felt like they had incomplete careers because they never won the Daytona 500. Other less notable drivers are now in infamy because of their heroics here in Daytona.
These last few seasons, we haven't seen fantastic drivers in the history of NASCAR win, as Jamie McMurray, Matt Kenseth, and Ryan Newman are the last three winners of the 500. Kenseth's win in 2009 was the first time that the race didn't last at least 500 miles since 2003 due to torrential rains, which had the race called off after just 152 laps and 380 miles. The shortest Daytona 500 was won by Michael Waltrip in 2003, a race that was called after just 109 laps, just beyond the halfway point.
When you talk about the greatest drivers that have beaten the Daytona 500 betting lines the most often, you have to talk about the great Richard Petty. Petty has seven titles here at the 500, starting in 1964 and ending in 1981. The Great American Race has been captured four times by Cale Yarborough and three by Bobby Allison and Dale Jarrett. The only active full time driver with more than one win here in Daytona is Jeff Gordon, who has three titles. Waltrip will be back in the No. 15 NAPA Chevy this year looking for his third title, but he is not a regular in the Sprint Cup Series any longer.
If McMurray could take the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway once again, he would become just the fourth person to do so and the first since Sterling Marlin did it in 1994 and 1995.
You're not going to want to miss the biggest spectacle for NASCAR this year, so make sure that you use Bookmaker Sportsbook to get your NASCAR betting wagers down for the Great American Race, the Daytona 500!
ODDS TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500
KEVIN HARVICK +800
KYLE BUSCH +800
TONY STEWART +1000
JIMMIE JOHNSON +1200
DALE EARNHARDT JR +1000
KASEY KAHNE +1200
CARL EDWARDS +1000
JEFF GORDON +1200
CLINT BOWYER +2500
KURT BUSCH +2500
JEFF BURTON +2000
DENNY HAMLIN +2000
BRAD KESELOWSKI +2000
MATT KENSETH +2500
JOEY LOGANO +3000
GREG BIFFLE +2500
JAMIE MCMURRAY +2000
JUAN MONTOYA +3500
RYAN NEWMAN +3500
PAUL MENARD +3500
DAVID RAGAN +3500
MARK MARTIN +3500
MARTIN TRUEX JR +3500
AJ ALLMENDINGER +2500
THE FIELD (ANY OTHER DRIVER) +1800
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