It’s the week of the 4th of July, and if that’s the case, the boys of the Sprint Cup betting series are going to be on the track at Daytona International Speedway for the night race at Daytona. Check out the Daytona night race Coke Zero 400 betting lines, and don’t miss our Coke Zero 400 picks for this fantastic event near the halfway point of the Sprint Cup schedule.

2013 Coke Zero 400 Predictions & Info
2013 Coke Zero 400 Date & Time: Saturday, July 6th, 7:50 p.m. (ET)
2013 Coke Zero 400 Location: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Defending Coke Zero 400 Winner: Tony Stewart
2013 Coke Zero 400 TV Coverage – Network: TNT

You can most certainly tell that the Coke Zero 400 is up in the air this year, knowing that there isn’t a driver listed at any reputable sportsbook that is opening up the week at better than 10 to 1. The favorite of the bunch, though only by the smallest of margins is Matt Kenseth (Odds To Win 2013 Coke Zero 400: 10 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook). Kenseth leads the senior circuit this year with four wins, and it’s awfully difficult to say that he isn’t going to win any race that he enters less than one out of 10 times. He’s hot right now, having won last week at the Quaker State 400 in a wild race in Kentucky, and now, he is going to hope to get some revenge after a poor race in which he finished 37th at the Daytona 500 back in February. We know that Kenseth has a real boom or bust factor to him, and though that could make us look awfully stupid if he ends up with a DNF, we know that he is going to find his way to Victory Lane at least one out of 10 races, especially when you’re talking about restrictor plate racing.

At some sportsbooks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (Coke Zero 400 Favorite Odds: 13 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook) is a co-favorite, joining Kenseth, though the best odds on the board that we see for Little E at this point are 13 to 1. Dale Jr. had a great run at the Daytona 500 earlier this year, finishing second, and he has always been a strong competitor here at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. and Clint Bowyer are the only two drivers out of the first nine in line this year on the Sprint Cup standings not to have at least one victory, but all of that could reasonably change when push comes to shove on Saturday night. Little E does have a pair of wins on this track in his 27 races, and though his Top 10 percentage is a little low, he has a history of finishing in the Top 5 a solid percentage of the time here at the night race at Daytona.

List Of Past Coke Zero 400 Winners (Since 2000)
2012 – Tony Stewart
2011 – David Ragan
2010 – Kevin Harvick
2009 – Tony Stewart
2008 – Kyle Busch
2007 – Jamie McMurray
2006 – Tony Stewart
2005 – Tony Stewart
2004 – Jeff Gordon
2003 – Greg Biffle
2002 – Michael Waltrip
2001 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2000 – Jeff Burton

You can’t talk about racing at Daytona without mentioning the great Tony Stewart (Odds To Win The Coke Zero 400: 14 to 1 @ JustBet Sportsbook). Stewart has won the Coke Zero 400 a stunning four times in his career, each victory of which has come since 2005. Last year’s race was the start of a great run through the end of the campaign for the man they call “Smoke,” and perhaps this could be the start of a massive turnaround as well. Stewart finished 41st at the Daytona 500 and failed to finish the race, and now, he is down in 16th place in the Sprint Cup standings, 22 points off the pace of Joey Logano in that coveted 10th position. Stewart has been eking his way up the ladder in recent weeks, and his win at the FedEx 400 was his first of three straight Top 5 finishes. Since then, he has had two runs of 20th or worse, but we think that he should be back in his element here at Daytona on Saturday night.

Finally, a man that is due to make a huge move at some point in the second half of the season is Denny Hamlin (Coke Zero 400 Lines: 22 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook). Last year at this time, we would have been talking about Hamlin as one of those 10 to 1 type of drivers. This season though, he has been atrocious. Hamlin only has five Top 10 finishes over the course of the whole season, and though he does have three Top 5s and all five Top 10s were eighth or better, there are still no wins to show for the work. In order to get into NASCAR’s version of the playoffs, Hamlin is going to have to do a ton of work and pick up a lot of wins to likely snare a Wild Card spot. He knows how to get the job done, knowing that he won five races a season ago, and Daytona could be the spot when he starts to claw out of this 25th place hole that he is in at the moment in the NASCAR points chase.

Odds to Win Coke Zero 400 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 7/4/13):
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Matt Kenseth 10 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 13 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13 to 1
Kevin Harvick 13 to 1
Tony Stewart 13 to 1
Kyle Busch 13 to 1
Jeff Gordon 16 to 1
Clint Bowyer 16 to 1
Kasey Kahe 16 to 1
Kurt Busch 19.50 to 1
Brad Keselowski 19.50 to 1
Carl Edwards 19.50 to 1
Greg Biffle 22 to 1
Denny Hamlin 22 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 22 to 1
Joey Logano 25 to 1
Jamie McMurray 27 to 1
Jeff Burton 28 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 33 to 1
Ryan Newman 33.50 to 1
Michael Waltrip 33.50 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 45 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 45 to 1
Paul Menard 45 to 1

2013 Coke Zero 400 Betting Lines @ JustBet Sportsbook (as of 7/4/13):
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 to 1
Matt Kenseth 10 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 12 to 1
Kevin Harvick 12 to 1
Kyle Busch 12 to 1
Kasey Kahne 14 to 1
Tony Stewart 14 to 1
Clint Bowyer 15 to 1
Jeff Gordon 15 to 1
Brad Keselowski 16 to 1
Carl Edwards 16 to 1
Greg Biffle 18 to 1
Denny Hamlin 20 to 1
Kurt Busch 20 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 20 to 1
Joey Logano 25 to 1
Jamie McMurray 28 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 28 to 1
Ryan Newman 28 to 1
Danica Patrick 33 to 1
Jeff Burton 33 to 1
Michael Waltrip 33 to 1
Paul Menard 33 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 40 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 40 to 1
Trevor Bayne 40 to 1
AJ Allmendinger 50 to 1
Aric Almirola 50 to 1
David Ragan 50 to 1
Bobby Labonte 66 to 1
Casey Mears 66 to 1
Dave Blaney 75 to 1
David Gilliland 75 to 1
Michael McDowell 75 to 1
Scott Speed 75 to 1
David Reutimann 100 to 1
JJ Yeley 100 to 1
Landon Cassill 100 to 1
Terry Labonte 100 to 1
Travis Kvapil 100 to 1
David Stremme 150 to 1
Josh Wise 155 to 1
Joe Nemechek 200 to 1