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We are a few months into the 2013 NASCAR schedule, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re taking yet another look at some of the top drivers in the world and where they are expected to finish this year in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Don’t miss the odds to win the NASCAR Championship here at Bankroll Sports!

Very little has changed at the top of the Sprint Cup circuit over the course of the last few months. In the end, this is still the Chase for the Championship that belongs to Jimmie Johnson (Odds to Win the Sprint Cup: 1.75 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook), and the rest of the field is merely chasing. It has been a matter of total domination this year for the No. 48 Chevy, and it almost seems like Johnson is finally P.O.’d enough to just blow out the rest of the pack after not winning the championship for two straight years. Johnson has three wins, seven Top 5 finishes, and 11 Top 10 finishes this season in just 17 races, and it feels like there isn’t a race in which he isn’t at least in the thick of the fight in the closing laps. Not only has Johnson found a way to lead the Sprint Cup both in Top 5s and Top 10s, but he has a whopping 38-point cushion at this point, and he has earned nearly $2M more than the next driver in line. It’s not a lock that JJ will win the Chase, but it’s definitely looking like this is the year that the Lowes Chevy is the car that will be back on top.

The next logical choice still seems to be Carl Edwards (Sprint Cup Championship Odds: 15 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook) in spite of the fact that he is only the sixth favorite on the board. Edwards remains consistent as he was all season long two years ago when he only just barely missed winning the championship by literally a nose to Tony Stewart. Edwards has been in the Top 10 nine times this year, and he is one of just a handful of drivers who has yet to log a DNF on the campaign. Some of that is luck for sure, but the No. 99 has a tendency of staying out of people’s way and finding a way to be there at the very end. Edwards is sitting in second place in the NASCAR standings at the moment, and we don’t see how he could struggle so badly to the point that he wouldn’t even be a factor when push came to shove down the stretch of the season.

We think there’s a heck of a lot of value in some of the drivers that are struggling some out of the gates this year. That means that Brad Keselowski (Odds to Win NASCAR Championship: 20 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook) certainly isn’t one to count out. The Jet Ski won the title last year, and he ran well at the end of the 2011 season as well, but this year has been a frustrating one. Keselowski is only in 13th place in the standings, and he has yet to win a race on the season. With only five Top 5 finishes on the campaign, there is little to justify Keselowski ultimately being a factor in this year’s Chase for the Championship, and if the Chase started today, he wouldn’t even be in the thick of the fight. That said, we know that things have to improve for Keselowski at some point, and just as we saw two years ago when he stormed down the stretch of the season to get into the Chase, we do think that he’ll get in and be able to make some noise when he gets there as well.

That’s why we still like the idea of backing Tony Stewart (NASCAR Championship Odds: 25 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook) still as well. “Smoke” has a great history of running at the crucial tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit that are a part of the playoffs, but getting into the field is going to be tough. Right now, Stewart would be a Wild Card entrant with a win on the season, but he would love to close the gap and get into the Top 10 all by himself without having to rely upon those wins to get him into the Chase. That said, seemingly just one more win at some point this year would be good enough to get the owner/driver of the No. 14 Chevrolet into the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and if that happens, we aren’t going to count him out. Remember that two years ago, Stewart won each of the first two races of the Chase, and we know that he has it in him to do it once again if the chips fall in the right places around him.

2013 Sprint Cup Odds @ SportBet Sportsbook (as of 7/4/13):
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Jimmy Johnson 1.75 to 1
Matt Kenseth 6.50 to 1
Kyle Busch 7 to 1
Kasey Kahne 9 to 1
Clint Bowyer 14 to 1
Carl Edwards 15 to 1
Kevin Harvick 15 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 16 to 1
Brad Keselowski 20 to 1
Jeff Gordon 20 to 1
Greg Biffle 22 to 1
Tony Stewart 25 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25 to 1
Joey Logano 35 to 1
Denny Hamlin 50 to 1
Jamie McMurray 55 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 100 to 1
Ryan Newman 100 to 1

Odds to Win 2013 Sprint Cup @ Bovada Sportsbook (as of 7/4/13):
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Jimmy Johnson 1.60 to 1
Matt Kenseth 6 to 1
Kyle Busch 7 to 1
Kasey Kahne 8 to 1
Clint Bowyer 12 to 1
Carl Edwards 15 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 15 to 1
Kevin Harvick 15 to 1
Greg Biffle 20 to 1
Brad Keselowski 20 to 1
Jeff Gordon 20 to 1
Tony Stewart 25 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25 to 1
Joey Logano 30 to 1
Denny Hamlin 50 to 1
Jamie McMurray 50 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 100 to 1
Ryan Newman 100 to 1

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

NASCAR betting fans, start your engines! We’ve got another year on tap for all of the best auto racing, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re going to have your NASCAR TV listings for every single race from green flag at Daytona all the way through the checkered flag at Homestead. Be sure to keep this page bookmarked, as we will be updating this page every week to tell you where you can see all of the great NASCAR TV coverage for all of the festivities involving the race weekends for all of the races this season!

NASCAR TV Schedule This Week: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Races On TV
Saturday, March 16th, 2:00 p.m. ET: Nationwide – Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 (ESPN2)
Sunday, March 17th, 1:15 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup – Food City 500 (FOX)

Nationwide Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 On TV – Only in NASCAR could you ultimately see Jeff Foxworthy’s name as a title sponsor… Alas, here we are at Bristol, and this is the 30th annual running of the Grit Chips 300. It should be an interesting race for sure, as some of the drivers that perhaps haven’t been around for quite as much time on the Nationwide circuit try their hand at the first short track race of the year. Kyle Busch is going to be the prohibitive favorite for the Saturday race at Bristol, knowing that he has had such a great start to the season on the Sprint Cup. Brad Keselowski already has last year’s Food City 500 title, and he would love to be able to sweep the races here at Bristol this season. Kevin Harvick figures to take the jump down to the Nationwide Series race this week as well. Brian Vickers has been a short track expert, and not only is he going to run for Nationwide this weekend, but he will try to qualify for his first Sprint Cup race of the year as well. Elliott Sadler is last year’s winner of this race. Richard Childress Racing has won the Jeff Foxworthys Grit Chips 300 five times since 2002, including last year with Sadler.

Sprint Cup Food City 500 On TV – If you like short tracks (and who doesn’t?), this is the race for you. There is always a ton of action here at Bristol, and we have seen drivers come back from multiple laps down to ultimately go on and win this race or place quite high as a result. This is the first run of the year on a short track, and the racing should be tight in these new Gen6 cars. It will be interesting to see how these new designs react to the high banks and the constant turns. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski have historically been awesome on the short tracks, as the two of them have had gobs of success at this track through the years. Others like Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have raced well over the course of the first few weeks of the year. Other short track drivers like Brian Vickers could be amongst those to be on the lookout for as well. Vickers finished in the Top 5 in both of the races last year at Bristol.

NASCAR On TV Next Week: Auto Club 400 (Auto Club Speedway, Fontana)

Week 3 of the NASCAR season is going to be a great one on March 10th, when the boys of the senior circuit head to Sin City to take to the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Join us for our 2013 Kobalt Tools 400 picks on the NASCAR odds.

Last year, the Kobalt Tools 400 came right down to the wire, but there were only a few drivers that really had any chance to come away with a victory. Tony Stewart (NASCAR Betting Odds: 12 to 1 @ SportBet.com) was the man who led almost half the laps in this race though, leading the pack to the start/finish line a whopping 127 times. It was the first win for Stewart here in Las Vegas, but in his 14 starts, he has had nine Top 10 finishes along with an average finishing position of 12.9. Now, Stewart is going to be starting in the ninth spot on Sunday, and he is sure to be a contender once again to claim this title.

Jimmie Johnson (Kobalt Tools 400 Odds: 6 to 1 @ SportBet.com) ended up as the runner up last year, and after his hot start to the 2013 NASCAR schedule, there is no doubt that JJ is going to be one of the top contenders once again in Sin City. Johnson was the Daytona 500 winner, and he followed that up by being the runner up last week in Phoenix. There is no doubt whatsoever that JJ is going to be a force to be reckoned with, and as long as he is hot, even if he is the favorite to win the race at just 6 to 1 as he is this weekend, he is a man that you have to at least think about betting.

2013 Kobalt Tools 400 Picks & Info
2013 Kobalt Tools 400 Date/Time: Sunday, March 10th, 2013, 3:15 (ET)
2013 Kobalt Tools 400 Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
2013 Kobalt Tools 400 TV/Broadcast Coverage – Network: FOX

The only man that led more than 35 laps at the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 was Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Odds To Win Kobalt Tools 400: 12 to 1 @ SportBet.com). Little E though, really hasn’t had all that much in the way of success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He has just two Top 5 finishes in his 13 races in Sin City, and he has an average finishing position of 16.3. Earnhardt Jr. only barely finished in the Top 10 in spite of the fact that he led 70 laps in that race. Here’s what we to like about the #88, though. He has a pair of Top 5 finishes on the season, and he really appears to have a good handle on how to run these Gen6 cars, something that a lot of other drivers haven’t quite figured out at this point.

1: Brad Keselowski
2: Clint Bowyer
3: Jimmy Johnson
4: Kasey Kahne
5: Greg Biffle
6: Denny Hamlin
7: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
8: Kevin Harvick
9: Tony Stewart
10: Jeff Gordon
11: Martin Truex Jr.
12: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13: Kyle Busch
14: Ryan Newman
15: Mark Martin
16: Carl Edwards
17: Paul Menard
18: Matt Kenseth
19: Marcos Ambrose
20: Jeff Burton
21: Joey Logano
22: Aric Almirola
23: Jamie McMurray
24: Kurt Busch
25: Juan Pablo Montoya
26: Bobby Labonte
27: Austin Dillon
28: Travis Kvapil
29: David Ragan
30: Casey Mears
31: David Gilliland
32: David Reutimann
33: Dave Blaney
34: Ken Schrader
35: JJ Yeley
36: Trevor Bayne
37: Danica Patrick
38: David Stremme
39: Michael McDowell
40: Scott Speed
41: Landon Cassill
42: Joe Nemechek
43: Josh Wise

The man that we are going to be taking a shot in the dark on this week is Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Kobalt Tools 400 Lines: 33 to 1 @ SportBet.com). Many think that Stenhouse Jr. can be this year’s edition of Brad Keselowski, coming out of nowhere to challenge for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup when push comes to shove. Stenhouse won last year’s Nationwide race here at Las Vegas, and he qualified well in seventh position. Stenhouse Jr. hasn’t finished in the Top 10 in either of the two races this year, but he has finished just outside of it in both outings, proving that with a split second better pit or one more good move, and he could be in Victory Lane. With the confidence of winning last year’s Nationwide Race though, there’s no reason to think that Stenhouse Jr. can’t at least contend in Sin City.

Odds to Win Kobalt Tools 400 @ Sportbet Sportsbook (as of 3/9/13):
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Jimmie Johnson 6 to 1
Brad Keselowski 9 to 1
Denny Hamlin 9 to 1
Kyle Busch 9 to 1
Carl Edwards 10 to 1
Matt Kenseth 10 to 1
Greg Biffle 11 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12 to 1
Tony Stewart 12 to 1
Jeff Gordon 14 to 1
Kasey Kahne 14 to 1
Kevin Harvick 14 to 1
Clint Bowyer 15 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 18 to 1
Mark Martin 20 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 33 to 1
Ryan Newman 40 to 1
Joey Logano 50 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 50 to 1
Jeff Burton 60 to 1
Kurt Busch 66 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 66 to 1
Paul Menard 66 to 1
Aric Almirola 100 to 1
Danica Patrick 100 to 1
Jamie McMurray 100 to 1
Austin Dillon 125 to 1
Trevor Bayne 150 to 1
David Ragan 250 to 1
David Reutimann 250 to 1
Landon Cassill 250 to 1
Bobby Labonte 300 to 1
Casey Mears 300 to 1
David Stremme 500 to 1
Dave Blaney 750 to 1
David Gilliland 750 to 1
JJ Yeley 750 to 1
Scott Speed 750 to 1
Travis Kvapil 750 to 1
Joe Nemechek 1,000 to 1
Josh Wise 1,000 to 1
Ken Schrader 1,000 to 1
Michael McDowell 1,000 to 1

Week 2 of NASCAR picks are back here at Bankroll Sports, and this week, we’re taking a look at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 odds and making our Phoenix picks for the upcoming NASCAR race.

The man that won the Daytona 500 last week is the man that is the favorite here across the country in Phoenix. Jimmy Johnson (Current Subway Fresh Fit 500 Odds: 11 to 2 at JustBet Sportsbook) is the runaway favorite at +550 to win the Subway Fresh Fit 500, and for good reason. He was a man on a mission at the Daytona 500 last week, and when that last restart occurred, there was no way that he was going to get run down. The No. 48 has been out of the championship loop for a couple of years, and at least if last week is any indication, that’s going to stop this year. Johnson has had a great history here at Phoenix as well, posting four wins in 19 races. That by itself is good enough to think that the Lowe’s Chevy can get to Victory Lane, but when parlayed with last week’s results in the Sunshine State, we know we’re getting a great price on one of NASCAR’s best drivers.

2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Picks & Info
2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Date/Time: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013, 3:15 (ET)
2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Location: Phoenix International Speedway, Phoenix, AZ
2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 TV/Broadcast Coverage – Network: FOX

The defending champ here at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 though, is Denny Hamlin (Subway Fresh Fit 500 Lines: 17 to 2 at JustBet Sportsbook). It was the first time Hamlin won the first race of the year in the desert in his career, but it wasn’t nearly the only time that he had a great run here at Phoenix International Raceway. Hamlin has seven Top 5 finishes and an average finish of 10.3 in 15 career races at this track. Hamlin had a decent run at Daytona, and many think that he is the driver to watch in this race and for the rest of the campaign.

Jeff Gordon (Odds to Win the Subway Fresh Fit 500: 13 to 1 at SportBet Sportsbook) is the only man that has won two Subway Fresh Fit 500s all-time, as he picked up the wins on this track both in 2007 and 2011. Gordon raced a lot better last week than a 20th place finish at the Daytona 500 suggests. It really was a good week for the Rainbow Warriors until the last few laps of the Daytona 500, and we have to think that that is going to end up carrying over into the desert. Gordon is an interesting man to try to bet at a great price like this one. There has to be at least a one in 10 chance that he gets to Victory Lane for the third time in the Spring race in Phoenix.

List Of Past Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winners
2012 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Denny Hamlin
2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Jeff Gordon
2010 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Ryan Newman
2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Mark Martin
2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Jimmie Johnson
2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Jeff Gordon
2006 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Kevin Harvick
2005 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winner – Kurt Busch

And then of course, there is the hot, fresh thing on the NASCAR circuit, Danica Patrick (Current Subway Fresh Fit 500 Odds: 75 to 1 at JustBet Sportsbook). Danica Mania has taken NASCAR by storm, and she proved last week that she really can race. Patrick takes a lot of flak for the fact that she only won one race at the INDY Car level, but we do have to remember that she had a slew of Top 5s and Top 10s before taking the jump to NASCAR. Is Patrick going to win in her first race at Phoenix? Of course she probably won’t. However, we have to remember that last week, it wasn’t just Patrick, but men like Aric Almirola that were contending at the death in Daytona. Starting from the pole at the Great American Race was one thing. Finishing in the Top 10 and being in the Top 5 until Lap 199 at Daytona is something totally different.

1: Mark Martin
2: Kasey Kahne
3: Jimmie Johnson
4: Kyle Busch
5: Jeff Gordon
6: Tony Stewart
7: Kevin Harvick
8: Denny Hamlin
9: Matt Kenseth
10: Ryan Newman
11: Brad Keselowski
12: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13: Clint Bowyer
14: Martin Truex Jr.
15: Carl Edwards
16: Paul Menard
17: Greg Biffle
18: Aric Almirola
19: Jamie McMurray
20: Jeff Burton
21: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
22: Marcos Ambrose
23: AJ Allmendinger
24: David Ragan
25: Kurt Busch
26: Dave Blaney
27: JJ Yeley
28: Scott Speed
29: Juan Pablo Montoya
30: Travis Kvapil
31: David Gilliland
32: Joey Logano
33: Bobby Labonte
34: David Reutimann
35: Mike Bliss
36: Josh Wise
37: David Stremme
38: Landon Cassill
39: Scott Riggs
40: Danica Patrick
41: Joe Nemechek
42: Ken Schrader
43: Casey Mears

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Odds @ SportBet Sportsbook (as of 3/3/13):
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Jimmie Johnson 5 to 1
Denny Hamlin 7 to 1
Kyle Busch 8.50 to 1
Brad Keselowski 10 to 1
Kevin Harvick 10 to 1
Matt Kenseth 12 to 1
Tony Stewart 13 to 1
Kasey Kahne 13 to 1
Jeff Gordon 13 to 1
Greg Biffle 16 to 1
Clint Bowyer 16 to 1
Carl Edwards 16 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 16.50 to 1
Mark Martin 22 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 22 to 1
Ryan Newman 33 to 1
Joey Logano 35 to 1

Odds To Win Subway Fresh Fit 500 @ JustBet Sportsbook (as of 3/3/13):
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Jimmie Johnson 5 to 1
Kyle Busch 5 to 1
Brad Keselowski 8 to 1
Denny Hamlin 9 to 1
Kasey Kahne 9 to 1
Kevin Harvick 10 to 1
Mark Martin 10 to 1
Jeff Gordon 12 to 1
Tony Stewart 12 to 1
Matt Kenseth 14 to 1
Carl Edwards 18 to 1
Clint Bowyer 18 to 1
Field (Any Other Driver) 22 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25 to 1
Greg Biffle 25 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 25 to 1
Ryan Newman 35 to 1
Joey Logano 50 to 1

The Great American Race is finally here! After months of waiting, the boys of NASCAR are finally back, and today, we’re going to be taking a look at the 2013 Daytona 500 odds and making our Daytona 500 race predictions and picks for what should be a remarkable start to the 2013 season.

The driver that everyone is going to be chasing after from the get go is the polarizing Danica Patrick (Current Daytona 500 Odds: 18 to 1 at Bovada Sportsbook). Love her or hate her, Patrick is going to be on the pole for the 500, and she is surely to be a fierce competitor. We have seen her win at the Indy Car level before, but never here with the big boys in the Sprint Cup. Patrick is the first woman to ever start on the pole for the Daytona 500, and she is trying to become the first woman to win it, too. Winning this race in her rookie season would be just about as shocking as when Trevor Bayne won the 2011 Daytona 500. It’s been tough to win from the pole at Daytona in the past, but at least Patrick knows that she is going to be leading all of the boys to the start/finish line on Sunday afternoon in the Great American Race, which is a heck of a lot better than where she could have been starting, if she had even qualified at all.

2013 Daytona 500 Picks & Info
2013 Daytona 500 Date/Time: Sunday, February 24th, 2013, 1:30 (ET)
2013 Daytona 500 Location: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
2013 Daytona 500 TV/Broadcast Coverage – Network: FOX

Last year’s champ of the 500 was Matt Kenseth (Current Daytona 500 Odds: 10 to 1 at 5 Dimes Sportsbook). Kenseth has had a great career here at Daytona, and he has already showed well at the Sprint Unlimited last weekend. He led 26 of the 75 laps, finishing in fifth place amongst the 19 drivers in the field. Kenseth has a pair of victories and a Budweiser Shootout victory to his name as well, and he is going to be a driver to watch for sure on the high banks of Daytona come Sunday afternoon for the Great American Race. Of course, do be aware that Kenseth only has an average finish of 19.8 in his 13 career 500s, but those two wins definitely speak loudly, especially since they have come in the last four years.

List Of Past Daytona 500 Winners (Since 2000)
2012 Daytona 500 Winner – Matt Kenseth (2)
2011 Daytona 500 Winner – Trevor Bayne
2010 Daytona 500 Winner – Jamie McMurray
2009 Daytona 500 Winner – Matt Kenseth
2008 Daytona 500 Winner – Ryan Newman
2007 Daytona 500 Winner – Kevin Harvick
2006 Daytona 500 Winner – Jimmie Johnson
2005 Daytona 500 Winner – Jeff Gordon (3)
2004 Daytona 500 Winner – Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
2003 Daytona 500 Winner – Michael Waltrip (2)
2002 Daytona 500 Winner – Ward Burton
2001 Daytona 500 Winner – Michael Waltrip
2000 Daytona 500 Winner – Dale Jarrett (3)

The one man that we haven’t spoken yet is the man that is favored to win the Daytona 500, Tony Stewart (Odds to Win the Daytona 500: 9 to 1 at Bovada Sportsbook). Stewart has never won the Great American Race, but he has come close on a number of instances. He has three Top 5 finishes and six Top 10s with an average finishing position of 17.9. Though none of that is particularly inviting, what does become interesting about Stewart is that he has won the Coke Zero 400 four times and has five Top 5 finishes. There really should be nothing all that different about the way the 400 is run from the 500 here at Daytona, save for the fact that it is later in the season and is a night race. The time might be here for the first owner/driver to get a win in the daylight at the Daytona 500.

1: #18 Danica Patrick
2: #24 Jeff Gordon
3: #29 Kevin Harvick
4: #4 Kyle Busch
5: #16 Greg Biffle
6: #5 Kasey Kahne
7: #42 Juan Pablo Montoya
8: #33 Austin Dillon
9: #48 Jimmy Johnson
10: #15 Clint Bowyer
11: #78 Kurt Busch
12: #20 Matt Kenseth
13: #14 Tony Stewart
14: #55 Mark Martin
15: #2 Brad Keselowski
16: #27 Paul Menard
17: #13 Casey Mears
18: #31 Jeff Burton
19: #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
20: #1 Jamie McMurray
21: #22 Joey Logano
22: #34 David Ragan
23: #47 Bobby Labonte
24: #9 Marcos Ambrose
25: #38 David Gilliland
26: #43 Aric Almirola
27: #87 Joe Nemechek
28: #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29: #26 Michael Waltrip
30: #7 Dave Blaney
31: #95 Scott Speed
32: #35 Josh Wise
33: #21 Trevor Bayne
34: #39 Ryan Newman
35: #11 Denny Hamlin
36: #99 Carl Edwards
37: #56 Martin Truex Jr.
38: #98 Michael McDowell
39: #32 Terry Labonte
40: #51 Regan Smith
41: #36 JJ Yeley
42: #83 David Reutimann
43: #93 Travis Kvapil

And then there’s the man that has a huge bone to pick after last year’s race, Jimmy Johnson (Current Daytona 500 Gambling Odds: 15 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). Johnson was wrecked on the second lap of last year’s Daytona 500, and as a result, he finished 42nd. It was one of the six DNFs that Johnson had last year, but it certainly wasn’t the trend for the whole season. Remember that JJ also had five wins, which is why he is back in the saddle as the favorite to win the Sprint Cup this season. Johnson came back to Daytona last season and had another DNF, finishing 36th at the Coke Zero 400, and you can bet that he wants to leave a lot better impression on his fans here at Daytona this season than he did last season. Don’t count out the idea of the No. 48 driving into Victory Lane on Sunday.

2013 Daytona 500 Odds Courtesy of 5 Dimes Sportsbook (as of 2/24/13):
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Kyle Busch 9 to 1
Matt Kenseth 9.50 to 1
Kevin Harvick 10.50 to 1
Tony Stewart 11 to 1
Jeff Gordon 13 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 14 to 1
Greg Biffle 14 to 1
Brad Keselowski 14.50 to 1
Denny Hamlin 16 to 1
Clint Bowyer 20 to 1
Jamie McMurray 20 to 1
Danica Patrick 20 to 1
Carl Edwards 23 to 1
Joey Logano 23 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 30 to 1
Ryan Newman 33 to 1
Jeff Burton 33 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 33 to 1
Mark Martin 40 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 50 to 1
Paul Menard 80 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 100 to 1
Michael Waltrip 100 to 1
Trevor Bayne 100 to 1
Austin Dillon 125 to 1
Regan Smith 125 to 1
Aric Almirola 160 to 1
David Ragan 185 to 1
David Reutimann 185 to 1
Casey Mears 225 to 1
Bobby Labonte 225 to 1
Joe Nemechek 225 to 1
Scott Speed 225 to 1
Terry Labonte 225 to 1
JJ Yeley 225 to 1
Travis Kvapil 225 to 1
David Gilliland 275 to 1
Dave Blaney 275 to 1
Josh Wise 275 to 1
Michael McDowell 275 to 1

Daytona 500 Prop Bets & Matchups Courtesy of 5 Dimes Sportsbook (as of 2/24/13):
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Winning Car Number Over 10.5 -560
Winning Car Number Under 10.5 +430

Winning Car Number Odds +155
Winning Car Number Event -175

Top 8 Driver Wins Daytona 500 -115
Bottom 35 Driver Wins Daytona 500 -105

Top 13 Driver Wins Daytona 500 -290
Bottom 30 Driver Wins Daytona 500 +245

Top 22 Driver Wins Daytona 500 -1800
Bottom 21 Driver Wins Daytona 500 +1150

Matt Kenseth Finishing Position Over 10.5 -120
Matt Kenseth Finishing Position Under 10.5 -110

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Finishing Position Over 12.5 +110
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Finishing Position Under 12.5 -140

Kyle Busch Finishing Position Over 12.5 +115
Kyle Busch Finishing Position Under 12.5 -145

Kevin Harvick Finishing Position Over 12.5 +140
Kevin Harvick Finishing Position Under 12.5 -170

Jeff Gordon Finishing Position Over 12.5 -115
Jeff Gordon Finishing Position Under 12.5 -115

Brad Keselowski Finishing Position Over 12.5 -125
Brad Keselowski Finishing Position Under 12.5 -105

Carl Edwards Finishing Position Over 14.5 -145
Carl Edwards Finishing Position Under 14.5 +115

Danica Patrick Finishing Position Over 22.5 -130
Danica Patrick Finishing Position Under 22.5 +100

Odds to Win 2013 Daytona 500 @ Bovada Sportsbook (as of 2/24/13):
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Tony Stewart 17 to 2
Kevin Harvick 9 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 to 1
Jeff Gordon 10 to 1
Kyle Busch 11 to 1
Matt Kenseth 11 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 14 to 1
Brad Keselowski 15 to 1
Kasey Kahne 15 to 1
Denny Hamlin 16 to 1
Greg Biffle 16 to 1
Danica Patrick 18 to 1
Clint Bowyer 20 to 1
Carl Edwards 22 to 1
Jamie McMurray 30 to 1
Jeff Burton 30 to 1
Joey Logano 30 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 30 to 1
Ryan Newman 33 to 1
Austin Dillon 40 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 40 to 1
Kurt Busch 40 to 1
Mark Martin 40 to 1
Paul Menard 45 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 45 to 1
Trevor Bayne 45 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 60 to 1
Michael Waltrip 66 to 1
Aric Almirola 80 to 1
Casey Mears 100 to 1
David Ragan 100 to 1
David Reutimann 100 to 1
Regan Smith 100 to 1
Bobby Labonte 150 to 1
Terry Labonte 150 to 1
David Blaney 200 to 1
David Gilliland 200 to 1
JJ Yeley 200 to 1
Joe Nemechek 200 to 1
Josh Wise 200 to 1
Michael McDowell 200 to 1
Scott Speed 200 to 1
Travis Kvapil 200 to 1

NASCAR betting fans: We’re back with another fantastic race this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, as 43 of the best drivers in the world look to make for great GEICO 400 picks and the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins!

2012 GEICO 400 Odds, Picks & Info
2012 GEICO 400 Date: Sunday, September 16th, 2012
2012 GEICO 400 Green Flag Time: 2:14 ET
2012 GEICO 400 Location: Chicagoland Speedway, Chicago, IL
2012 GEICO 400 Favorite: Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth (+800)
Defending GEICO 400 Champion: Tony Stewart
2011 GEICO 400 TV Coverage – Network: ESPN

Last year was one of the first times that we have seen a driver come from the Chase for the Sprint Cup to win the opening race of the Chase. The man that claimed that title was Tony Stewart (Odds to Win the GEICO 400: 17 to 2 at Bovada Sportsbook). The man they call “Smoke” is really getting disrespected as one of the middle of the road drivers on the odds to win the Sprint Cup, but he is surely going to be one of the favorites after winning here at Chicagoland last year. The problem that we have backing Stewart right now though, is that he only has one finish better than 19th since the August 5th Pennsylvania 400. The good news though, is that that solid finish came last week at the regular season ending Federated Auto Parts 400, so perhaps there is better coming here for Stewart as we start the postseason.

But of course, the man that is going to be the favorite here in the Windy City is Jimmie Johnson (Current GEICO 400 Odds: 11 to 2 at Bovada Sportsbook). The No. 48 hasn’t won at this track in his career, but he does have eight Top 10 finishes in his 10 career starts. There aren’t many drivers that are in the Chase that have all that much success at the GEICO 400, and we aren’t all that surprised that Johnson hasn’t done all that much either. However, he is still one of the drivers that has historically raced incredibly hard here in the opening few races in the Chase, and this could be yet another great time to back JJ to win this race.

List Of Past GEICO 400 Champions (Since 2000)
2011 GEICO 400 Winner: Tony Stewart
2010 GEICO 400 Winner: David Reutimann
2009 GEICO 400 Winner: Mark Martin
2008 GEICO 400 Winner: Kyle Busch
2007 GEICO 400 Winner: Tony Stewart
2006 GEICO 400 Winner: Jeff Gordon
2005 GEICO 400 Winner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
2004 GEICO 400 Winner: Tony Stewart
2003 GEICO 400 Winner: Ryan Newman
2002 GEICO 400 Winner: Kevin Harvick
2001 GEICO 400 Winner: Kevin Harvick

One of the men that the media is hyping up as a driver that could win the Chase for the Sprint Cup is Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (GEICO 400 Lines: 12 to 1 at Bovada Sportsbook). Little E isn’t exactly one of the immediate favorites to win the Sprint Cup or this race at Chicagoland, but he is going to be a force to be reckoned with. Unlike most of the other drivers in the Chase, at least Earnhardt Jr. knows how to get to Victory Lane here in the Windy City, having won here in 2005.

GEICO 400 Odds @ Bovada Sportsbook (as of 9/15/12):
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Jimmie Johnson 11 to 2
Denny Hamlin 15 to 2
Tony Stewart 17 to 2
Greg Biffle 9 to 1
Jeff Gordon 10 to 1
Matt Kenseth 10 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12 to 1
Kasey Kahne 13 to 1
Kyle Busch 13 to 1
Brad Keselowski 27 to 2
Carl Edwards 14 to 1
Kevin Harvick 16 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 20 to 1
Clint Bowyer 22 to 1
Mark Martin 22 to 1
Joey Logano 40 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 40 to 1
Ryan Newman 40 to 1
Jeff Burton 50 to 1
Paul Menard 50 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 66 to 1
Kurt Busch 66 to 1
Sam Hornish Jr. 66 to 1
Jamie McMurray 80 to 1
Regan Smith 125 to 1
Aric Almirola 150 to 1
Cole Whitt 150 to 1
Trevor Bayne 150 to 1
Bobby Labonte 300 to 1
Casey Mears 400 to 1
David Ragan 400 to 1
Scott Speed 500 to 1
Dave Blaney 750 to 1
David Gilliland 750 to 1
Joe Nemechek 750 to 1
Landon Cassill 750 to 1
Michael McDowell 750 to 1
Danica Patrick 800 to 1
David Stremme 800 to 1
JJ Yeley 800 to 1
Jason Leffler 1,000 to 1
Josh Wise 1,000 to 1
Mike Bliss 1,000 to 1
Reed Sorenson 1,000 to 1
Scott Riggs 1,000 to 1
TJ Bell 1,000 to 1
Travis Kvapil 1,000 to 1