Daytona 500 on 2009

February 11, 2009

1750cNASCAR betting kicks its season off with the legendary Daytona 500 on February 15 at venerable Daytona International Speedway, and online betting players looking over Daytona 500 odds should consider past winners, especially the stable at Hendrick Motorsports.

Three of Hendrick’s drivers have won the 500 (Jeff Gordon with three wins, while Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have one apiece), while Mark Martin lost by 0.02 seconds to Kevin Harvick in 2007. Expect all four racers to be near the top of the 2009 Daytona 500 odds.

23-year-old Kyle Busch leads Joe Gibbs Racing to the green flag as he looks to build on his eight-win campaign from 2008, but 28-year-old Denny Hamlin, who is actually the veteran of JGR now that Tony Stewart has started his own team. But most attention will probably go to 18-year-old Joey Logano, who is replacing Stewart in the #20 Home Depot Toyota. It would probably be best to avoid the young JGR team’s Daytona 500 odds odds, as restrictor-plate racing is a skill best honed by experience. Baca Lanjutanya..