How Las Vegas Sees the Daytona 500

[Leafsfan1967]

Dale jr at 12:1 a safe bet? LOL!!! Maybe for the house? Another good shot is Kenseth at 30:1

I'll put another $200 Monopoly money on him at 30:1

[Leafsfan1967]

Burton at 25:1, and Allmendinger at 40:1 are worth a shot. Both Johnson, and Gordon at 12:1 are safe bets for me, but I'm gonna lay down an imaginary $500 bet down on Jamie McMurray at 10:1 for the win. I'm using Monopoly money, though! LOL!!

[Trocat]

I like Jeff Burton at 25-1

[jsab4807]

AJ at 40-1 is pretty shocking considering he's always run well in the 500. If I was a betting man (which I am, just not on racing), I'd put at least $5-$10 on AJ.

[ranbethscards]

Here are the odds on key drivers:

The favorite to win: Harvick 6-1

Kyle Busch 8-1
Stewart 8-1

McMurray 10-1 (last years winner)

Dale Jr 12-1 (considered a "safe" bet)
Hamlin 12-1
Johnson 12-1 (considered a "safe" bet)
Gordon 12-1

Edwards 15-1
Kurt Busch 15-1

Martin 20-1
Logano 20-1

Burton 25-1

Kenseth 30-1
Kahne 30-1
Biffle 30-1
Newman 30-1

and the list of "why are you entering?" include:

Allmendiger 40-1

Keselowski 50-1

Ambrose 60-1

Bobby Labonte 100-1

and the long long long shot: David Gilliland 1000-1

If you're going to Vegas and you are betting on Harvick or one of the "safe" bets, why not throw a dollar or two on Gilliland? Worst case scenario you will loss a dollar or two.....on the "holy crap he won!" side you will end up with $1K or $2K.
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