{"id":4808,"date":"2009-07-02T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/daytona-odds-look-for-junior-in-victory-lane\/"},"modified":"2009-07-02T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T21:53:00","slug":"daytona-odds-look-for-junior-in-victory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/daytona-odds-look-for-junior-in-victory-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytona Odds &#8211; Look For &quot;Junior&quot; In Victory Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/tennis\" title=\"Wimbledon finals betting\">Wimbledon finals betting<\/a>&nbsp;is sure to take some of the spotlight this weekend, but look out for fireworks on Saturday night, when the Sprint Cup series head to legendary Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400. Kyle Busch won last year and is one of the favorites again, but one of Daytona&#8217;s favorite sons will return for a much-needed win under the lights.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Daytona Odds &#8211; Saturday, July 4, <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:time Hour=\"19\" Minute=\"30\"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>7:30 PM ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Busch is rated at +700 to repeat at the Coke Zero 400, a feat last achieved by Tony Stewart in 2005 and 2006. The No.18 driver is coming off an eventful seventh-place run at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>New   Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in which he caused a big accident on one of the double-file restarts. He may have some problems finding <span class=GramE>people to draft with him, which is<\/span> essential to success at restrictor-plate tracks like Daytona, as well as <st1:City><st1:place>Talladega<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. However, he has three top-fives in four Daytona summer races, so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payperhead.com\" title=\"betting software\">betting software<\/a>&nbsp;will obviously have his back.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speaking of Stewart, the <span class=GramE>points<\/span> leader also has Daytona odds of +700 after finishing fifth at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>New   Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The No.14 driver has five top-10s in 10 Daytona summer races, including his back-to-back wins, and it seems that only a big wreck will derail the Stewart train.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hendrick<\/span><\/font><\/span> will be running at the front as Jeff Gordon (+800), Jimmie Johnson (+950) and Mark Martin (+1500) are all experienced plate-rack drivers. Gordon has three wins in this race, and six all-time at Daytona, and he would have beaten rookie Joey <span class=SpellE>Logano<\/span> at <st1:State><st1:place>New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> if not for the rain showers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>However, the <span class=SpellE>Hendrick<\/span> driver to watch out for when making your <a href=\"http:\/\/bettorsedge.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"sports picks\">sports picks<\/a>&nbsp;is Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is the Daytona betting favorite at +650. Earnhardt Jr. <span class=GramE>won<\/span> this race in 2001, which was the first race at Daytona since his father died in the 500 at the beginning of the season. His finishing average of 12.4 in nine Daytona summer races is fourth among active drivers, but the guys in front of him (David Ragan, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch) have combined to make nine summer trips to the 2.5-mile <span class=SpellE>superspeedway<\/span>. He&#8217;s arguably the best plate racer in NASCAR, and despite a disappointing 27<sup>th<\/sup>-place finish in the 500, Earnhardt Jr. <span class=GramE>won<\/span> one of the qualifying duels, and he finished second at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Talladega<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Take &#8220;Junior&#8217;s&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/daytona-betting-1196.aspx\" title=\"Daytona odds\">Daytona odds<\/a>&nbsp;this weekend. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wimbledon finals betting&nbsp;is sure to take some of the spotlight this weekend, but look out for fireworks on Saturday night, when the Sprint Cup series head to legendary Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400. Kyle Busch won last year and is one of the favorites again, but one of Daytona&#8217;s favorite sons will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/daytona-odds-look-for-junior-in-victory-lane\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Daytona Odds &#8211; Look For &quot;Junior&quot; In Victory Lane<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}