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Another Season Revs Up -
Starting with Daytona
DAYTONA 500 - Sunday February 17,
2008
Daytona
International Speedway
Location: Daytona, FL
Date: February 17, 2008
Kick off the 2008 NASCAR season in style with
Daytona 500 betting odds
for the 50th running of the Great American Race. |
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The Daytona 500 is to racing what the Super Bowl is to
football. It's the ultimate race, and winning it instantly
makes you a legend.
As NASCAR continues to receive national media coverage with
increasing betting interest, bettors gambling on this events
will only continue to rise.
Three drivers lead the pack
as early favorites to win the 2008 Daytona 500. Defending
Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick
Motorsports Teammates Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
are all listed as 5/1 favorites to win the 50th running of
the Great American Race. 2008 will be Earnhardt Jr.'s
first year with Hendrick Motorsports after leaving DEI at
the conclusion of the 2007 season.
If Johnson, Gordon or Earnhardt Jr. were able to win the
2008 Daytona 500, bettors would win $5 for everyone $1 bet
on the winning driver.
Tony Stewart at 7/1 odds to win and Kurt Busch at 12/1
odds to win, round out the top 5 favorites. In all, 33
individual drivers are listed with paying odds to win
according to oddsmakers. The "Field" odds which include
every driver not listed with individual odds is currently
paying 30/1. There will be 43 cars in the 2008 Daytona
500.
2008 Daytona 500 Betting Tips
The Granddaddy
The 200-lap, 500 mile Daytona 500 race is run at the Daytona
International Speedway in Florida. The Speedway was opened
in 1959 and the Daytona 500 has been held there every year
since. and it has grown into one of the most prestigious
races on the NASCAR schedule. The season's first race often
sets the tone for how the rest of the season is going to
run.
The Daytona 500 is the hottest
NASCAR Race of the year! The Daytona 500 marks the beginning
of another year of great NASCAR action. All of the greatest
NASCAR racers find their way to Daytona Motor Speedway in
Daytona, FL for this great race with hopes to set the pace
for a great winning year.
Daytona Race Facts here
Daytona 500
Daytona International
Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona
Beach.
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NASCAR is one of North America's most popular betting forms of entertainment. That's no small statement considering what
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Betting Tips and rules for
Daytona 500
To Follow
1)
Park away from the Speedway.
The parking is cheaper and the after-race traffic will thin
out as you walk back to your car.
2)
Choose your vantage point. Take to the grandstands for
relative serenity, the infield for rowdiness.
3)
Entering rules. Grandstand fans may take in only one
small, soft-sided cooler and a clear tote bag. If you're a
pack mule, go for the infield.
To
AVOID
1)
Plan your day ahead of time. Know when the races start
and finish, and stay home during peak traffic.
2)
Shop by phone. Merchants near the Speedway recommend
calling ahead for quick shopping.
3)
Dine in, On Race weakend. Leave local restaurants for
the tourists this weekend. Stay home if you like a quiet
dinner.
Ryan Newman wins 2008 Daytona 500
| Ryan Newman Wins the 50th Running of
Daytona 500, Giving Roger Penske Long-Awaited 500
Win. Roger Penske picked up his elusive Daytona
500 victory, a $1 million bonus and a new challenge
pairing the race he just conquered with the one that
means the most to him. |
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The driver with the 81-race winless streak took
NASCAR's biggest prize. He outran a pack that included
Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr., all of
whom had thousands of supporters wearing their T-shirts
and caps.
The 30-year-old Newman had 11 wins before Sunday, but
there weren't many people wearing anything with No. 12
on it.
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Daytona 500 History |
The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. In stock car racing, it is the most important race of the year. Not only is Daytona NASCAR's biggest race, it is also the circuit's first race of the year; this phenomenon is virtually unique in sports. Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500
have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indy 500. The event is also known as "The Super Bowl of NASCAR" and "The Great American Race."
The race is the direct successor of a race that was held on Daytona Beach itself; however, the Daytona 500 proper has been held at the Daytona International Speedway since its inaugural run.
Lee Petty, founder of a famous racing family whose most renowned member was his son Richard, won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959 defeating Johnny Beauchamp in a highly unusual incident. Petty and Beauchamp were lapping the lapped car of Joe Weatherly at the finish, when officials initially called Beauchamp the winner as the cars crossed the line. After reviewing photographs and video of the finish, on February 25, 1959, after three days of review, the call was reversed, and Petty won the first Daytona 500.
Richard Petty won the race a record seven times. It holds the record for the most cars crashed at once, 38, on February 13, 1960, on the second lap in a 73-car Sportsman 250-mile race. (An April 2003 race at Talladega Superspeedway had a 27-car crash which, percentagewise,
was the most cars crashed at once, and the modern era record.)
Qualifying is unique at Daytona for the 500, as teams actually must race their way into the Daytona 500 field, instead of taking qualifying laps. The first row is set by one round of qualifying, normally one week before the race. The remainder of the field is set by qualifying races (125 miles until 2004; 150 miles beginning in 2005).
It was the first 500-mile auto race to be televised in its entirety, when CBS did it in 1979, and continued until 2000. Since 2001, the race has alternated between FOX and NBC under the terms of the current $2.48 billion NASCAR television contract. FOX Sports will broadcast the race on its own starting in 2007. |
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