Daytona 500 Betting

Always the marquee event of the NASCAR season, this year’s edition of the Daytona 500 betting race should be as good as it’s been in years with a crop of top young drivers itching to dethrone the veteran guard. If you’ve never bet on Daytona 500 racing before, this is the year for you.

Daytona 500 betting officially gets underway on February 15th and what a valentine for anyone who likes to bet on Daytona 500 action it will be. In the week leading up to the main event there are several Daytona 500 betting warm up events which don’t count towards the NASCAR driving title, but are loads of fun to watch. These Gatorade Duels are short-track battles to the death and they make for a great Daytona 500 betting warm up.

Daytona 500 Roundups Daytona 500 Betting February 15th. Daytona 500 betting fans should strap on their seatbelts and get ready for a dog-fight in 2009.

But when the real bet on Daytona 500 racing action begins there is no mistaking the intensity of the event. Last year Kyle Busch shocked the Daytona 500 betting community with a performance which probably should have earned him the win if not for some late cautions which disrupted his run. He served notice to the Daytona 500 betting public that he was the real deal and he’ll be one of the race favorites in the bet on Daytona 500 odds.

Defending NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson and his teammates Little E and Jeff Gordon will also be drivers to watch in this year’s Daytona 500 betting, just as they are in every NASCAR race they enter.

One driver in the Daytona 500 betting mix that sort of falls between the cracks in terms of the old guard versus the new guard is Carl Edwards. Edwards wins races about as often as most people change their underwear but so far a driving title and a Daytona 500 betting title have eluded him. That could change this year.

Perhaps the most intriguing of the storylines entering the Daytona 500 betting will be the Joe Gibbs-Tony Stewart-Joey Logano triangle. Gibbs, the former Super Bowl winning coach, is also one of the most successful team owners in NASCAR and Daytona 500 betting history. Stewart, a former NASCAR driving champ has never tasted success at the Daytona 500 betting. He left Gibbs at the end of last year and will try and win his first bet on Daytona 500 event with is own team. However, his departure opened the door for Logano who is perhaps the most hyped rookie in Daytona 500 betting.

This year should make for some very interesting Daytona 500 betting action.