Logano, Keselowski Share Best Odds to Win Coke Zero Sugar 400
Following a high-speed, rain-delayed race at Chicagoland Speedway, the Dragon Energy NASCAR Cup Series continues its pedal to the metal Strategy in Daytona International Speedway this Saturday night in the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Alex Bowman earned his first Cup series victory last week and he’s +1800 odds to replicate, however, it is Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski with odds of +700 who top the oddsboard.
Intertops includes Logano and Keselowski since the favorites at +700 followed by Denny Hamlin in +1000, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick at +1100 and Kurt Busch, Ryan Blaney and Clint Bowyer in +1400 to round out the leading drivers on the oddsboard.
Standout Stats
Ford has won five of the last 10 races at Daytona and Toyota has won three runnings during that interval, including the last two in a row, while Chevrolet has just two victories.
There has not been a repeat winner in this course since Jimmie Johnson did thus in the two races in 2013. Denny Hamlin looks to become the latest driver to perform it won the Daytona 500 in February.
Just once over the past 17 races at Daytona has the winner started on the pole which was Dale Earnhardt Jr. at 2015. The typical starting place for the driver who carried the checkered flag during that span was 12.53.
Alex Bowman (+1800) picked up the first checkered flag of his Cup series career last week at Chicagoland and has had good qualifying rate at Daytona recently. He has started first or second in each of the last three runnings at this course, but has finished 10th or worse, therefore until he can come across the same rate from the race, I’ll stay away.
Logano (+700) has had better success during the Daytona 500 than he’s at the midseason race in this track. In the 500, he has an average finish position of 13.28, including winning in 2015, but he has an average finish position of 21.2 in the July race and has dropped in each of the past two runnings.
Keselowski (+700) has had a string of terrible luck at Daytona recently, having dropped in four of the last five races but six races back in this course, he drove to victory lane. He has five wins at Talladega, another restrictor-plate monitor, so that he knows how to compete in those races. Look for him to be at the hunt Saturday night.
Kyle Busch (+1100) less a favorite seems to be an automatic wager, but Daytona has gotten the better of him for most of his career. Busch won the July race in 2008, marking the only time he has driven to victory lane at Daytona, and he’s just three top-five finishes there over the past 14 races, however he had been the most runner-up in this year’s Daytona 500.
I’ve been evaporating Kevin Harvick (+1100) all season long as he had not shown evidence of his former leading self before last week. He seemed powerful at Chicagoland, leading 132 of the 267 laps, but ultimately finished 14th. Harvick has crashed in four of the five races in Daytona since switching to Ford at 2017 but he led multiple laps in three of those runnings. Assuming that he keeps his nose clean, this could be a fantastic place for Harvick.
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