NASCAR Bets for this week

[Myron]

To win (Pinnacle)
Jeff Burton at 30/1 for 2 units
Dale Earnhardt Jr. at 14/1 for 2 units
Tony Stewart at 7/1 for 5 units
Field bet at 100/1 for 1 unit

To win (Olympic)
Jimmie Johnson to win at 15/1 (bet before qualifying)

Matchups:
Jeff Burton -150 over Waltrip (Olympic)
Ward Burton -120 over Todd Bodine (Olympic)
Dale Jarrett -140 over Ryan Newman (Olympic)
Dave Blaney -105 over Jerry Nadeau (Olympic)
Jeff Gordon -130 over Ryan Newman (WWTS)

 

[Myron]

Was pretty excited for a second but then I realized they did list Jamie McMurray at Pinnacle. Oh well.

Next race Martinsville. I look for Stewart to extend his lead in the points after the next race.

 

[djv]

Stewart is raceing very smart. I do look for him to win it. But what a tight race it is. All a guy has to do is finish 33rd or back. To one of the top 5 who wins. And he can go back to third place in a blink. Nascar is loving it. And now another rookie wins. Oh boy Nascar is just gett-en stronger. TV ratings are up. They will keep growing for at least a few more years. Then it will slow some like all things do. But they will have a huge fan base by then. Maybe a gain of 25% in next three to four years. Everything else in sports is slowing or just hoalding it's own. NCAA Buckets did have some growth this year but that's about it.

 

[Myron]

Atlanta is Bobby Labonte country. I believe he's won 50% of the races he's run there. For a longshot I'm wondering if Benson can make up for last week.

 

[sandwedge]

myron good thinking on bobby labonte. 5 wins, 9 top 5's out of last 13 races at atlanta. two of the races where he did not record a good finish he had blown engines. only negative is the 37th place finish in the spring race this year, i can't recall if that was just a poor run or if he had trouble. then again his whole year this year has been a disappointment so we have to decide whether past records or current form will prevail this week for him.
he did run awfully strong last week so i think he has a good shot.

with only 10-1 odds on him that i've seen i think i'll wait until after qualifying/hh to see what he looks like.

 

[Myron]

I've seen some 15-1 odds on him and did bet that.

 

[Myron]

From books that advertise on this site, Carib has Bobby Labonte at 15/1. And he does tend to qualify fairly well at the track so I expect his odds to go down after qualifying.