NASCAR Budweiser Shootout Odds: Kevin Harvick sits as the Favorite
Friday, February 17, 2012
by Bovada sportsbook
Kurt Busch is the defending champion, but Kevin Harvick sits as the oddsmakers' favorite for Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Bet on NASCAR today with Bovada Sportsbook.
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The Bud Shootout is NASCAR's annual kickoff event, giving the series' drivers a tuneup for the following weekend's Daytona 500. No standings points are awarded for the Bud Shootout, just cash and the prestige that goes along with beating the rest of the field.
Harvick opened as the 9/1 favorite at Bovada Sportsbook to win the Bud Shootout on Saturday night; even though he finished back in seventh place in the 75-lap race last season, he was the champion at the event in both 2009 and 2010.
If you like Kurt Busch's chances of repeating as the Bud Shootout winner this weekend his odds are a little more lucrative – he's at 14/1. That has him behind his brother Kyle Busch and each of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, and Jeff Gordon, who are all at 10/1.
As well, Jimmie Johnson sits at 11/1 odds, and Tony Stewart is pegged at 12/1 odds.
Stewart, Gordon, and Earnhardt Jr. each have multiple Bud Shootout victories on their resumes; Stewart has three (2001, 2002, 2007), while Gordon (1994, 1997) and Earnhardt Jr. (2003, 2008) have two each.
Johnson won the Bud Shootout in 2005. Denny Hamlin, at 15/1 odds to win this year along with Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, and Brad Keselowski, won the event in 2006.
Jamie McMurray, who finished second to Kurt Busch at the race last season, is then at 18/1 odds, followed at 20/1 odds by Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, and Matt Kenseth.
Ryan Newman, third last year at the Bud Shootout, is then grouped as one of the longshots in the 25-man field at 25/1 odds to drive away with the win on Saturday in a race that has two segments (25 laps, then 50 laps) and 187.5 total miles.
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