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2008 NASCAR Preseason Thunder At
Daytona
2008 Daytona 500 - February 17, 2008
Daytona International Speedway
50th Anniversary Race!
The 2008 Nascar season includes 36 races
starting with the 50th running of the Daytona
500 on Sunday, February 17th at Daytona
International Speedway. The 2008 season also
marks NASCAR's 60th year of stock car racing. |
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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, and for the right
to say that they one a big race in Daytona.
Daytona is also the location of NASCAR headquarters.
The track at Daytona Speedway is 2.5 miles long and
is a tri-oval super speedway. The Sprint Cup series
racers will be back for the July Daytona race, the
Pepsi 400. NASCAR Nationwide Series fans can check
out their favorite stock car racers here in February
for the Orbitz 300 and in July for the Winn Dixie
250 presented by PepsiCo. Also in February, the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will host the Chevy
Silverado HD 250.
Since 1959, Daytona International Speedway has
hosted the Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race, now the
culmination of an action-packed, exciting two-week
long festival of speed for NASCAR fans known simply
as Speedweeks. In early July, Daytona Speedway hosts
the night-time running of the Pepsi 400 Nextel Cup
race.
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 Bodog 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.
This page displays
2008 Daytona 500 Odds and up to
date for you. Every day this page will update and
you will be able to see the current Daytona 500
odds right here. If there is a nascar driver that
stands out that you would like to place a bet on,
you can click on any of the
Daytona 500 betting
odds.
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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.
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.
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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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