For the winner of this weekend’s biggest race of the NASCAR year, the Daytona 500, look no further than the Chevrolet drivers. In the last 10 Daytona races, the score reads Chevrolet 8 – the rest (Ford & Dodge) 2, and if we take in Taladega (the only other restrictor plate track), the score reads 21 to 3 in the Chevy dealership’s favour. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make finding the winner much easier, as there are still a host of Chevrolet drivers who can win this week.


Of those, Dale Earnhardt Jr. must have a great chance to win, and he’s been popular with bettors at 9/2 here at bet365. His car is slow by itself, but when other cars are around it goes pretty well, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him near the front all the way to the line, with his team mate Martin Truex next to him. The Hendrick team has three strong candidates led by defending 500 champion Jeff Gordon (9/2), Jimmie Johnson
(8/1) and Kyle Busch (20/1). Gordon has had all the past success, but Johnson is the driver who looks more likely to burst out this week. Kyle Busch’s car is very fast, but his restrictor plate races last year were awful so, until we see that he’s learned from that experience, we’ll leave him alone for betting purposes.


A couple of Chevrolet drivers who can be considered long-shots this week are Bill Elliot and Sterling Marvin at 33/1 and 50/1 respectively. Both of these drivers are likely to be in the front pack for much of the race, and that’s all you can ask for when considering a bet this weekend. As past 500 winners, with fast cars powered by Hendrick Motorsports, these two drivers could easily make it interesting down the stretch for their backers.


Nigel’s Checkered Flag … Dale Earnhardt Jr @ 9/2 / Bill Elliott @ 33/1 (Each-way, ¼ odds, 1.2.3)


bet365 latest Daytona 500 prices … Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon 9/2, Tony Stewart 11/2, Jimmie Johnson 8/1, Dale Jarrett 14/1, others on

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