The Super Bowl is behind us. The NCAA Tournament is still more than a month in front of us. The 2021 Daytona 500 is the event to fill the void.
It is the holiest of American racing days, even called The Great American Race, and it starts the NASCAR season in grand fashion. It’s like having the Super Bowl before the NFL season kicks off, and it’s this weekend.
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2021 Daytona 500 Odds
Betting on Daytona comes with odds listed for winning the race outright, as well as finishing in the top three.
- Denny Hamlin (+700/+230)
- Chase Elliott (+900/+300)
- Ryan Blaney (+1100/+350)
- Brad Keselowski (+1100/+350)
- Joey Logano (+1100/+350)
- Kevin Harvick (+1300/+450)
- Kyle Busch (+1400/+500)
- William Byron (+1400/+500)
- Aric Almirola (+1800/+550)
- Alex Bowman (+1800/+550)
- Kurt Busch (+1800/+550)
- Kyle Larson (+1800/+550)
- Martin Truex (+1800/+550)
There is simply no one as good at Daytona right now than Denny Hamlin. He is the two-time defending champion, and only once since 2014 has he failed to finish in the top four. There is no sure thing in racing or at Daytona, but Hamlin is as close as NASCAR has.
Looking at the rest of the top five on this list, only Joey Logano has a victory at Daytona, having won back in 2015. Elliott is the defending Cup Series champion, but he only finished 17th at the Daytona 500 last season.
He did, however, finish second at the Coke Zero 400 in August, which is also run at Daytona.
Others to Watch
He’s not on this list, but someone who could make some noise is Austin Dillon, paying +2500. He was the winner of the Daytona 500 in 2018, has seven top 10 finishes at Daytona, and is coming off a season with nine top 10 finishes.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was the pole winner at last year’s Daytona 500, and he led for the third-most laps before ending in 20th. He did win the Coke Zero 400 in 2017, so he has taken a checkered flag here, and he’s paying +2000 on Sunday.
If you’re looking for someone ready to make a big jump this season by getting off to a fast start, look at 23-year-old Cole Custer. He made it to last year’s postseason, finished in the top 10 seven times, and showed considerable improvement from when he raced at Daytona in February to when he raced it again in August.
He’s paying +4000 to win and +1000 to finish in the top three.
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