Boogity, boogity, boogity! Let’s go racing, bettors!
The 61st annual Daytona 500 is just around the corner, and when the green flag comes out on Sunday, the Great American Race will begin and the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season will be officially underway.
But which driver will take the checkered flag? According to the oddsmakers at BetOnline, Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer are the co-favorites at +700 and have an equal chance of celebrating in Victory Lane on Sunday.
Keselowski opened as the clear favorite at +800 in mid-January and Bowyer was listed at +1200 in the initial odds posting. Interestingly, neither driver has ever won the Daytona 500 with Keselowski’s best finish coming in 2014 with 3rd place and Bowyer’s best finish being 4th in 2009 and 2010.
Entering last year’s race at +5000, Austin Dillon managed to capture the checkered flag and win the 2018 Daytona 500 as a heavy underdog. This year, Dillon is listed at +3300.
The latest betting odds for the 2019 Daytona 500 and starting positions for each driver can be found below.
The 2019 Daytona 500 will be held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, and will be the first race on the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule. The drivers will start their engines on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m. ET, and the race can be watched on Fox or live streamed on the Fox Sports Go app.
Odds via BetOnline.
Betting Odds to Win the 2019 Daytona 500
- Brad Keselowski +700
- Clint Bowyer +700
- Joey Logano +800
- Kevin Harvick +1000
- Denny Hamlin +1000
- Chase Elliott +1200
- Kyle Busch +1200
- Aric Almirola +1400
- Martin Truex Jr +1400
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr +1400
- Ryan Blaney +1400
- Kurt Busch +1600
- Alex Bowman +2000
- Daniel Suarez +2000
- Jimmie Johnson +2000
- William Byron +2000
- Erik Jones +2200
- Paul Menard +2800
- Austin Dillon +3300
- Kyle Larson +3300
- Darrell Wallace Jr +4000
- Ryan Newman +4000
- Daniel Hemric +5000
- Matt DiBenedetto +6600
- Michael McDowell +6600
- Ryan Preece +6600
- Chris Buescher +8000
- David Ragan +8000
- Ty Dillon +10000
2019 Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
Row 1
1. William Byron, No. 9
2. Alex Bowman, No. 10
Row 2
3. Kevin Harvick, No. 4
4. Joey Logano, No. 22
Row 3
5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17
6. Clint Bowyer, No. 14
Row 4
7. Paul Menard, No. 21
8. Aric Almirola, No. 10
Row 5
9. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 95
10. Denny Hamlin, No. 11
Row 6
11. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19
12. Kurt Busch, No. 1
Row 7
13. Bubba Wallace, No. 43
14. Ryan Blaney, No. 12
Row 8
15. Chris Buescher, No. 37
16. Jamie McMurray, No. 40
Row 9
17. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48
18. Chase Elliott, No. 9
Row 10
19. Ryan Newman, No. 6
20. Austin Dillon, No. 3
Row 11
21. Ryan Preece, No. 47
22. Ty Dillon, No. 13
Row 12
23. Daniel Suarez, No. 41
24. David Ragan, No. 38
Row 13
25. Parker Kligerman, No. 96
26. Kyle Larson, No. 42
Row 14
27. Landon Cassill, No. 00
28. Erik Jones, No. 20
Row 15
29. Daniel Hemric, No. 8
30. Brendan Gaughan, No. 62
Row 16
31. Kyle Busch, No. 18
32. Corey LaJoie, No. 32
Row 17
33. Matt Tifft, No. 36
34. Michael McDowell, No. 34
Row 18
35. Brad Keselowski, No. 2
36. Ross Chastain, No. 15
Row 19
37. Cody Ware, No. 52
38. BJ McLeod, No. 51
Row 20
39. Tyler Reddick, No. 31
40. Casey Mears, No. 27