Daytona 500 betting preview: Keselowski leads odds

You have to hand it to the folks at NASCAR as they really know how to kick off their top series, the Monster Energy Cup, with a bang. The Super Bowl of stock car racing is the Daytona 500, also known as “the Great American Race,” and that kicks off the 2019 season from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday.

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

The co-favorite is Brad Keselowski at +800 even though he is looking for his first Daytona 500 victory. He did win the non-points Clash at Daytona last year but was then knocked out of the 500 in a multi-car crash. Keselowski completed 102 laps. Keselowski drives Team Penske’s No. 2 Ford. His best Daytona result was third in 2014. Keselowski has had a lot of success at the other restrictor-plate track on the circuit, winning five times at Talladega.

Joey Logano is also +800. He won the 2015 Daytona 500 on a green-white-checkered overtime restart. That restart came after a six-minute red-flag period caused by a Justin Allgaier crash. Logano in 2009 became the youngest-ever race winner in NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series history at age 19.