Feb 16, 2020 The Pick for the 2020 Daytona 500 is Finally, it’s time for the pick. The favorite pick to win certainly should be Kyle Busch. He has never won the Daytona 500 and is sitting deep in the field but with +1000 odds and winning the Cup Series championship last season, the Las Vegas native could find his way to victory lane. Feb 17, 2020 Feb 17, 2020, 03:05 PM EST. The updated betting odds for Monday afternoon's Daytona 500 peg the following drivers as the favorites to win: Denny Hamlin (odds: 10-1), Joey Logano (odds: 10-1), Kyle Busch (odds: 10-1). The odds shifted a bit after the race went 20 laps on Sunday before getting rained out.
The Daytona 500 is on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET, and will air live on FOX. It will be the 62nd running of the event, and it is the first race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. claimed pole position in Sunday's qualifying lap, and Alex Bowman has the second spot at the start of the race. However, no pole winner has won the Daytona 500 since Dale Jarrett in 2000.
What is the Daytona 500?
The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile long race that has become the season-opening race of the NASCAR Cup series.
According to NASCAR's official website, the Daytona 500 has opened the NASCAR season every February since 1982 and is one of two Cup Series races held yearly at Daytona. This year, for the first time, Daytona's second NASCAR race will be the regular-season finale.
Who is favored to win the Daytona 500?
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Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott and defending champion Denny Hamlin are the favorites to win, with odds set at 10-1, according to VegasInsider.com.
Who won last year's Daytona 500?
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Hamlin, who drives Toyota, won the 2019 Daytona 500. It was his second win in four years, and an emotional win for Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin dedicated the race and the season to J.D. Gibbs, Joe Gibbs' eldest son, who died in early 2019 after battling a degenerative neurological disease.
Odds For Daytona 500 2020
Richard Petty has seven Daytona 500 wins, the highest number. Cale Yarborough has four wins. Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin are the only active drivers with multiple victories -- two.