Joey Logano finished the 2018 season with six top-five finishes over his last 10 races such as wins at Martinsville and Homestead to fasten the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. Logano will begin his championship defense this Sunday at the Daytona 500.
The 2018 NASCAR Cup winner is going off at +800 on the 2019 Daytona 500 odds at sportsbooks tracked by OddsShark.com. Logano has finished in the top six at each of his last four appearances in the Daytona 500 including a fourth-place end this past year and a win in 2015.
Brad Keselowski is Logano’s co-favorite to acquire this race as he’s also going off in +800. Keselowski hasn’t enjoyed Logano’s recent success at Daytona; since finishing fourth in this race at 2013 and third in 2014, Keselowski has wrecked from each of his past four tries from the Daytona 500 to finish no better than 20th in those four races. He’s never won this event.
Right beneath the co-favorites on the plank at online betting sites is Kevin Harvick at +850 to win the Daytona 500. Harvick tied Kyle Busch (+1200 to triumph ) together with the most wins in the NASCAR Cup Series last year as both motorists finished with eight rebounds. In 17 career looks at the Daytona 500, Harvick includes six top-five finishes and one win back in 2017.
A handful of motorists are each heading off at +1100 to acquire this Sunday in Clint Bowyer, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Aric Almirola and Chase Elliott. Almirola and Elliott ended in fifth and sixth place respectively in the Cup Series last season. Denny Hamlin has enjoyed victory at Daytona with four top-five finishes in his last five appearances in this race including a win in 2016.
Rounding out the top contenders on the NASCAR chances to win this year’s Daytona 500 are Kurt Busch (+1500), Martin Truex Jr. (+1800) and Jimmie Johnson (+1800). Busch won this event in 2017 and Johnson is a yearlong winner with victories in 2006 and 2013. Truex Jr. won the NASCAR Cup Series in 2017 and finished runner around Logano final season.
