Top Sportsbooks
KOBALT TOOLS 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
ODDS – PREDICTIONS – 3/9/08
At the Atlanta 500, also known as the Kobalt Tools 500, starting position figures a little more prominently than it did last week in Vegas. Heading into last years race, winners came from the top 5 starting positions 42% of the time while coming from the top 10 positions 71% of the time. 71% is a significant number here and should be considered when handicapping and making picks for this race.
Looking for drivers with success in Atlanta when making your picks? How about Mark Martin. He’s finished 2, 3, 4, and 10th in the last 5 years. Other drivers with success in Atlanta would be Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards. Juan Montoua came in 5th last year.
If you’re looking for a manufacturer edge, Chevy has won 9 of the last 15 races here. So, from Our handicapping so far in just a few paragraphs, we know we want to look closely any Chevy with a top 10 starting position driven by one of the drivers we named above. See how easy making your own NASCAR picks can be!
Our Match up picks will be posted the morning of the race, which in this case is Sunday. The odds to win the Kobalt Tools Atlanta 500 are posted below. Carl Edwards is the current favorite, listed at 5-1 odds followed by Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson at 6-1
Also, be sure to bookmark Our NASCAR PICKS page here on Bettorsworld as we’ll have you covered for each and every race this season.
3/9/08 ATLANTA 500 PICKS
These Match Ups can be found at 5dimes.com
Jimmie Johnson -125 over Jeff Gordon – We’ll give Johnson a try here. He has won the last two times in Atlanta and has a 2nd place and 6th place finish as well. He has beaten Gordon 3 of the last 4 at this track and 3 of the last 4 races overall.
Jeff Burton -110 over Clint Bowyer – What’s not to like about this play. Burton has beaten Bowyer the last 4 races at this track as well as the last 4 races overall. He’s in the all important 7th pole position compared to Bowyers 23rd (71% of the winners here come from top 10) The price is right.
Just two plays this week. There are other plays we like but the price was just too high.
These Match Ups can be found at 5dimes.com
ODDS COurTEST OF 5dimes.com
KOBALT TOOLS ATLANTA 500 ODDS
Carl Edwards 5 – 1
Jeff Gordon 6 – 1
Jimmie Johnson 6 – 1
Matt Kenseth 7 – 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr 8 – 1
Kyle Busch 10 – 1
Tony Stewart 10 – 1
Greg Biffle 12 – 1
Kasey Kahne 18 – 1
zx Field (Any Other Driver) 20 – 1
Martin Truex Jr 20 – 1
Kurt Busch 20 – 1
Denny Hamlin 20 – 1
Kevin Harvick 30 – 1
Jeff Burton 30 – 1
Clint Bowyer 30 – 1
Ryan Newman 35 – 1
Casey Mears 40 – 1
Mark Martin 40 – 1
Elliott Sadler 60 – 1
Jamie McMurray 60 – 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 75 – 1
JJ Yeley 100 – 1
Sam Hornish Jr 100 – 1
Travis Kvapil 100 – 1
Dario Franchitti 100 – 1
Scott Riggs 100 – 1
Reed Sorenson 100 – 1
Robby Gordon 100 – 1
Paul Menard 100 – 1
Bobby Labonte 100 – 1
David Gilliland 100 – 1
David Ragan 100 – 1
Dave Blaney 100 – 1