NFL betting players who are revving up for the new season can warm up with some action on the racetrack, as the Sprint Cup series heads to Watkins Glen for the Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, which was won by Kyle Busch last year. This year’s winner is a driver that usually doesn’t offer good value, and he’ll get his first win on a road course.
Watkins Glen Odds – Sunday, August 9,
Tony Stewart (+450) and Jeff Gordon (+600) top all active drivers with four wins apiece at The Glen, but Stewart may be a better bet right now because of two reasons: Gordon hasn’t won here since 2001, and Stewart has reeled off an amazing nine top-10s in a row. Also, in the last two road races at The Glen and
Marcos Ambrose (+600) and Juan Pablo Montoya (+700) grew up racing sports and open-wheel cars on road courses, so they’ll definitely be in the mix. Ambrose won last year’s Nationwide race at The Glen and finished third in the Sprint Cup race at
Kyle Busch (+700) is the defending race-winner and is capable of going on a run, but he’s got only two top-10s in his last 10 races and is outside of the Chase cutoff. A better bet would be JGR teammate Denny Hamlin (+1500), who is coming off an emotional Pocono win, and he’s run inside the top 10 in all three of his trips to The Glen. Betting management players, he’s your man.
How often do you get three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson at +2000? For that reason alone, you should bet on him. Johnson’s never been known to do well on road courses, but he has four top-10s in seven races at The Glen, including a seventh-place run last year, and he came in fourth at Sonoma in June. This race was won by Kasey Kahne, who was a surprise, and Johnson would also be a surprise to some. I say it’s only a matter of time, and that time is now. Put Jimmie Johnson in your sports picks on Sunday.