{"id":119936,"date":"2019-11-17T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=119936"},"modified":"2019-11-17T09:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T17:12:39","slug":"nascar-championship-oddsmakers-say-its-anybodys-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nascar-championship-oddsmakers-say-its-anybodys-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Oddsmakers Say It\u2019s Anybody\u2019s Race as Final Four Compete for the NASCAR Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four drivers are still alive in the hunt for the NASCAR championship this Sunday, and according to oddsmakers, there\u2019s no choosing a favorite between the remaining contenders.<\/p>\n

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Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex, Jr., and Kyle Busch (seated left to right) will compete for the NASCAR Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway this Sunday. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the SugarHouse Casino<\/a> Sportsbook, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. are each being given +250 odds of winning the title, with little to choose from between the four drivers.<\/p>\n

Top Finisher Will Win NASCAR Championship<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The NASCAR Championship will go to the one of the four drivers who finishes highest in Sunday\u2019s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. That means that technically speaking, nobody has to win the race in order to become the champion \u2013 though most expect that the winner will come from the Championship 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the four best teams, the four best drivers this season are in the final four,\u201d Truex told NASCAR.com on Thursday\u2019s media day. \u201cYou\u2019re going to have to win this thing, no question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oddsmakers agree, making the four playoff survivors<\/a> the co-favorites to win the race outright as well. SugarHouse has given each of the contenders +325 odds of taking the checkered flag; Kyle Larson is the next most likely winner at +800.<\/p>\n

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Not everyone thinks all four drivers are coming into the season finale with equal chances, however. Much has been made of the fact that three of the remaining contenders drive Toyotas for Joe Gibbs Racing, while Harvick is alone as the only Stewart-Hass Racing car, as well as the only Ford. Harvick, however, is downplaying the significance of that distinction.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t basketball,\u201d Harvick told Yahoo Sports. \u201cThis is car racing, and with that comes the internal politics of how do you manage those three crew chiefs, and drivers, and the things that come with everyone wanting to win that same race\u2026that\u2019s not something we\u2019ve had to deal with at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Busch Hunting for Second Title<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For Busch, Sunday will be an opportunity to earn a second NASCAR championship, something he\u2019s been pining for since he won his first title in 2015.<\/p>\n

If I end with one, that\u2019s gonna suck,\u201d <\/strong>Busch told USA Today. \u201cIf I can only get two, eh, whatever. But three, four, five \u2013 I think five\u2019s still achievable. But when you get to this final race in this moment, the championship format the way that it is, and five years in a row and you only come away with one, that gets pretty defeating.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, there\u2019s Hamlin, who came back from the dead to qualify for the Championship 4 by winning last week in Phoenix. His dramatic victory in a win-or-go-home situation has Hamlin feeling loose heading into Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already won Homestead,\u201d Hamlin told reporters. \u201cWe won Homestead last week. That was our win-or-go-home race. We performed at an incredibly high level\u2026we have now a free weekend to go out there and have fun and keep doing what we\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamlin will have the slightest of advantages heading into Sunday, as he gets to start on the pole. He\u2019ll be followed by Harvick, Truex, and Busch, giving the four drivers in the NASCAR championship hunt the opportunity to get off to a clean start. Though it\u2019s all but certain that there will be a few twists and turns on Sunday before a winner is crowned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four drivers are still alive in the hunt for the NASCAR championship this Sunday, and according to oddsmakers, there\u2019s no choosing a favorite between the remaining contenders. 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