Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton’s fight took place Sunday (11/07/2010) at Texas Motor Speedway – Jeff Gordon attacked Jeff Burton, shoving and pushing him after Burton crashed Gordon during a caution period.

Tony Stewart’s was blessed with an abundance of good luck and lead the final 20 laps at Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Danica Patrick held on for a little more than half the race. It took her a few laps to get a good feel for the draft and she appeared to be handling herself well. The fun didn’t last the whole race though. Patrick,s No. 7 Chevrolet was damaged beyond repair on Lap 68 of 120 in a 12-car wreck off Turn 4 that began with contact between the No. 16 Ford of Colin Braun and the No. 61 Ford of Josh Wise.

Here is the complete 2010 Drive4COPD 300 Race Results:
Pos St No Driver Make Status
1. 32 4 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Running
2. 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford Running
3. 4 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Running
4. 12 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge Running
5. 7 32 Brian Vickers Toyota Running
6. 43 98 Paul Menard Ford Running
7. 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota Running
8. 11 1 James Buescher * Chevrolet Running
9. 8 38 Kasey Kahne Toyota Running
10. 13 66 Steve Wallace Toyota Running
11. 28 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge Running
12. 18 15 Michael Annett Toyota Running
13. 20 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet Running
14. 24 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge Running
15. 39 09 Scott Riggs Ford Running
16. 19 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Running
17. 26 24 Eric McClure Ford Running
18. 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Running
19 37 11 Brian Scott Toyota Running
20. 42 275 Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet Running
21. 36 102 Danny Efland Chevrolet Running
22. 40 89 Morgan Shepherd Toyota Running
23. 5 21 John Wes Townley Chevrolet Running
24. 25 81 Michael McDowell Dodge Running
25. 27 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet Running
26. 31 27 Greg Biffle Ford In Pit
27. 33 05 Jeff Green Chevrolet Running
28. 23 01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet In Pit
29. 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Running
30. 16 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota Running
31. 30 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Running
32. 14 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford Running
33. 22 10 Jason Leffler Toyota In Pit
34. 9 16 Colin Braun* Ford In Pit
35. 15 7 Danica Patrick* Chevrolet In Pit
36. 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford Running
37. 41 31 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Running
38. 38 148 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Running
39. 29 61 Josh Wise Ford Running
40. 21 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet In Pit
41. 17 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota Running
42. 34 104 Brad Teague Chevrolet In Pit
43. 35 41 Chrissy Wallace Chevrolet In Pit

Jimmie Johnson holds off Kevin Harvick to take the win by inches and Max Papis gains a spot in the Daytona 500.

Meg carjacks Brian and thinks about going to China to watch some NASCAR.

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The popularity of NASCAR has become so big that the world of sports gambling has taken notice to the once good o’l boy sport. Wagering on NASCAR events has grown at a huge rate. One of the biggest reasons is that NASCAR betting has taken off is that its one of the easiest to learn.

Race betting has three types of bet a gambler can make on any given NASCAR race.
1. Bettors can pick a driver to win.
2. Wager a driver will finish in the top 3.
3. Wager that this driver finishes higher than that driver.

When presented with odds of a driver winning a race, NASCAR odds will generally look like this.

Tony Stewart + 150
Dale Earnhardt Jr. + 175
Kasey Kahne + 250
Jimmie Johnson + 500
Field + 600
This is money line odds, meaning for every $10 you wager on Tony Stewart you would win $15 if he wins the race. Those wagering on Jimmie Johnson would win $50 for every $10 bet. Since your wager is returned to you on a winning bet, those wagering $10 on Johnson would receive $60 back from a sportsbook and not $50, as sportsbooks require you to pay for your wager at the time it is made.

A lot of races will have a betting entry called “Field,” which is all other race drivers besides the ones listed by the sportsbook. You get more than one driver with one wager but the field almost always consists of those drivers given nearly no opportunity to win and should be left alone when betting.

When betting on a driver to finish in the top three the odds will be lower. The sportsbook must pay off three different winning bets, as instead to just one.

Odds for the drivers to finish in the top three would may look like this.

Tony Stewart – 120
Dale Earnhardt Jr. + 110
Kasey Kahne + 135
Jimmie Johnson + 210
Field + 185

With this case, a bettor would have to risk $12 to win $10 that Tony Stewart will finish first, second, or third, while the bettor wagering on Jimmie Johnson stands to win $21 on their $10 wager, instead of $50.

The final popular placed bet in NASCAR is head-to-head finish between two drivers. Here, a bettor doesn’t really care what place the driver finishes in, as long as the driver finishes higher than the other driver.

A line for this type of bet will look something like:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 150 Kasey Kahne + 140

In this example, bettors wagering on Earnhardt to finish higher than Kahne will be asked to risk $15 to win $10, while bettors believing that Kahne will finish higher than Earnhardt will put up $10 to win $14.

If you have gambled before you should have no trouble making the transition to NASCAR wagering, while those new to sports betting should be able to get the hang of NASCAR betting without much trouble.

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The 80-lap race was held at Daytona International Speedway. Patrick finished 6th despite making contact with another car and spinning out into the grass.

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