2013 Auto Club 400 Predictions
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series returns to the West Coast this weekend for the running of the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, CA. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 3 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Auto Club 400 Preview and Prediction
Race: Auto Club 400, Fontana, CA.
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013
Time: 3 p.m. (ET)
Broadcast: FOX
Odds: Bovada
It has been an up and down season for Kasey Kahne so far but last Sunday he was at the top of his game with a win at Bristol. Kyle Busch is starting to make his presence felt with a second-place finish and Brad Keselowski made it four-straight top-five finishes this season after ending-up third.
The following is a closer look at our favorite, contender, and longshot picks for this Sunday’s race with odds provided by WagerWeb
The Favorite (odd of less than 10/1)
Jimmie Johnson started this season off by winning the Daytona 500 and followed it up with a second-place finish at Phoenix. Despite a poor showing last week at Bristol, he has been opened as this week’s favorite to win at +575. These odds have also been heavily influenced by the No.48 car’s past performance at this track.
Johnson has won at Fontana four previous times and boasts an average finishing position here of 5.4.
The Contender (odds from 10/1 to 19/1)
It has been a season to forget so far for 2011 Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart after posting just one top-ten finish in the previous four point races. However, the No.14 car still offers some solid value in its +1200 odds to turn things around this Sunday with a win.
Stewart is no stranger to the winner’s circle at Fontana in recent years with a victory in last season’s race and a first-place finish in the second race at this track in 2010 when Auto Club Speedway use to host two Sprint Cup races each season. [ad-8757089]
The Longshot (odds 20/1 or greater)
The value in the odds drop off rather quickly once you start looking for a longshot to win this race, but if you are still interested in taking a flyer on someone then consider a small play on Joey Logano at +4000. He has yet to finish in the top 10 in the first four races, but by keeping the No.22 car in the mix all season long, finds himself in 12th-place in the Sprint Cup standings with 104 points.
He finished 24th in last year’s race and his best career finish at Fontana was fifth in 2010.
Odds from Bovada
Odds to win the Auto Club 400 – Sunday, March 24
Jimmie Johnson 6/1
Brad Keselowski 8/1
Kasey Kahne 8/1
Matt Kenseth 8/1
Kyle Busch 8/1
Denny Hamlin 10/1
Greg Biffle 12/1
Jeff Gordon 12/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr 12/1
Tony Stewart 12/1
Kevin Harvick 12/1
Carl Edwards 12/1
Clint Bowyer 20/1
Martin Truex Jr 20/1
Brian Vickers 25/1
Joey Logano 40/1
Ricky Stenhouse 50/1
Ryan Newman 60/1
Kurt Busch 100/1
Paul Menard 100/1
Jeff Burton 100/1
Marcos Ambrose 100/1
Aric Almirola 100/1
Juan Montoya 100/1
Jamie McMurray 100/1
Danica Patrick 300/1
AJ Allmendinger 300/1
Bet on the Field (Any Other Driver) 50/1
*SPRINT Cup Odds provided by Bovada
