2012 Auto Club 400 Betting Odds
Carrie Stroup here all revved up to get y’all ready for some 2012 Auto Club 400 betting odds, courtesy of our good friends at Sportsbook.com, offering up to $250 in FREE CASH (restrictions do apply).
The NASCAR circuit travel west to Fontana, CA for Sunday’s Auto Club 400. After whizzing around the half-mile oval in Tennessee last week, the Auto Club Speedway measures nearly four times the size of Bristol at 2 miles. This D-Shaped Oval intermediate track has banking consisting of 14° turns, 11° for the frontstretch (3,100 feet or .587 miles) and a nearly-flat 3° backstretch (2,500 feet or .473 miles) banking. This speedway holds approximately 92,000 fans in its seats.
Drivers to Watch
Matt Kenseth (8/1) - No matter where he begins, Kenseth usually finishes near the front of the pack at Fontana. In his past 10 starts at this track, he has three victories which all came from starting 24th or worse (31, 25 and 24). He has five OTHER top-7 finishes in this 10-race span, giving him a stellar average finish of 7.4. Kenseth is also third in the current standings after his runner-up finish in Bristol last week.
Clint Bowyer (30/1) - In 11 career races at Fontana, Bowyer has finished in the top-10 seven times, including five of his past six starts at this track. In October 2010, Bowyer was the runner-up at this track to Tony Stewart and followed that up with a 7th-place finish a year ago. With the way Michael Waltrip Racing cars have performed this year, Bowyercertainly looks worthy of a play on Sunday with longshot 30-to-1 odds.
Kurt Busch (60/1) - Although he’s off to a slow start this season, finishing 15th or worse in all four races, note that his odds have doubled from last week up to a hefty 60-to-1 this Sunday. Busch has certainly been successful enough at Fontana (one win, four top-5’s, eight top-10’s, 12.9 average finish) to warrant dropping a unit on.
Carl Edwards (8/1) - Edwards always flourishes on intermediate tracks, with 17 of his 19 career wins occurring on this track type. He has also performed very well in Fontana with 11 top-7 finishes and a strong 9.0 average finish on this track. He even won this race in 2008.
Brad Keselowski (12/1) - He’s got all the momentum after winning in Bristol, but that’s also dropped his odds down to 12-to-1. Keselowski also finished in the top-5 three weeks ago in Phoenix, but he’s not the best-suited for this type of track. In three career races at Fontana, he has finished 26th, 26th and 21st, but he also started just 21st, 21st and 25th in these three tries.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambiing911.com
