Daytona 500 Odds: Why Jeff Gordon Is a Great Bet This Year

If you're the sort of lad or lass who likes to throw a few bills down on a race, why not take a chance on Jeff Gordon at the Daytona 500 this year?At 18-1 odds, you don't have to give a lot to turn a nice profit if he wins. And that's not out of the question—he's already won the race three times in his storied career.It's not as though he's some old man out on the course racing despite deteriorating skills—Gordon's still got it.He finished 2011 ranked eighth and managed 18 top-10 finishes, 13 top-five finishes and three wins. The 922 laps he led were his most since 2007. And despite accomplishing pretty much everything there is to accomplish in racing, he still has motivation.From Shemar Woods of the New York Daily News: What ke...

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