{"id":1265,"date":"2008-09-11T21:57:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T02:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:02:42","slug":"2008-sprint-cup-odds-standings-11908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nascar\/2008-sprint-cup-odds-standings-11908\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Sprint Cup Series Driver Standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New Hampshire Hosts Launch of Chase<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Chase for the Sprint Cup<\/strong> gets started on Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/nascar\/schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Hampshire Motor Speedway<\/a>. And those who plan on doing any\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/nascar\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">NASCAR betting\u00a0<\/a>over the course of the series\u2019 playoffs have noted that\u00a0Kyle Busch\u00a0is the championship fave. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Busch has won eight races so far this season, which gives him 80 bonus points atop the re-set Sprint Cup Series standings.\u00a0Carl Edwards\u00a0has earned six victories to date, but only received 50 bonus points (his infraction at Las Vegas cost him credit for that win).\u00a0Jimmie Johnson\u00a0has been given 40 bonus points for his four victories on the season.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">H<\/span>ere\u2019s how the Sprint Cup Series driver standings look heading into New Hampshire:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kyle Busch &#8212; 5080<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Carl Edwards &#8212; 5050<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jimmie Johnson &#8212; 5040<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dale Earnhardt Jr. &#8212; 5010<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Clint Bowyer &#8212; 5010<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Denny Hamlin &#8212; 5010<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jeff Burton &#8212; 5010<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tony Stewart &#8212; 5000<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Greg Biffle &#8212; 5000<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jeff Gordon &#8212; 5000<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kevin Harvick &#8212; 5000<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matt Kenseth &#8212; 5000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That early lead has made Busch the +150 favorite to win the Sprint Cup this year on the\u00a0<a title=\"Nascar\" href=\"\/nascar\/\">NASCAR odds<\/a>, followed by both Edwards and Johnson at +250. Earnhardt Jr. is listed fourth at +800, with Stewart at +1400, and each of Gordon, Kenseth, Hamlin, and Biffle at +1800. Burton (+3000), Harvick (+3500), and Bowyer (+4500) are listed as longshots.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson heads into the first Chase race having won back-to-back events at Auto Club and Richmond. Stewart, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Burton, Harvick, Gordon, David Reutimann, and Kurt Busch rounded out the Top 10 in the Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400 at Richmond last week. Bowyer crossed that finish line in 12th place, which allowed him to fend off both Kasey Kahne and David Ragan and slip into this season\u2019s Chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/1447\/autoracing\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0As well, Bowyer won the Sylvania 300 last year, while Kurt Busch visited victory lane at New Hampshire in the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 back in June. Kyle Busch has had success at the Loudon track in the past as well, as he won the LENOX Industrial Tools 300 in 2006. Johnson, Stewart, Ryan Newman, Gordon, and Burton have multiple New Hampshire wins on their Cup resumes, and Kurt Busch also won there twice in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the complete schedule for the 10-race 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup . . .<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>09\/14\/08 &#8211; Sylvania 300 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>New Hampshire Motor Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>09\/21\/08 &#8211; Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Dover International Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>09\/28\/08 &#8211; Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Kansas Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>10\/05\/08 &#8211; Amp Energy 500 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Talladega Superspeedway<br \/>\n<strong>10\/11\/08 &#8211; Bank of America 500 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Lowe&#8217;s Motor Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>10\/19\/08 &#8211; TUMS QuikPak 500 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Martinsville Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>10\/26\/08 &#8211; Pep Boys Auto 500 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Atlanta Motor Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>11\/02\/08 &#8211; Dickies 500 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Texas Motor Speedway<br \/>\n<strong>11\/09\/08 &#8211; Checker O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts 500 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Phoenix International Raceway<br \/>\n<strong>11\/16\/08 &#8211; Ford 400 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Homestead-Miami Speedway<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d rather save your auto racing dollars for\u00a0Formula One betting\u00a0you can also get odds on this weekend\u2019s Italian Grand Prix. Standings leader Lewis Hamilton is the +125 favorite to get the win in the circuit\u2019s final stop in Europe this year, with rival Felipe Massa just behind him at +175. Massa was awarded his second straight series victory last weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix when Hamilton was hit with a 25-second penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Following those leaders on the odds list for this weekend are Kimi Raikkonen (+300), Heikki Kovalainen (+1100), Robert Kubica (+1800), and also Fernando Alonso (+3000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmie Johnson heads into the first Nascar chase event on a bit of a roll, here are the 2008 nascar odds, plus race betting lines for the Sylvania 300 this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1729,270,297,1734,1733,1735,66495,606,1732,620,721,1730,1731,1737,1736,1311],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-auto-racing-lines","tag-carl-edwards","tag-chase-for-the-cup","tag-clint-bowyer","tag-dale-earnhardt-jr","tag-denny-hamlin","tag-gambling","tag-jeff-gordon","tag-jimmie-johnson","tag-kyle-busch","tag-nascar-betting","tag-race-odds","tag-sprint-cup-series","tag-sylvania-300","tag-tony-stewart","tag-wagering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105862,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions\/105862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}