Las Vegas Hilton Super Book Odds To Win Toyota/Save Mart 350; Stewart Favored

The Las Vegas Hilton Super Book have installed Tony Stewart as the 9 to 2 favorite to win this weeks Toyota-Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. This is the second straight year that Stewart has been listed as the favorite on the Sonoma road course after Jeff Gordon occupied the top slot for 11 straight years thanks to his five career wins on the track.

Stewart is a two-time winner at Sonoma and also has five other wins on NASCAR’s other road course at Watkins Glen. The crown that Jeff Gordon proudly wore as NASCAR’s best road course driver has been passed on to Stewart. Gordon’s odds are still listed low and respectful at 5 to 1, but Gordon admittedly has said that his team no longer spends the time and energy they once did for the road course races because it only represents two races a year.

Listed at 5 to 1 along with Gordon is 2008 Sonoma winner Kyle Busch, who also won the same year at Watkins Glen. 2007 Sonoma winner, and master International road course driver, Juan Pablo Montoya, is listed at 8 to 1 along with Australian Marcos Ambrose. Ambrose finished third in last years race.

Because this race is so different from all the others and requires both left and right turns, the odds are much higher on some of the drivers. Jimmie Johnson has gotten better over his career on the road course, but 15 to 1 odds is something we never see with him unless it is one of the two road races.

Because the track is so technical, many teams bring in road racing specialists to compete. Ron Fellows and Boris Said have been the best hired guns over the years. Fellows won’t be racing this week, but Said is listed at 30 to 1. Team Red Bull has brought in Mattias Ekstrom to handle their No. 83 entry and he is listed at 30 to 1 as well.

Robby Gordon won at Sonoma in 2003 and has two entries this week with the other driven by P.J. Jones. Gordon is listed at 25 to 1 and Jones is 200 to 1.

Mark Martin has four career road course wins, including his 1997 Sonoma win, and is listed at 50 to 1. Martin once wore the road racing crown as NASCAR’s best before passing it on to Gordon, who then passed it off to Stewart. Martin’s last top-five finish at Sonoma came in 2000 with third-place.

LAS VEGAS HILTON SUPER BOOK ODDS TO WIN

TOYOTA/SAVE MART 350
INFINEON RACEWAY
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2010 
TONY STEWART 9-2

JEFF GORDON 5

KYLE BUSCH 5

JUAN MONTOYA 8

MARCOS AMBROSE 8

DENNY HAMLIN 12

KEVIN HARVICK 15

KURT BUSCH 25

ROBBY GORDON 25

JIMMIE JOHNSON 15

JAMIE McMURRAY 25

CLINT BOWYER 30

RYAN NEWMAN 30

KASEY KAHNE 30

JEFF BURTON 30

CARL EDWARDS 30

BORIS SAID 30

GREG BIFFLE 40

MARK MARTIN 50

MATTIAS EKSTROM 30

AJ ALLMENDINGER 50

MAX PAPIS 50

JOEY LOGANO 100

MARTIN TRUEX JR 100

MATT KENSETH 100

SCOTT SPEED 100

DALE EARNHARDT JR 100

ELLIOTT SADLER 100

DAVID RAGAN 200

PJ JONES 200

BRAD KESELOWSKI 500

SAM HORNISH JR 500

DAVID REUTIMANN 500

FIELD 75