LVH Super Book odds to win 2012 Daytona 500

8 drivers listed as co-favorites to win the 2012 Daytona 500 at 12-to-1 odds

DAYTONA 500
DAYTONA INT'L SPEEDWAY
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

JIMMIE JOHNSON 12
CARL EDWARDS 12
KYLE BUSCH 12
MATT KENSETH 20
JEFF GORDON 12
KASEY KAHNE 12
TONY STEWART 12
KEVIN HARVICK 12
DENNY HAMLIN 20
GREG BIFFLE 25
BRAD KESELOWSKI 20
KURT BUSCH 20
CLINT BOWYER 20
DALE EARNHARDT JR 12
RYAN NEWMAN 30
MARTIN TRUEX JR 30
MARK MARTIN 30
JEFF BURTON 20
JOEY LOGANO 25
JUAN MONTOYA 30
DAVID RAGAN 30
JAMIE McMURRAY 30
AJ ALLMENDINGER 30
PAUL MENARD 30
MARCOS AMBROSE 60
REGAN SMITH 50
TREVOR BAYNE 60
BOBBY LABONTE 60
RICKY STENHOUSE JR 60
MICHAEL WALTRIP 60
DAVID GILILLAND 100
DAVE BLANEY 100
DANICA PATRICK 100
FIELD 30

Odds to win the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship will be available as soon as something happens with Kurt Busch and the No. 22 car.

Kurt Busch looking for a New Ride, Fired by Penske Racing

By Jim Utter
Charlotte Observer

Kurt Busch will be looking for a new ride (Getty)

For the second time in his Sprint Cup Series career, an off-track issue has cost Kurt Busch his job.

Penske Racing announced this morning that the team and Busch had reached a "mutual agreement" to end their relationship, effective immediately. The team said it will evaluate its options for the No. 22 car.

The split was first reported by the Observer on Sunday.

Just over a week ago NASCAR fined Busch $50,000 for the use of an obscene gesture and a profanity-laced tirade directed toward a media member during the Cup series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The incident with ESPN reporter Dr. Jerry Punch, which took place in the garage after Busch's car broke its transmission, was caught on video and posted on YouTube.

At the time, Penske Racing officials issued a statement saying they were reviewing the matter internally.

Asked if he could confirm Busch as the driver of the No. 22 team in 2012, Penske spokesman Jonathan Gibson last night referred to its previous statement and said the organization would have no further comment at that time.

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Friday's NASCAR Award Ceremonies at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas

Tony Stewart at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas talking to the banquet crowd about his 2011 championship season (Getty)

Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards shake hands at the award cermonies Friday night at the Wynn in Las Vegas (Getty)

The Jersey Boys performed at the NASCAR awards Friday at the Wynn. They have the best show in Las Vegas (Getty)

Thursday's NASCAR Parade Down the Las Vegas Strip

Carl Edwards on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday. Notice the sign in the background (Getty)

Stewart leads the parade down the strip on an overcast day in Las Vegas.  (Getty)

View from Carl Edwards car as Stewart leads the parade down the Las Vegas strip, they're next to Caesars Palace. (Getty)

Clint Bowyer's Prospects in 2012 with MWR

Bowyer should be very good in 2012 with MWR (Getty)

I think from what we saw out of Martin Truex Jr over the last month of the season that you have to make Clint Bowyer a viable candidate to not only win a race or two in 2012, but actually make the Chase.

Michael Waltrip Racing showed once again that they are heading in the right direction with 1.5-mile track program and if they can give Bowyer a car to compete on his best type of tracks at Richmond, Phoenix and New Hampshire -- not to mention 4 wild card plate races he always runs well at, he’ll have a great shot at finishing within the top-12.

You have to put Bowyer’s driving ability considerably ahead or Truex Jr and Reutimann, so when combining that into the equation of what is sort of an unknown with MWR and a top-flight driver, the possibilities are endless.

Championship? No.

But two wins and a Chase invite, Yes.

I could actually see Bowyer mirror or better 2011’s numbers while he was with RCR, which would mean 4 top-5’s and 16 top-10’s.

My OVER-UNDER win total on him would be 1.5 wins with the UNDER being a -180 favorite. The betting move would be to still take the UNDER here just because two wins is a massive achievement, but I definitely wouldn’t bet UNDER on him with my money.