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| Best idea is to stay away from elite Cup drivers. |
The NASCAR Cup Series has been shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic like all the other American sports, but they found a hidden gem with iRacing.
The popular racing series were fortunate to get the top Cup drivers involved and they broadcast the racing on Fox Sports, which has seen at least 1.1 million fans tune in during its first three races on the network.
Two weeks ago, the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved sportsbooks to start booking eNASCAR and iRacing for the first time.
The new betting market has been received well by bettors looking for some action other than the slim pickings of Belarus soccer, ping pong and other obscure events from the norm.
So if we can bet it, we might as well discuss some possible candidates to win and make some extra money while most of us aren’t working.
2020 iRACING Pro Invitational Series Results - Winners
Race 1, March 22 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin
Race 2, March 29 - Texas Motor Speedway, Timmy Hill
Race 3, April 5 - Bristol Motor Speedway, William Byron
When the shutdown is eventually over and the real NASCAR is in action, I probably won’t be betting iRacing anymore, but it’s been a fun process to research each of the first three races because I feel like I’m back in the early 1990s again creating NASCAR odds with no internet. Practice times aren’t readily available other than following a driver on Twitch.TV and records on tracks are nowhere to be found.
Back in the day, I used my NASCAR Winston Cup yearbook and results from similar tracks during the season to post odds and I’d adjust after qualifying and then hope to get practice results somewhere on Saturday before Sunday’s race waiting for someone to call with information. It was fun in a way but also distressing because of so many loose ends with a small group of people knowing a lot more about who should be favored and where the true value was. Fortunately, I never got beat that bad.
So when I look at the field for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 150 at virtual Richmond, I kind of treat it in the way I did in the 1990s -- very carefully, but not afraid because everyone is in my same boat with information or lack of it.
Simulator experience is everything here, so don't venture too far into creating a sequence where top Cup drivers like Kyle Busch wins, but he's 20-to-1 to do so, and that's also why we gamble.
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