Johnson favored to win 2013 title by oddsmakers

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Surprise. Every year the same old story.

A well-known online bookmaker has spoken, and Jimmie Johnson is the 2013 favorite to win the Sprint Cup. In the betting game, it's not even close.

Johnson is listed at 4-1 by Bovada (@BovadaLV). Next comes a three-way tie for No. 2 with defending champ Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch all at 17-2.

Even though Busch failed to make the 2012 Chase, he is viewed as the second-most likely driver to win the 2013 title.

But Johnson is the runaway favorite. Bovada sees JJ as twice as likely to win a sixth championship in 2013 as they do Keselowski winning two in a row or Hamlin or Busch winning a first title.

Fourth on the list is Kasey Kahne at 9-1, followed by three former champions at 12-1 -- Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart, the 2011 champ.

Carl Edwards, the 2011 runner-up when he tied Stewart for the points total but had fewer wins, gets a decent betting line despite finishing 15th last season and going winless. He's 14-1 along with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle.

Bovada sees Edwards and Dale Jr. just as likely to win the crown this year as Bowyer, who finished second last season.

Martin Truex Jr. is 16-1, and Kevin Harvick has the longest odds among the 2012 Chase drivers at 20-1, probably because he's a lame-duck driver at Richard Childress Racing. Harvick moves to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014.

If you want to pick a real long shot, Ryan Newman is listed at 50-1 along with Juan Pablo Montoya. Jamie McMurray, Montoya's teammate at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, is substantially better at 33-1.

If you like Joey Logano's chances in his first year at Penske Racing, you can get him at 40-1.

But Johnson remains the star for this bookmaker. He finished third last season, falling one spot in the final race when he failed to finish due to mechanical problems.

JJ was the 7-2 favorite in November at the Las Vegas Wynn, so bookmakers still love him. Whom are you betting on?
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From ESPN
 
Johnson I can see but the remainder of that list should be in the bold prediction thread ;)
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
The Kyle Busch thing really threw me. Sure, he's won a lot of races during his career but coming in at #2, IDK.
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Like a kid hoping THIS is the Christmas Santa finally brings that gift he has wanted for 5 years.


"But Johnson is the runaway favorite. Bovada sees JJ as twice as likely to win a sixth championship in 2013 as they do Keselowski winning two in a row or Hamlin or Busch winning a first title."

I guess they didn't notice JJ melt under pressure the past 2 years. I guess they are buying the excuses for JJ's Phoenix screwup, where suddenly a melted bead isn't the drivers fault. For JJ, the excuse was the car wasn't handling right :rolleyes: . For everyone else the reason is they drove it too hard. They probably missed the race at Texas where JJ threw away a win and got super lucky to get a good finish and stay in the hunt.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
It looks like you regurgitated the same old JJ rant. You're going to have to come up with new material. :p

By the way, that's the first time that I got to use 'regurgitated' on here. :cool:
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I was typing out my Heh Heh he used regurgitated on racing forums when I noticed that you beat me to it, damn. :p
 
Jimmies regurgitateds five in a row more regular like than DWs boogitys boogitys, but not as bad as FenderBumpers Brad regurgitatitous "ain't he wonderful" re-regurgitationism

I expects Jimmies to win it in 2013, and for the crying to continue.
 
Greg said:
Jimmies regurgitateds five in a row more regular like than DWs boogitys boogitys, but not as bad as FenderBumpers Brad regurgitatitous "ain't he wonderful" re-regurgitationism

I expects Jimmies to win it in 2013, and for the crying to continue.
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I think that most of us would love to see someone else win the championship but if we had to put our own money on who it will be , we would have a hard time betting against Jimmy and Chad.
 
Greg said:
Jimmies regurgitateds five in a row more regular like than DWs boogitys boogitys, but not as bad as FenderBumpers Brad regurgitatitous "ain't he wonderful" re-regurgitationism

I expects Jimmies to win it in 2013, and for the crying to continue.
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Why are you talking like Popeye the sailor?
 
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