| Talladega isn't the greatest place to get off a losing | | | | year's Daytona 500, only to get slam-drafted late and |
| streak. | | | | see the afternoon go up in a puff of tire smoke. It's |
| Not that we're technically on a losing streak; we had | | | | nerve-rattling for us; imagine how crazy it is for the |
| Jeff Gordon winning last Saturday night's Phoenix | | | | drivers themselves. |
| event, which he did, as a +385 favorite. But in an | | | | Anyway, we can but try. Here are the best bets for |
| excruciating turn of events, Dale Earnhardt Jr. got | | | | the Aaron's 499 from Talladega. |
| caught on in the pits during a late caution, went a lap | | | | Last Week: Gordon's win couldn't overcome Junior's |
| down, and wound up losing his head-to-head | | | | terrible luck (which he's now experienced two weeks |
| match-up against Greg Biffle, who didn't have nearly | | | | running), meaning we dropped 0.38 units on 1.5 units |
| the car Junior did, and who trailed the #8 all night. | | | | wagered. For the season, then, we stand a positive |
| Drat. | | | | net 1.49 units on 12 units wagered, a return of 12.4%. |
| So we lost a little money, and now we head to the | | | | Note also that if you eschew the conservative |
| 'Dega, probably the sport's most random site. It's | | | | betting scheme I outline below, and simply place one |
| random, of course, because the Big One is never | | | | unit on every wager I recommend, for the year |
| more than a few laps away: the giant wreck that | | | | you'd be up 17.52 units on 32 units wagered, for a |
| takes out half the field, since the cars all ride so | | | | 54.8% return. As always, though, be aware that that |
| impossibly close together at 190 mph with restrictor | | | | betting scheme is far riskier on a week-to-week |
| plates on their carburetors. The favorites can lead all | | | | basis. |
| day, as did Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch in this | | | | |