| It'll be a loooooong race on Sunday in Charlotte. And | | | | Two weeks ago: We picked the outright winner |
| that's after you spend the early part of the | | | | correctly, as Jeff Gordon came through for us at |
| afternoon imbibing watching the Indy 500. Plan for a | | | | +500. Unfortunately Greg Biffle was leading Jeff |
| nap. | | | | Burton for about 98% of the Darlington race, but |
| The Coke 600 is the longest event in NASCAR, and | | | | gave up his position late (Biffle faded badly and |
| it'll take place on the new-ish surface at Lowe's | | | | finished 15th while Burton finished 10th). That blew a |
| Motor Speedway, which has been "levigated" (i.e., | | | | head-to-head wager that looked like money in the |
| smoothed) to the point where it had too much grip | | | | bank, and put as at a negative 0.17 units for the day. |
| with the old, softer Goodyear tire. Therefore | | | | For the season, then, we're at a positive net 2.14 |
| Goodyear is forced to use an extremely hard tire, | | | | units on 16.5 units wagered, a 13.0% return. (And as |
| which causes the cars to have less grip, making | | | | always, please note that if you'd eschewed the |
| side-by-side racing difficult, and passing near | | | | conservative betting scheme we outline below, and |
| impossible. Track position will mean everything on | | | | simply had wagered one unit per bet on everything |
| Sunday, and you can bet that when late pit stops | | | | we've recommended this season, you'd be up 15.34 |
| come, a lot of teams will change two tires or none at | | | | units on 44 units wagered, a return of 34.9%, though |
| all. | | | | of course, there's more risk involved. |
| Let's take a look at the weekend's best bets: | | | | |